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The $64 question is will they (drop their sponsorship) and I don't know -- I haven't asked them.

Tom Hamilton

The sponsorship dollars just weren't there.

Michael Schmand

We're very pleased that DirecTV recognizes the importance of sponsoring a Nextel Cup event. They chose Martinsville to make their entry into Nextel Cup sponsorship. It gives us a national sponsor. Everybody in the country, worldwide for that matter, knows DirecTV.

Clay Campbell

[And there are other options to the banner ad.] Forbes seems to be making money through sponsorship instead of banner ads -- they seem to be having success by thinking outside the box, literally in this case, ... The other whole area is making deals with the big portals where you buy exclusivity on certain amounts of pages. But it's very expensive.

Barry Parr

A sponsorship is on line and we will not let it down.

Jeremy Duxbury

We're disappointed. We'd like to see the ratings be higher. I'm sure that NBC would like to see the ratings be higher and the other sponsors would as well. We're still really proud of our sponsorship.

Ryndee Carney

We've hit a home run with this sponsorship. The teams love it, the communities love it and our clients and employees love it. So we decided to go for a triple play and extend this sponsorship through 2009. The Principal Family Fun Fest is a great way to bring wholesome, family-oriented entertainment to the communities where our clients and employees live.

Dan Houston

With this, BCCI has become the world's most valued brand in sponsorship revenues.

Lalit Modi

We are delighted to secure what is the best-ever single sponsorship for Port Vale.

Bill Bratt

It is common knowledge that much of the success for this event comes from John's ability to approach local businesses and corporations for sponsorship.

Thomas Briggs

E2V also creates a new type of sponsorship opportunity for leading companies tired of the old methods. We believe that over the course of the year, event organizers of E2V-covered events will find attendance numbers increasing. Our product will help shape networking in the local business community and bring balance to executives' schedules.

Scott Stephens

It is the top sports sponsorship you can do. ... There still is a lot of sizzle in it.

Steve Rossi

The Mercury sponsorship gives us the ability to support our independent film community and the films themselves to the best of our ability.

Mark Cuban

There will be no Toyota-branded teams or cars. Teams will bring their own sponsorship and we will provide only technical support.

Dave Illingworth

We never intended to go out and promote this but the sponsorship project was mentioned in one line, one subordinate clause, on the town's home page (Wednesday), and things took off.

Helge Sines

We wanted a position at a level of sponsorship, expenditure and exposure with the team that first of all was available to us here and was not available at Ferrari.

Peter Bamford

Our goal is for our programs to move to the next level. (Having a sponsorship deal) allows us to do things that we wouldn't be allowed to do – like travel more. Everybody has to take care of the financial aspect.

Jerrod Fleury

Our overall sponsorship, advertising and promotional investment in the NFL is significantly better than the competition, and we're disappointed that the NFL chose to go in a different direction.

Tony Ponturo

NASCAR fans know that without sponsorship, there would be no racing, ... They know that by buying Domino's Pizza , they're supporting the sport and the team.

Patricia Baker

As the advertising world becomes more cluttered, it makes a difference for them to stand out and really connect with the consumers. Sponsorship in the arts is a way to connect with the customers on more of an emotional and visceral level.

Lance Helgeson

The demographics are ideal, obviously, for sponsorship groups. And you're starting to see some of these companies realizing what the market is and getting involved.

Greg Ambrosius

We are looking for a more lasting relationship with our sponsors. We are involved in negotiations with a marketing company for outsourcing sponsorship to assist us.

David Gilbert

The deal just came about. We've been working on it for a while. We're very pleased that DIRECTV recognized the sport by sponsoring a Nextel Cup event. We're more than happy that they chose Martinsville because it's their first entry into a Nextel Cup sponsorship.

Clay Campbell

We believe it is the biggest sponsorship in British sporting history outside of football.

David Moorcroft

Among the key terms we bargained for in the 2002-2006 FIFA World Cup sponsorship negotiation was the right to obtain future FIFA World Cup sponsorship opportunities.

Noah Hanft

We have a lot of experience in sports complex sponsorship throughout our footprint, and we see value in those ... it's a good way to enter the market.

Jay Ellison

That's our plan. We're already behind the 8-ball, but we have to do it some time, ... This opportunity came up, and if the sponsorship comes together in the next two weeks, then we'll be able to go.

Larry Mcclure

This sponsorship reflects our company's history of supporting community programs and initiatives, as well as our commitment and connection to the Hispanic community.

Randy Smith

Sure, all the kids in town mean the economics we're talking about are at the lower end rather than the higher end. But let's not kid ourselves - there's a huge corporate presence here, a lot of sponsorship dollars. Just look at all the private parties.

Michael Goldberg

It's an honor to be working with DIRECTV in their first Nextel Cup Series race sponsorship. The company has strong ties to NASCAR and we're excited for DIRECTV to bring race fans a memorable experience at our track.

Clay Campbell

Sovereignty is still an issue really important for Quebec. More than ever, especially with what happened with the sponsorship scandal.

David Page

No one understands cross country; no one is interested in the U.S.. Sponsorship and recognition are hard to get. It's like cricket in Norway.

Trond Nystad

The sponsorship of Manchester City has proved a great success as it reinforces our position as one of the UK's best-known brand names. Manchester City supporters have also benefited from thousands of pounds in savings on holidays.

Thomas Cook

There is no reason to suppose that the state of the claimants' marriage would be regarded to have any relevance to the majority of the sponsorship agreements relied on by the defendant since they spring from David Beckham's prowess as a footballer.

Charles Gray

We're delighted to be able to take on title sponsorship. It's a natural fit for us.

Cathy Cole

I would like to sincerely thank FASANOC for organizing workshops on strategic planning and sponsorship.

Tevita Mau

The connection to motorcyclists that we're achieving with this program has been a positive for Ford. We're seeing increased exposure for our product, expanded sales leads, and an improved relationship with our customer base as a direct result of this sponsorship.

Mike Dennis

Our tour would have been canceled without the Alcoa sponsorship. It would have generated a big loss.

Harris Ferris

The future for racing in this country is frightening, considering all the obstacles. There's traffic regulations, sponsorship and the like...and although safety is paramount, when people go over the top it makes it very difficult. The hierarchy of Australian cycling is oblivious to the obstacles in running a race.

John Craven

The key is the teams. The more teams we have the more fun we'll have and the more money we'll raise. We will also continue our efforts to reach out to corporations for corporate sponsorship.

Jason Perillo

That myth has been broken long ago, ... Everyone who follows the Olympics knows commercialism and corporate sponsorship is as much a part of the Olympics at this point as athletic competition. It is simply aesthetics, it is simply a veneer.

Marc Ganis

At Red Hat, we believe that open source technology can change the world, and is still in its infancy. It's a guiding principle that is embodied in everything we do. Beyond a founding corporate sponsorship, we've put engineering and other strategic resources behind the One Laptop per Child initiative to add our expertise, global reach and focus to the project.

Matthew Szulik

In creating those sponsorship levels it really has helped make the tournament more viable. It puts a major emphasis on some of our corporate sponsors.

Mark Brazil

With this, BCCI has become the world's most valued brand in team sponsorship.

Lalit Modi

The truly irreplaceable location of the 1880 Broadway retail condominium, strong sponsorship and exceptional risk-adjusted returns made this a highly sought after investment in both the debt and equity markets.

Steve Kohn

We are proud of our association with Major League Baseball and the 10 Clubs with whom we have sponsorship relationships. Our customers have a real affinity for baseball, so providing them with this special offer is just one way we're developing benefits that deliver added value and match their personal interests.

Rick Parsons

Bureaus provide services to convention groups; they provide education through sponsorship dollars at meetings like this. But isn't it interesting. Bureaus are under attack, but we're not doing anything about it.

Bruce Harris

Dan gets it -- he has built ballparks before and he also knows how to get things done on the sponsorship side, as we've seen already.

Dr. Michael Smith

Our sponsorship program, which is really an important factor of that (record revenue), is critical to us going forward.

Peter Kenyon

I'm looking forward to it. I knew she was playing, and I thought it'd be pretty cool if I got paired with her. I'm looking for a sponsorship for my bag, and it would be good to get some TV time.

Chris Couch

These funds are so totally unrelated to any involvement between Perry and Manchester United that this matter did not even come up in our sponsorship negotiations.

Chris Winans

We must be breaking some kind of world record by doing this. We're not in the 'Guinness Book of World Records' or anything, but if we could get sponsorship from Guinness beer, that would be sweet.

Samir Mathur

In every sponsorship relationship, there comes a time to move on. Thirteen years is longer than most relationships of this sort would be expected to continue.

Niall O'grady

This Presenting Sponsorship works because it's a total partnership between two organizations who care about the fans and the community. When you can create greater awareness of the brand, and at the same time make it fun for the fans, and contribute to the community, everybody wins.

David Hall

The constitutional problem created by almost a decade of activist lawsuits to destroy marriage demands a constitutional fix. AFM created the Marriage Protection Amendment and our text has been introduced with bi-partisan sponsorship in two successive sessions of Congress in order to protect the common sense view of marriage shared by most Americans of every race, color and creed.

Matt Daniels

We are proud to expand our support of junior golf by extending our relationship with the Junior World Championships. Our sponsorship of this prestigious event, along with our ongoing support of high school and college programs around the country, further demonstrates our commitment to the players who are the future of this great game.

George Fellows

There's so much in the way of new things that are going on that are basically going to generate that kind of growth. All these things are going to lead to bigger TV contracts and bigger advertising and sponsorship numbers.

John Connaughton

Instead of corporate sponsorship, what they should do is band together and demand that tax cuts get sent back to schools across the country that are begging for funds.

Gary Ruskin

It may be presumed that he did not want someone like Mr. Cutler to obstruct or delay his method of handling sponsorship files.

John Gomery

We need to get sponsorship. We need to be recognized.

Rolf Wilson

But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's nothing that gets people as involved as sport.

Lynne Anderson

Obviously, we are big fans of open-wheel racing. The door is open for IRL to have conversations with us with regard to coming back to California Speedway. But, in my mind, it's a business decision. We need to see what the sponsorship situation is going to be.

Gillian Zucker

He simply told me that they had decided to give the sponsorship to another company. I asked him (who it was) and he said I would find out later.

David Kinsman

Sponsorship, that's the guts of it. And politics.

Eddie Mcguire

We are excited to continue to be a sponsor of NABJ. Through our partnerships and sponsorship of prominent organizations we are continuing a dialogue with the African-American consumer market by supporting organizations that seek to improve the quality of life in the African-American community.

Edd Snyder