Tennis, anyone? (song, history, Ching)

Burning Down · 04-01-2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Am I the only one who thinks it's time that we rise up and put a stop to corporations splattering their names on every sports event/venue on Earth? I feel like the cultures of the world are being reduced to sanitized marketing schemes.

Every tennis tournament seems to be named after and heavily sponsored by a corporation or a bank or something. It's annoying. The Masters 1000 tourney here is called the Rogers Cup, they are the biggest communications company in Canada. They ****ed over my cell phone contract and forced me to switch to another provider. And if I manage to ever buy a ticket to one of those matches, I'll just be giving them more money.

The Batlord · 04-01-2013, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Every tennis tournament seems to be named after and heavily sponsored by a corporation or a bank or something. It's annoying. The Masters 1000 tourney here is called the Rogers Cup, they are the biggest communications company in Canada. They ****ed over my cell phone contract and forced me to switch to another provider. And if I manage to ever buy a ticket to one of those matches, I'll just be giving them more money.

Near where I live we have a concert venue called the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater. Why on Earth would I wanna go to some place called the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater? There is no possible way to come up with a shittier name for something than to awkwardly plaster some boring company's name on it. Give us real names with real character or I'm gonna start making napalm in my bath tub.