New men’s and women’s US national team jerseys by Nike. Like?
Olympics 2012: branding 'police' to protect sponsors' exclusive rights
I guess I’ve never quite understood the rules about sharing game content, but the rules for the London Olympics seems to be really cracking down on keeping Olympic content exclusive!
With just a little more than three months to go until the opening of the London 2012 Games, attention is increasingly turning to what many legal experts consider to be the most stringent restrictions ever put in place to protect sponsors’ brands and broadcasting rights, affecting every athlete, Olympics ticket holder and business in the UK.
One thing I was really looking forward to this summer was to see if USSoccerdotcom’s YouTube channel or certainathletes Twitter accounts or instagrams would share some awesome insider stories and pics. Presumably the team will have rights to their own content, but then:
Athletes don’t …
• Blog about your breakfast cereal or energy bar if it’s not an official sponsor – in Games Period all endorsement is banned.
• Post video clips from inside the athletes’ village to your blog or Youtube. No audio or video content from inside any Olympic venue can be uploaded to any site.
• Tweet “in the role of a journalist”. Athletes “must not report on competition or comment on the activities of other participants”.
So that’s pretty disappointing, to say the least. And even fans Facebook posts could be considered violations, are you kidding?! These seems pretty unenforceable, so lets hope Behind the Crest can still make an appearance.
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Happy birthday Mia Hamm. The soccer legend turns 40 on Saturday. (Simon Bruty/SI)
GALLERY: Classic Photos of Mia Hamm
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The Beautiful Game: CLASH OF THE TITANS
Over 100 international goals scored by each.
Wambach vs. Sinclair in CONCACAF Women’s Olympic qualifying final
VANCOUVER — Soccer fans attending Sunday’s CONCACAF women’s Olympic qualifying tournament championship game between the United States and Canada at BC Place (8 p.m. ET,NBC Sports Network) will be…
Bloomberg Businessweek released its Power 100 2012, a list of the 100 most powerful athletes.
Rank last year: Unranked
Sport: Soccer
Age: 31
Most recent notable achievement: Named Female Athlete of the Year for 2011 by the Associated Press
Earnings: $1,500,000
Key sponsors: Gatorade, Nike, MVP Healthcare
Why she’s on the list: Abby Wambach has scored 13 goals in three World Cup appearances, the most by an American, placing third on the all-time list. She led the U.S. women’s team to the verge of victory at the World Cup in Germany, following a clutch header to help the U.S. defeat Brazil in the quarterfinals.Rank last year: Unranked
Sport: Soccer
Age: 30
Most recent notable achievement: Saved three penalty kicks against Brazil in the 2011 World Cup, preserving the U.S. win
Earnings: $2,500,000
Key sponsors: Nike, Gatorade, Bank of America
Why she’s on the list: Known for her elegant fashion sense, Solo is the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. team and a star in the soccer world. Despite past controversies involving her criticism of the team, Solo has earned a solid starting role for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Like fellow Olympian Apolo Ohno, Solo furthered her celebrity by competing on the television program Dancing With the Stars.The 6 other women on the list (8 out of 100—great, just great) compete in individual sports. 5 of them are tennis players and the 6th is Lindsey Vonn.
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As soccer’s blogosphere breathlessly welcomes this week’s TIME Magazine with the peerless Lionel Messi on the cover, some outlets have forsaken basic research and overlooked this July 19, 1999 edition featuring the World Cup winning U.S. squad. Let us never forget.
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