Stephen Russell wrote: > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 9:21 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account >> I'd love to think they could fix it, but even their own auditors doubt >> it. Better to let them go to bankruptcy and restructure, imo. Would >> that allow them to bust out the union? The unions today don't serve as >> they once did. They're as bad as the insurance companies and >> ambulance-chasing lawyers driving up other costs. > ------------------------- > > I wonder what the burden of advertising is for the big 3 on a per piece sold ? > > Between football, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf and tennis what > costs are attributed to each unit? > > This may be as much as 5% or is it as high as 15%? I have no idea. > But I would guess it is astronomic. 3, 4, 5 thousand dollars on a > Caddy. Add to that the retiree burden and you might find that the > associated costs are now 5 to 8 thousand on that same Caddy. I find > that a lot of money, sorry. > > >
So get rid (or seriously trim) the corporate sponsorships...is that your suggestion? Someone at Sylvan the other day suggested that this is really going to hurt NASCAR. *Why* it would, wasn't quite clear to me when he said it, but I'm guessing that he meant sponsorship dollars going away. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
