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Re: "objectionable" sponsorship?

To: "Talley, Brooks" <brooks@frnk.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: "objectionable" sponsorship?
From: "James Creasy" <jcre@mozart.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:57:01 -0800
i think its because in their market research, the word 'harness' appears on
most autocross web sites. =)

-james c


-----Original Message-----
From: Au H. Nguyen <aunguyen@cisco.com>

>Brooks,  is your car going to say bondage.com
>all the time, or only at autocross?
>
>If it's all the time,  you should be asking Miss
>Manners or somebody like that.
>
>If it's only autocross,  do the people at bondage.com
>realize we're not talking Indy 500 here?  Do they
>realize they would get a whopping (N+5)*2 eyeballs
>to see their ad,  where N is the number of entrants
>at an event?
>
>Now if they do, and still want to advertise, what
>does that say about their opinion of autocrossers?
>
>  Au
>
>
>At 06:37 PM 1/17/01 -0800, James Creasy wrote:
>>if you decide to pass on it my car is available!  i am not proud. =)
>>
>>-james c
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Talley, Brooks <brooks@frnk.com>
>>
>>>I have an opportunity to pick up some much-needed sponsorship cash for
the
>>>upcoming season.  Thing is, the company is an adult web site; not
strictly
>>a
>>>porn site, but certainly an adults-only sex-oriented lifestyle site.  The
>>>name itself doesn't contain anything graphic or obscene, though the name
>>>clearly indicates the type of site it is.
>>>
>>>I've scoured the rulebooks, and only found vague references to
>>>"objectionable" sponsors.  Is there any real policy here? Regardless of
the
>>>technicalities, am I going to be looked at as a freak if I accept the
>>>sponsorship (that is, will I be looked at as more of a freak than I
>>>otherwise would be based on my driving)?
>>>
>>>I could really use the equipment the cash would buy, but I don't want to
>>>offend people.  Any advice?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>-Brooks

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