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Pornhub sponsored team BANNED from football league

ByTNT Sports

Published 06/05/2015 at 18:07 GMT+1

A football team sponsored by pornography site Pornhub have been banned from competing at Kent University.

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A team named The Rutherford Raiders initially had the logo of the website placed on their shirts as a joke, but PornHub found out and offered to sponsor them for real, according to Kent Online.
But the University will not permit Rutherford Raiders to wear a shirt which has been deemed offensive.
"The University of Kent sports department would never sanction sponsorship of this type - it is totally inappropriate," said a University spokesperson.
"The team has been spoken with and will not be allowed to wear the shirts in question at any time.
"We take this issue very seriously and inter-college sports teams, which are the responsibility of Kent Sport, must present any potential sponsorship and/or logos for approval."
An unnamed team member had told The Tab: "We are struggling to see why they are having a problem. The university cricket team are sponsored by Kingfisher, which is also an age-restricted product. The university rugby team once had training shirts with '80 minutes, 15 positions, no protection, wanna ruck?'.
"In my opinion the decision is made by people in Kent Sport that are out of touch with what's socially acceptable. It's hard for football teams to find a sponsor. Both Kent Sport and Rutherford refused to give us any money.
"Clearly Pornhub did because there's was an opportunity to create a bit of attention. I personally haven't come across anyone yet that has found it anything other than funny."
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