Aviva Vs Croke Park

As for Shedite’s angle, I think he more meant that if a company is willing to put money into something that will benefit the grassroots of the game then they should be respected in the form of calling the stadium what they have paid for it to be called. I see your point that the naming rights of the stadium shouldn’t really impact upon the average fan – but that is just simply an opinion. For example I wouldn’t really bat much of an eyelid if I was chatting to someone in the pub and they referred to it as the Aviva or as Lansdowne. You, apparently, would. Again, I see your point - I’m just saying to me personally it is too different a stadium to be still called Lansdowne, though I have no issue with people calling it that if they so wish. As I said at the start, each to their own.

By the way, was a UCD fan as a nipper but no real interest anymore. Either way if they wanted to rename where they play as the Cheerios Bowl, and the good people at Cheerios were kind enough to give them a load of loots for the privilege, then all the power to them!

Each to their own an all that ferret. Whether it is named after a former UK prime minister or an insurance company makes little difference to me personally.

Besides, it is certainly different enough from the old Lansdowne Road to no longer warrant calling it that. The atmospheres in the respective stadiums are incomparable sadly, although I do think visually speaking the Aviva looks better. Nearly all stadiums these days have corporate names as well, don't they? That's just the way she goes I'm afraid.