Posted on 06/06/2010 3:00:15 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
Olympic athletes are wondering what impact the U.S. Olympic Committee's multimillion-dollar sponsorship deal with BP could have on their future, given the continued bad news coming from the Gulf Coast oil spill.
American athletes receive money from the USOC, some of which comes via the BP sponsorship. The oil company signed a deal with the USOC in February worth between $10 million and $15 million, which represents about 6 percent to 7 percent of the federation's sponsorship revenue.
The London 2012 Olympic organizing committee also has a deal with BP, valued at around $58 million. And next weekend's all-Chicago baseball series between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox is sponsored by BP.
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...
Well well well. Some sports teams want to boycott Arizona because of SB 1070 and here we have an all Chicago baseball series set for next weekend SPONSORED by, BP?
we sure wouldn’t want to see BP spending advertising money on all those athletes while nickling and diming all those govt lawyers and environmental lobbyists in the Gulf of Mexico...
Think someone should send an anonymous e-mail to ‘Bam?...hehehehe
I don’t want to take your thread off topic, but is anyone else hearing the media talking about *FAT ALAN* instead of Admiral Thad Allen??
It’s driving me crazy;) LOL!!!
LOL~...no
Bet you do now;)
arrrggghhh.....sucked right in L~
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