On Mar 1, 12:39 am,
[email protected] wrote:
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> http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/feb08/feb28news2
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> How are they going to learn?
While it does seem a little over the top (wot, no cans
of Coke on the premises?) they are not banning it
like a pee-test ban. They're just saying you can't
drink it at the race. It seems draconian and
probably not workable to enforce 100%, but on the
other hand I very much sympathize with their desire
not to become an implicit marketing tool for Red Bull
and similar fad drinks.
It's okay with me if those drinks sponsor adult events.
I'm not thinking of this in a "What about the CHILDREN???"
panic, but in the context that, for ex, my high school
didn't even have soda vending machines. (Except in
the teachers' lounge.) Selling sugar water to a captive
audience of minors has only become accepted
practice relatively recently.
Ben