I always get a laugh whenever I read about another dumb company dumping millions into another dumb sports sponsorship. Yeah I know everyone in America is a sports nut, but when I read that my old client Qwest is tying up a deal with USA Hockey that names Qwest the “Official Communications Services Sponsor of USA Hockey.” I had to ask, what the fuck for? When I worked on the account they dumped fucking millions on the Olympics for very little return, except free tickets and getting pissed in the hospitality tents. Still the fucking Directors could impress all their pals while the shareholders took it in the shorts. Speaking of hockey, anyone remember when CA, the software company that did the second worst high tech advertising in the world. (First place will forever belong to Oracle, thanks to the “Samurai of Redwood Shores continuing to stick his abysmal fingers […]
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