>>OH, you mean sort of like SPRINT buying out NEXTEL and renaming the series. Teams shouldn’t be allowed to do things like that?<<
Did that violate an exclusive agreement? I’m genuinely asking - I don’t know the answer.
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.