This Bud's for you...

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:27 pm

Heard on NPR that Annheiser-Busch paid for the exclusive right to serve Budweister at WC 2006 in Munich. Bavarian taxpayers are spending millions to build the venues for the event and they're up in arms that their local brewers are being shut out.

http://www.theworld.org/geoquiz/2004/04/21ga.shtml

You can hear the whole piece at the main page of that site.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:03 pm

Hell, I'd be pissed if was a fan at the venues. Let's see: Drinking fine local Bavarian brew or Clydesdale piss.

I'm sure Bud will serve Michelob Double Bock or some swill like that in an effort to appease the locals with its "hard stuff." Pass the f*cking barf bag my way.

This would be like serving Benihana as the official food of World Cup 2002 instead of local cuisine.

Beer drinkers are getting the shaft. The almighty dollar speaks first, as it always does in big-time sports. But the almighty dollar also is the lifeblood of big-time sports, as I know when I go to work every day in the sports biz.

Take care,
PK

mgoblue · Post by **mgoblue** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:09 pm

if I'm going to Germany to watch the WC, I'd want to try all the German beers, I can get Budweiser anytime I want here...this is just stupid

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:11 pm

Well crap, I'll let you know what I do when I'm there for the World Cup.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:02 pm

Maybe the Brit football hooligans will start a riot in the stands while stone sober because they won't touch the American swill.