Posted on 08/13/2007 4:27:30 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey
Because, of course, only one BEER and only one HOME IMPROVEMENT store is allowed to sponsor a car, right??
AT&T should just keep the darn Cingular logo and tell Sprint to %^&* off.
Everyone knows the AT&T , er I mean "CINGULAR" logo.
Gee, I like NASCAR just for the racing. Personally, I pay no attention to the advertising.
I think Cingular is dead as a brand. (Fine with me...I can’t stand these contrived names like Cingular and Verizon). Even the bill I just got says AT&T Wireless.
>>This is terrible news for the fans, RCR and Penske.<<
Why is that. NASCAR needs to be able to sell exclusive sponsorships. If another company can buy out a sponsor and force NASCAR to violate their own exclusive sponsorship rules then NASCAR sponsorships will be worth a lot less money and NASCAR will suffer.
OH, you mean sort of like SPRINT buying out NEXTEL and renaming the series. Teams shouldn’t be allowed to do things like that?
>>OH, you mean sort of like SPRINT buying out NEXTEL and renaming the series. Teams shouldnt be allowed to do things like that?<<
Did that violate an exclusive agreement? I’m genuinely asking - I don’t know the answer.
Wrong. If NASCAR were sponsored by Budweiser for instance, you wouldn't have either Miller Light or Coors as car sponsors. That's the way exclusivity works at the league-level.
If your company were dumping a pile of money into a racing league why would you want your chief competitor drafting on your investment?
Hmmm...forgot about that.
I don’t follow the Busch series - is more than one brand of beer allowed to sponsor a car in that group - because I was pretty sure I saw a Tecate car racin’ around on a Saturday.
It’s ridiculous that NASCAR is messing with drivers’ sponsors. There’s no reason why Nextel/Sprint should have exclusivity.
Bring back the WINSTON!
Hmmm...forgot about that.
I don’t follow the Busch series - is more than one brand of beer allowed to sponsor a car in that group - because I was pretty sure I saw a Tecate car racin’ around on a Saturday.
It’s ridiculous that NASCAR is messing with drivers’ sponsors. There’s no reason why Nextel/Sprint should have exclusivity.
Bring back the WINSTON!
>>Its ridiculous that NASCAR is messing with drivers sponsors. Theres no reason why Nextel/Sprint should have exclusivity.<<
The problem is that Sprint/Nextel paid $750 million dollars and got exclusive sponsorship rights. Thats a lot of money.
NASCAR is not about car racing. NBA,NFL, MLB is not about sports. It is all about how many BUTTS they can put in the seats.
.....Bob
I can see that except for one thing. Cingular sponsored the 31 car before Sprint/Nextel took over the series. I would be fine if NASCAR said no to new sponsorships by mobile carriers, say, Verizon or T-Mobile. Nextel was bought out by Sprint, and Cingular was bought by AT&T - technically it’s not a new sponsorship - the 31 car is sponsored by the Cingular corporate entity, whether it’s Cingular or AT&T - it’s not a “new” sponsorship.
Our S-I-L and daughter will be driving on the 25th at the Altamont Raceway Park in Formula IV cars (4 cyl stock) with no sponsor logos displayed.
Sat night (11th), SIL took 1st place in the main. Logos probably would have slowed ‘em down. :)
Exciting night of racing. One driver in the modifieds went airborn. No injuries, but I think he got a boost in his frequent flyer mile.
The drivers have no say in who is the cup owner, and their sponsors are their only way to finance the millions required to compete.
But that’s just my humble opinion.
>>I can see that except for one thing. Cingular sponsored the 31 car before Sprint/Nextel took over the series. I would be fine if NASCAR said no to new sponsorships by mobile carriers, say, Verizon or T-Mobile. Nextel was bought out by Sprint, and Cingular was bought by AT&T - technically its not a new sponsorship - the 31 car is sponsored by the Cingular corporate entity, whether its Cingular or AT&T - its not a new sponsorship.<<
My understanding is that the could have kept the Cingular name and kept the sponsorship. But once they put the AT&T name on the car that put NASCAR in danger of losing the $750 million.
An anology - say Coke was the main NASCAR sponsor and exclusive rights to Cola products.
Say that Perrier water had a NASCAR car.
Say Pepsi bought Perrier.
They should be able to keep Perrier on the car but not put Pepsi on the car. IMO.
Say Pepsi bought
Dude! We’re just over the pass from Altamont!
Tell your daughter best of luck and let me know how she does!
Dude! We’re just over the pass from Altamont!
Tell your daughter best of luck and let me know how she does!
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