Will the last Olympics sponsor out please douse the flame?

[dixiehack]

OK I know it isn't that drastic yet, but losing McDonalds has to be a blow. What I didn't realize is it is a growing trend.

The chain's decision marks the latest big-name sponsor's departure from the Olympics, following Budweiser, Citi, Hilton, TD Ameritrade and AT&T.

McDonald's Exits Longtime Olympics Partnership

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Ba da ba ba baaaaaa...go **** yourselves.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Ba da ba ba baaaaaa...go **** yourselves.

That tune sounds a lot like this one:

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

They're hating it.

 

[justgladtobehere]

At least we got a classic Simpsons episode out of it.

 

[User 149557]

That tune sounds a lot like this one:

I always thought the last few notes of The Drive-By Truckers' "The Day John Henry Died" sounded like the start of the McDonald's "I'm Lovin' It" jingle.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

At least we got a classic Simpsons episode out of it.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I'm lost.

 

[HanSenSE]

Will the Olympics ever give in an allow sponsors signage at venues like, oh, every other sport, or continue to rival the NCAA for perpetuating an image of purity that just isn't true?

 

[Pilot]

I urge them to find a way to keep McDonald's in the media center.

(Honestly, you think all the stories that come out every Olympics about all the foreign athletes lined up at McDonald's would be nearly priceless. Turns out, not quite priceless.)

 

[Pilot]

Will the Olympics ever give in an allow sponsors signage at venues like, oh, every other sport, or continue to rival the NCAA for perpetuating an image of purity that just isn't true?

I'm going to guess "no" on that one. The IOC is in desperate need of a shakeup/disbanding/rebuild, but I think that'd been seen as steps in the wrong direction.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Will the Olympics ever give in an allow sponsors signage at venues like, oh, every other sport, or continue to rival the NCAA for perpetuating an image of purity that just isn't true?

I can tell you that the venues were just about the only place in Atlanta that didn't have sponsor signage. The other Olympics I attended the sponsors were less visible. I get why some US-centric brands dropped out. They're never gonna sell Bud in Australia, Japan or Europe. But Citi does. International banks have a wide reach.

 

[swingline]

At least we got a classic Simpsons episode out of it.

Krusty: I'm gonna spit in every 10th burger.
Homer: I like those odds!

 

[ChrisLong]

I will always remember that the Atlanta Olympic cauldron looked like a McDonald's french fry container.