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IOC To Take Over IPC Sponsorship Rights In '21

The IOC will begin managing the sponsorship rights of the IPC starting in '21, potentially bundling those two properties together for all global deals. The committees cautioned that details of their arrangement are still under discussion and that it will not necessarily result in true one-stop shopping. But a package deal is an option, IPC Broadcasting & Commercial Dir Alexis Schaefer said.

"What in the end the program is exactly going to look like, at the moment we’re still discussing with the IOC," Schaefer said. "One of the areas, as part of the long-term agreement, is to look into how we can improve the relationship with IOC TOP partners, and can we make this a better and more seamless experience for everybody? Certainly looking at a one-stop solution is an alternative that creates a lot of efficiencies."

In February, the committees signed a contract that extended their core relationship -- the co-hosting of the Olympics and Paralympics -- through '32, but also pledged closer cooperation to "increase the visibility" of the Paralympics and enhance its brand. IOC spokesperson Ben Seeley confirmed the rights will be managed by the IOC but declined to elaborate.

What is certain, Schaefer said, is that the IOC marketing team’s assistance on sponsorship will free up the smaller Paralympics team to pursue two key initiatives: 1) Develop more elite sporting events between the Summer and Winter Paralympics, and distribute them with broadcast partners; and 2) Help develop the sponsorship capabilities of national Paralympic committees.

Schaefer said that most of the IPC’s energy in recent years has gone to developing the biennial Paralympic Games themselves, but the movement needs to be reinforced at the day-to-day level.

"We need to ensure that this backbone between the Games gets stronger, both on the national Paralympic committee side, but also on the sport event side," he said.

If the two bodies fully merge their rights, it will bring the global Olympic-Paralympic marketing world in line with the U.S., where the USOC already controls and bundles Paralympic rights within its Team USA deals.

"I would say from a brand standpoint, the ease of obtaining combined rights should be very welcome," said Dave Mingey, managing director of the advisory group at CSM Sport & Entertainment. "It has been a bit clunky in the past to work through two separate groups for marketing rights and assets that were already so closely linked."

The IPC’s worldwide sponsors include Atos, Ottobock, Panasonic, Samsung, Toyota and Visa. It has two sponsors at a lower “international” tier, Allianz and BP.

The IOC’s global partners include Atos, Panasonic, Samsung, Toyota, Visa, Alibaba, Coca-Cola, GE, Dow, Intel, Bridgestone, Omega and Procter & Gamble.

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