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Rheghead
23-Jul-12, 11:26
A warning for anyone with tickets, if you are wearing any clothing that advertises the rivals to the official sponsors of the games then you won't be allowed in unless you remove it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/20/pepsi-nike-banned-london-olympic-news-bbc-lord-coe_n_1688478.html

Kodiak
23-Jul-12, 11:49
A warning for anyone with tickets, if you are wearing any clothing that advertises the rivals to the official sponsors of the games then you won't be allowed in unless you remove it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/20/pepsi-nike-banned-london-olympic-news-bbc-lord-coe_n_1688478.html

As reported by "The Huffington Post" that well respected Internet News Page..........Not!

I would not believe one word that they reported.

Rheghead
23-Jul-12, 11:54
As reported by "The Huffington Post" that well respected Internet News Page..........Not!

I would not believe one word that they reported.

It isn't just Huffo, name me a national news media outlet that you trust (except a pay per view like Times) and I will give you a link that says the same.

RecQuery
23-Jul-12, 12:14
The entire Olympic organisation has been a complete disaster in the past week I've seen about 12 new stories of some of the crap they're doing I just couldn't be bothered posting them. Not to mention all the other stuff they've done up until this point.

JoeSoap
23-Jul-12, 12:48
Huff posted a knee-jerk story at 09:41, not long after Coe was on the Today programme. The Guardian, on the other hand, didn't post their story (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/20/coe-olympics-sponsorship-row) until nearly 18:00 having spent a little bit of time, you know, researching and talking to people and stuff like that. Hence they were able to include Locog's clarification that Coe was referring to the rules for volunteers and staff and that spectators can wear what they like so long as it doesn't come emblazoned with political statements or form part of an 'ambush marketing' campaign.

I guess it all comes down to the quality of journalism you expect. You can regurgitate something that is itself nothing more than an edited-for-drama dictation of what one person said during a radio interview... or you can resist the temptation to jump on the back of the bandwagon as it rolls by and see whether, possibly, there's more to it.

Of course, given that you didn't start this thread until three days after the interview I can't help but suspect a little 'editing for drama' on your part also... ;)

Corrie 3
23-Jul-12, 12:55
I am inclined to believe Mr. Rogge's view rather than the Huff!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18942119

Mind you, it would be quite amusing watching G4S guards asking Ladies to remove their Tee Shirts!!!!!.....;)

C3............:roll::roll:

Rheghead
23-Jul-12, 13:47
You can regurgitate something that is itself nothing more than an edited-for-drama dictation of what one person said during a radio interview...

And it just so happens that that one person is the one who is directing operations for the whole thing.

Rheghead
23-Jul-12, 13:49
I am inclined to believe Mr. Rogge's view rather than the Huff!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18942119

Mind you, it would be quite amusing watching G4S guards asking Ladies to remove their Tee Shirts!!!!!.....;)

C3............:roll::roll:

It seems that Coe et al have seen the pettiness of what they really want and just stopping the T shirts.

JoeSoap
23-Jul-12, 14:01
And it just so happens that that one person is the one who is directing operations for the whole thing.
Let me help you out with this one:

Seb Coe = Chairman of Locog
Paul Deighton = CEO of Locog

http://bit.ly/LIQkVL

Rheghead
23-Jul-12, 14:09
Let me help you out with this one:

Seb Coe = Chairman of Locog
Paul Deighton = CEO of Locog

http://bit.ly/LIQkVL

Let me tell you that Coe said you will not be allowed into the stadiums wearing a Pepsi T shirt. Comprendez?

equusdriving
23-Jul-12, 14:17
A warning for anyone with tickets, if you are wearing any clothing that advertises the rivals to the official sponsors of the games then you won't be allowed in unless you remove it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/20/pepsi-nike-banned-london-olympic-news-bbc-lord-coe_n_1688478.html

Not really pettiness if it jeopardises millions of pounds of sponsorship, and do we know if this has been explained clearly to customers who have bought tickets or are we just assuming that it will be sprung on them if they turn up wearing the wrong brand?

Rheghead
23-Jul-12, 14:22
Not really pettiness if it jeopardises millions of pounds of sponsorship, and do we know if this has been explained clearly to customers who have bought tickets or are we just assuming that it will be sprung on them if they turn up wearing the wrong brand?

Just explain to me in simple terms the mechanism by which wearing a Pepsi T shirt in the crowd is going to jeopardise £millions of sponsorship money?

JoeSoap
23-Jul-12, 14:23
Yes, and then Locog said he misspoke and that you will be allowed into the stadiums wearing a Pepsi T-shirt.

It's really not that confusing a clarification and the only reason to ignore it is if you are purposefully trying to use Coe's interview to justify a Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176383/London-2012-Olympics-Seb-Coe-lays-law-branding-Games.html) style rant against the Olympic Organising Committee... and since I can't imagine you'd ever do such a thing I'm sure you'd be happy to accept that the Huffington Post called this one wrong and that people won't be required to remove their clothing to watch the beach volleyball.

equusdriving
23-Jul-12, 14:27
Just explain to me in simple terms the mechanism by which wearing a Pepsi T shirt in the crowd is going to jeopardise £millions of sponsorship money?

Well I would imagine if the story is true , then it would be down to the sponsors conditions in the contract they would have signed, is that simple enough for you, and talking of simple you seem to have missed the question in my post.

equusdriving
23-Jul-12, 14:30
Yes, and then Locog said he misspoke and that you will be allowed into the stadiums wearing a Pepsi T-shirt.

It's really not that confusing a clarification and the only reason to ignore it is if you are purposefully trying to use Coe's interview to justify a Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176383/London-2012-Olympics-Seb-Coe-lays-law-branding-Games.html) style rant against the Olympic Organising Committee... and since I can't imagine you'd ever do such a thing I'm sure you'd be happy to accept that the Huffington Post called this one wrong and that people won't be required to remove their clothing to watch the beach volleyball.
see what information can be found out if you look , that's if you want to of course :D

Rheghead
23-Jul-12, 14:33
Well I'm opposed to big business sponsorship on the grounds that if a firm gets too big then product diversification suffers. That is what is happening at the Olympics. Napoleon said Britain is a country of shopkeepers, not anymore, the tories are enemies of small businesses.

JoeSoap
23-Jul-12, 15:09
Well I'm opposed to big business sponsorship on the grounds that if a firm gets too big then product diversification suffers.
You'll get no argument from me there. You can't turn on the TV at the moment without being bombarded with ads (sometimes two or three in a row) for products owned by Proctor & Gamble. It doesn't matter how tenuous the link to sport, they'll shoehorn in an Olympic reference ("No Tampax, no glory!" Seriously?)

But is it fair to blame the Olympics for that or is the Olympics just the vehicle by which we're having it brought to our attention? Hand on heart, how many of us could have listed half the products P&G own before they started tagging them with their Olympic logo? Take washing powder: Fairy, Bold, Ariel, Daz, Dreft. Where's the competition?

We, as a society, allowed this to happen long before London 2012. If you want to see something that will really demonstrate how we've allowed a handful of companies to control our lives, this graphic shows the (US) brands that are owned by just ten corporations:

http://midaspropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Brand-Infographic.jpg