The Kentucky Derby presented by YUM brands!!

[brockguy]

Im surprised Emirates didn't make a move to sponsor it. They seem to be sponsoring everything these days and are favourites to sponsor the Epsom Derby when Vodafone's spell runs out this year!

[lemondropkid1]

Something thats actually kind of funny, or sad, about this is that Yum! is actually having problems with their stock plunging right now. Between the e.coli in all the Taco Bells (don't remember where) and the rat infestation in one of their KFC/Taco Bells in NY, they're not doing too well.

Don't know about anyone else, but I'm not sure I'd want the Derby associated with disease and infestations. But, hey, that's just me!

The publicity is getting worse. The West Village(NYC) KFC was closed today because of rats! Yes, I said RATS! The tape shows it all. KFC is despicable anyway.

[bugsoup]

sponsers bring in all kinds of money. just like in other sports with naming rights of stadiums and tracks.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by Bold Reasoning

The publicity is getting worse. The West Village(NYC) KFC was closed today because of rats! Yes, I said RATS! The tape shows it all. KFC is despicable anyway.

Bold Reasoning,
See "Don't eat here" in esoteric.
Also..a recipe in the cookbook....YUM!

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Bold Reasoning,
See "Don't eat here" in esoteric.
Also..a recipe in the cookbook....YUM!

Here is a sickening deja vu. In the 1970's I lived in a suburb of Newark, NJ. There was a KFC a few miles from me. I never ate there, but I remember it being closed because a customer bit into a fried piece of rat!!!!

[2MinsToPost]

I think someone on this board lives in the town the rats were running wild does he not?

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by Bold Reasoning

Here is a sickening deja vu. In the 1970's I lived in a suburb of Newark, NJ. There was a KFC a few miles from me. I never ate there, but I remember it being closed because a customer bit into a fried piece of rat!!!!

Bold Reasoning,
I know the area well. If you go upstream on the Hackensack River (which empties into Newark bay), or up Overpeck Creek, also a tributary, there are plenty of rats..all over the place. It's near Meadowlands. Used to be Bergen
county's "sanitary land fill".
Seems to me that Manhatten has a very big problem as well.
All along the Hudson (in the rocks, under the piers), these nasty critters will be found.
I honestly don't have a good solution, other than keeping garbage in cans with bungies on top. Even with that, they are mighty tough to get rid of.
Wherever ships tie up, Norway rats come up and down the ropes.
I just hope they don't carry bubonic plague fleas.
This is a huge problem that needs serious attention from the public health department. Both NY and NJ.
Lots of people live in this area...and many don't even realize what critters are sharing their homes, backyards, and eateries.

Two of my best friends deliver chips for Frito-Lay, which is one of the Yum brands. Everytime they see this kind of thing, they just shake their heads and say, "There goes our pension funds . . ."

I wonder if anybody has actually determined if such sponsorships really generate profits for the companies themselves. I understand that the companies get more exposure as a result of all the ads that are placed during the event, but seriously, have you ever bought Taco Bell because the Kentucky Derby is sponsored by Yum Brands? Did you ever buy more Tostitos because they sponsor the Fiesta Bowl? And did you buy tons of Enron stock because the Astros' field was named after it? (God help you if you did! ) Are the companies really getting the bang for the buck?

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Bold Reasoning,
I know the area well. If you go upstream on the Hackensack River (which empties into Newark bay), or up Overpeck Creek, also a tributary, there are plenty of rats..all over the place. It's near Meadowlands. Used to be Bergen
county's "sanitary land fill".
Seems to me that Manhatten has a very big problem as well.
All along the Hudson (in the rocks, under the piers), these nasty critters will be found.
I honestly don't have a good solution, other than keeping garbage in cans with bungies on top. Even with that, they are mighty tough to get rid of.
Wherever ships tie up, Norway rats come up and down the ropes.
I just hope they don't carry bubonic plague fleas.
This is a huge problem that needs serious attention from the public health department. Both NY and NJ.
Lots of people live in this area...and many don't even realize what critters are sharing their homes, backyards, and eateries.

I didn't live near the Hackensack River, but I was relatively close to a few other rivers. Now I live near the Delaware in the boondocks where I see many crittters, but not rats.

[Storm Cadet]

http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=64901

[Echo Farm]

I heard they were going to have UB40 sing Rats in the Kitchen instead of My old Kentucky Home this year


the print story behind the video for those of us who are high speed challenged: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17296649/

[Danzig]

i think the advertising pays off. i bought citgo gas because they are big supporters of horse racing, til i found out they were a branch of the venezuelan govt. now i don't go there.
and nascar was mentioned--many of the fans are rabid about buying from nascar sponsors. yeah, it works. that's why they pay the bucks to put their name up there.

i saw about the rats, disgusting and very disturbing. hell, they said the place was cited for rat droppings--how the heck did they think the droppings got there, the rat dropping fairy?? duh, they had to know that rats were around if the evidence was there.

[Pedigree Ann]

For several years, the first two classics of the English season, the Guineas races at Newmarket, were sponsored by an insurance company with an infelicitous name. How would you like the "General Accident Kentucky Derby?"

The REAL Derby was sponsored by a battery company for a while - and somehow the 'Eveready Derby' didn't sound so bad.

a toyota tie in this year as well

it is hard to see but the TwinSpires are on the hood. HEre is a link to the article http://racing.ups.com/2007/02/ups_of...n_a_chanc.html