I don't understand something (what's new?) re. the whole "Event Sponsorship" issue; are you (Mark, or John, or Jake, or whom ever knows) saying that Rolex has Exclusive Rights to all US Sailing events, or to the Alter Cup, and we cannot go out and get a different (ie. mo-money) "Event Sponsor"?? Can there be only Rolex at all US Sailing events?
What about all the "Alpha Graphics" stuff I get with my US Sailing mailouts? To be honest, I haven't seen much from Rolex in quite a while.
First, I don't know anything specific about the sponsorship figures involved. I wouldn't say Rolex has had "exclusive rights" - the event can go get additional sponsorship but it has to be reviewed and deemed not in conflict with US Sailing's other sponsors. This has included Alpha Graphics and several other companies. I understand the need to do this - but the problem is that the event finds itself limited regarding who they can approach for sponsorship and the limitations in this regard haven't seemed to be in scale with the amount of financial assistance the event gets through the US Sailing sponsorship in the past.
