REC PARTNERS·Independent measurement & advisory for sport sponsorship·Verified or estimated. Always.
For brands

Put your sport budget where it returns. And prove it.

Every brand is now expected to justify sponsorship like any other investment. REC tells you which partnership fits your audience — ranked by return, not by what an agency is selling — and measures, independently, what it delivered against your competitors.

01.The two questions

Everyone selling you a deal earns when you say yes.

Agencies, rights-holders and brokers are paid on the deal. None gives you an independent answer to the two questions that decide whether sponsorship is worth it.

The problem

Choosing blind

  • The recommendation points to what the seller has to sell
  • No independent ranking by fit with your audience
  • No view of the right price for the slot
What REC does

Independent choice

  • A scan of the full universe, ranked by return
  • Audience-overlap and delivery benchmarks
  • The right price, terms and category exclusivity
02.What you receive

Four deliverables, each independent of the seller.

Where should our sport budget go this year, and how do we prove it worked? Each scoped bespoke.

Deliverable 01

Opportunity scan

Independent scan of the partnerships most relevant to your strategy and audience, ranked by return (typically 15–30), with a recommended shortlist.

Capital allocation · new categoriesscope
Deliverable 02

Pre-commit diligence

Comparable benchmarks, expected delivery, downside scenarios and recommended terms — the pack a marketing committee actually wants.

Committee sign-off · renew / replacescope
Deliverable 03

Activation roadmap

The first-year plan: hospitality, content rights, B2B and retail integration — the bridge from a logo to a P&L outcome.

First 12 months of a positionscope
Deliverable 04

Independent measurement

Annual measurement of what the position delivered — per-asset visibility, media value, brand exposure — not the rights-holder’s report.

Renewal · internal defencescope
03.Context

A category priced on faith, not evidence.

Why independent data is now non-negotiable for a brand buying into sport.

$105B
Global sport-sponsorship spend, 2024 (Two Circles, Nielsen, Sportcal).
~8%
5-year CAGR — faster than traditional advertising.
<5%
Of deals measured with independent data.
0
Recognised price benchmarks below the top tier.
Engage

Tell us the brand. We’ll find the return.

We’ll tell you which sport partnership fits your audience, on what terms — and how we’d prove it. A one-page proposal follows the first call.

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