We are now the sponsors of Manchester United and The Breeders cup

[AlCzervik]

ok and 80% sponsor. USA USA USA USA!!!!

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2006/04/07/67128.htm

AIG in $100 Million Deal to Sponsor Manchester United

April 7, 2006

Players for Manchester United, the U.K.'s legendary football (soccer) club, will be sporting AIG logos on their shirts for the next four years. Man United's chief executive David Gill announced yesterday, April 6, at a press conference at Old Trafford that the club had agreed to a �56.5 million ($98.88 million) deal with American International Group.

The agreement is the biggest of its kind in English football, and will run for four years from the beginning of next season. With the exception of the U.S., football (called soccer in the U.S. to distinguish it from the highly American version of rugby, which bears the same name), is far and away the world's most popular sport. Man United is also arguably the world's best known team with fans from Bahrain to Bhutan to Bangkok to Bakersfield following its games.

It also takes money to run a football club, so Gill seemed pleased on all fronts when he stated: "We are delighted to begin our relationship with AIG. This is a deal that is right for Manchester United and it underlines our position as the world's leading club. AIG's global operations complement our great fan base and we are excited about the global prospects this relationship brings."

The deal comes only months after Florida businessman Malcolm Glazer, president and CEO of First Allied Corp. and the majority owner of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, bought a controlling stake in Man United, a deal that angered many local fans.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/article/124005
AIG, Bulgari Sign One-Year Deals As Sponsors Of Breeders' Cup

And...The PGA Shootout

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r058/sponsors.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Hey Manchester United is a top rated soccer team

We should do well!

:-)

Hmm, should I start following the british league now?

[AlCzervik]

2. we should all get free shirts, oh wait they won't be free, we'll be paying for them.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Ah yes, with the new logo

the seal of the United States

Even CNBC was making that joke today

[TomInTib]

5. I want a box at the Breeder's Cup.

I'll promise to dress nice, too.

[dysfunctional press]

3. as 80% owners- how much say or sway do we have over executive compensation...?

i think it's review-time for A LOT of white-collar types.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Well, that'll make Redqueen happy

Though now she'll probably demand a luxury suite and a private transcontinental jet.