On the contrary, the International Olympic Committee will sell sponsorship to any corporation willing to shell out the most money to be "The Official {string} of the 2012 Olympics", no matter the category or how inappropriate it is.
ok, how about this: an imaginary buddy of mine running a porn website asked Olympics officials to put some porn ads. a couple doing it. on every runner's and jumper's t-shirt. he was willing to pay $10MM per runner, $20MM per jumper. guess what? bummer. they didn't agree :(
> There seems to be a propensity on HN to question everything no matter how absurd it is on it's face.
There's a tendency on HN (and other places) to make statements based on "facts" that aren't actually known by the person making the claim.
> "I can assure you that Obama wouldn't be happy if his daughter became a porn star".
Unless you have specific knowledge about Obama, you can't accurately "assure" that. Yes, it's likely that Obama, like most fathers, would prefer that his daughters not be porn stars, but some fathers are different in this respect. To "assure" in this case requires Obama-specific information.
> Oh yeah, how do you know that he wouldn't be happy? Do you know him and have you spoken to him about that specifically????"
You seem to think that that's wrong. How about explaining why? I agree that speaking to Obama isn't necessary, but surely some Obama-specific information is. Do you disagree?
Playboy puts out an annual edition called the girls of the ACC, going to college campuses' to recruit.
In that context, I don't see anyone who was shamed by participating, and some people I know had relatives who were "okay" with it... albeit not ecstatic.
Seeing how nuanced the above can become, lets look at the USOC....
1. Do they have government oversight?
2. Are they required to pick the highest bidder?
3. Can they legally say X is not acceptable by community standards? Whose standards? Why would pornography be against community standards (nationwide) if it isn't consider obscene (legally speaking)?
Now I bet you that no porn company has actually tried to make a case, but it'd be interesting to see how far they could go with one.
> ok, how about this: an imaginary buddy of mine running a porn website asked Olympics officials to put some porn ads. a couple doing it. on every runner's and jumper's t-shirt. he was willing to pay $10MM per runner, $20MM per jumper. guess what? bummer. they didn't agree :(
> is this specific enough?
It's "specific" but not evidence. You're assuming that they'd say no.
Moreover, your claim was "any offer". Do you really think that they'd turn down $1T?
Nobody is going to think a diner has any relation to the official games.