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revmclaren

(2,505 posts)
Fri May 31, 2019, 01:00 AM May 2019

Fresno Grizzlies lose second major sponsor after controversial Memorial Day video.

Heineken USA has announced it has terminated its sponsorship of the Fresno Grizzlies after a controversial video was aired at Chukchansi Park on Memorial Day.

The company advertises with the Grizzlies under the Dos Equis and Tecate brands, which it owns. The beer brands were among the biggest partners of the team.


More at the link...

https://abc30.com/politics/fresno-grizzlies-lose-second-major-sponsor/5323855/

Unfortunately, Fresno is a hot bed of tRumpish
Views. I think the team and it's fans are getting the message.


ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

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Fresno Grizzlies lose second major sponsor after controversial Memorial Day video. (Original Post) revmclaren May 2019 OP
Don't shit where you eat. dalton99a May 2019 #1
And now they won't even have beer revmclaren May 2019 #2
I don't always say "Bye Felicia", but when I do... Anon-C May 2019 #3
Stupid fucks get what they deserve. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 #4
Maybe Devin Nunes's cocaine-yacht winery can pick up the advertising slack... RockRaven May 2019 #5
First Sun-Maid and now this, eh? dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #6
Hit thier $$$belt . The only way they will notice no one wants this evil crap at a game lunasun May 2019 #7
this is good Skittles May 2019 #8
The taxpayers, as that team plays in a socialist-funded ballpark? TheBlackAdder May 2019 #9

RockRaven

(14,950 posts)
5. Maybe Devin Nunes's cocaine-yacht winery can pick up the advertising slack...
Fri May 31, 2019, 01:27 AM
May 2019

If not, oh well... too bad, so sad...


Whodathunkit that a transnational billion-dollar booze conglomerate would care more about the opinions of urbanites than the denizens of bumf**k-cowpoke-istan... Oh, that's right, anyone with the slightest inkling of numeracy and demographics.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. First Sun-Maid and now this, eh?
Fri May 31, 2019, 01:32 AM
May 2019

I'd call that a meaningful shift in the wind, esp, since it is Nunes' land.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
7. Hit thier $$$belt . The only way they will notice no one wants this evil crap at a game
Fri May 31, 2019, 02:10 AM
May 2019

Good on Heineken and gristles lose a sponsor

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