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On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > A few years back, there were groups making a big stink about women not > being admitted. In order to (paraphrasing here) save their sponsors > any trouble, August actually refunded their 'sponsorship' fees and > paid whatever money CBS would have gotten for commercials. The entire > broadcast, all weekend long, was commercial free. This happened for a > couple of years if I remember correctly. > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 3:53 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ideally the PGA would pull the tournament and move it somewhere else. But >>> obviously that aint gonna happen. >> >> >> Actually - neither the PGA of America or PGA tour have anything to do with >> the Masters tournament. It's a private tournament run entirely by Augusta >> National. You must be formally invited by the Augusta National Golf Club to >> play. >> >> No, there is not actually any "organization" capable of pulling anything. >> Except the sponsors, who are lined up around the block. >> >> -Cameron >> >> ... >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349568 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
