2 girls arrested for marketing stunt at FIFA WC

[nikimcbee]

I approve of those girls

Arrested for what?

Breaking the terms of the merchandising act.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Breaking the terms of the merchandising act.

Sounds like a tyranny!

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.

Sounds like a tyranny!

No, its simple business. Fifa is selling something, Bavaria wanted to obtain the service Fifa sells without paying them for it.

So basically FIFA only takes the highest bidders to allow advertisement rights to and doesn't allow for fair market competition.

If you are selling exclusive rights you are selling exclusive rights. If you are selling primary rights you are selling primary rights. Its all fair and is 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.

Welcome to the world.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by thorn69

Sounds like a tyranny!

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.

That is business I'm afraid.

FIFA own the competition and are milking it for as much as they can get.

It is the same at any major sporting event as far as I am aware.

I hope Bavaria do the right thing for those girls or the negative impact on their image could be extremely costly.

[SteamWake]

Negative impact?

WTF oh noes.. they wore an orange dress.. what were they thinking?

The whole thing is ridiculous.

[August]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Negative impact?

WTF oh noes.. they wore an orange dress.. what were they thinking?

The whole thing is ridiculous.

Yeah i'm trying to imagine a similar thing happening at a US Football or Baseball game. Would anyone even notice? Or having noticed would anyone even care?

Yeah i'm trying to imagine a similar thing happening at a US Football or Baseball game.

Try it.

WTF oh noes.. they wore an orange dress.. what were they thinking?

Exactly, but as you aintthinking you don't understand it.
You are supoirting the very thing that undermines all that you support

Originally Posted by SteamWake

they wore an orange dress..

I think THAT was the problem. People expected them to take it all off. Nobody likes a tease.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by thorn69

I think THAT was the problem. People expected them to take it all off. Nobody likes a tease.

well they wouldn't have been arrested for marketing, no

[DarkFish]

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.

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.

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by thorn69

Sounds like a tyranny!

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.

Yup its run by crooks of the biggest calibre... Not about football but money...