Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Fifa sponsors fear football image tainted
As Fifa continue with presidential elections despite accusations of bribery and corruption, their key sponsors Emirates Airlines, Coca-Cola and Adidas - as Coca-Cola spokesman Petro Kacur said "The current allegations being raised are distressing and bad for the sport". The issue here is image transfer potential (see Consumer PR lecture) - if football looks bad, so do its sponsors. See this Sky News article for more info.
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