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Originally Posted by atari 2600
cnn today had an expose on fifa
corporations such as (big names include McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch) who have paid huge sums just to be a sponsor contributed some 650 million this year to fifa to gain corporate sponsorship. these companies, among many others of course, have contributed for many years to gain the privilege of the exposure to the global market. the problem is that this year fifa handed out so many tickets to these corporations that fans are fniding it difficult to get tickets for matches & are having to resort to scalpers. the story maintained that these scalpers got their tickets from the corporate sponsors. As a result of the mess, even prices for legitimate tickets are going through the roof.
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are anheuser busch behind budweiser? I saw a thing on tv on friday which said the germans were outraged at american beer being the only beer to be sold at matches. Apparently there was such a big deal made out of it that german beer is to be sold in unmarked cups from unmarked taps
According to this
http://www.worldcup365.com/story/0,1...264777,00.html Ronaldo's injury is only blisters. Big wuss