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Originally Posted by thorn69
So basically FIFA only takes the highest bidders to allow advertisement rights to and doesn't allow for fair market competition. In essence, a small company has no chance of advertising through FIFA World cup because they just can't financially compete with a giant company like Budweiser when it comes to bidding.
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well, yeah, that's pretty much it. Fair or not, that's business.
The girls knew they were gonna get thrown out of the stadium. Bavaria knew the girls were gonna get thrown out of the stadium. Bavaria knew they'd very likely get fined.
And that's where the sheer ingeniousness of this act lays. If the FIFA hadn't done anything, nobody would have noticed. I mean, those dresses don't even have the Bavaria logo prominently displayed (it doesn't even show in all videos I've seen). Now, because the FIFA goes in against the marketing stunt, they are essentially marketing Bavaria themselves
These girls should have thrown out of the stadium. Bavaria should be fined. That's all part of the plan.
But 6 months in prison for those girls?! This is a huge case of shooting the messenger.