last year, we started a cycling team/club at my university.
how does a team get sponsors?

it would be a good incentive to get more riders on the team.

help?

Ask businesses for money?

Hi, I'm ________, with the ________ University Cycling Team. We are looking for principal sponsors for the team for next season, and with your business' reputation and target customer we believe that we are the perfect match for each other, given the demographic for people spectating our sport. (Break down how this benefits their business now) Repeat this 1000 times per team member. Seen it done many a time in the SCCA World Challenge Series years back.
Seroiusly, no one is going to come up and ask to sponsor your team, that is, unless you are dominating the competition and garnering national media attention already.

i mean i know that i have to ask business to sponsor us. i just needed ideas on how to not sound immature/dumb when asking companies.

Option 2:

Add Ryanf to your team and explain that every time news is posted about Team Smile Oriental Bath House thousands of horny young single men who do nothing but lurk bikeforums.net all day will read every word about it.

Work on you writing skills, i.e. -

I meant: I know that i have to ask a business to sponsor us.

I was merely inquiring about ideas on how to make sure that I do not sound immature, or inarticulate, when contacting companies.

OMG: Botto's possessed!

ban him