national Olympic Committees. I bet you have to buy all that stuff through
the US Olympic Committee's site (or whatever the US committee's name is).
When the Sydney Olympics came around they passed special legislation to
control the use of all sorts of stuff, including huge lumps of the English
language. For example it was against the law to use the word "Sydney" and
"2000" in the same sentence without the express written permission of his
Lordship Juan Antonio Samaranch.
A client of mine made some components for the torches. A nice order for
him, and adds some nice prestige to his small business, but he's not allowed
to tell anyone without the express written permission of Jacques Rogge
hisself. He can't even use the word "Olympic" in any of his company's
correspondence.
So it wouldn't surprise me at all if you can't buy hats through the Athens
site, and you have to buy it through the US Olympic committee site.
You ought to be able to get a great deal on US Basketball team memorabilia.
No one's going to want that. In fact I heard the coach's job is up for
grabs.
Cheers
Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
AFP Webworks
http://afpwebworks.com
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From: Ian Sheridan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 23 August 2004 11:44 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Olympics web site - anyone know anything about how it's built?
Well I'm in the US and I saw a hat that I liked in the
http://eshop.athens2004.com/ shop (sorry not CF). 14.40 euros is no big
deal so I wanted to buy it. To do that you have to register and I
couldn't. It did not have USA listed in the country drop down. Is it
me?! because I saw a bunch of other countries there that are not in the
EU. It didn't list Canada either.
Sorry about being OT, I know that NBC (a television network here in the
US) bought all the broadcasting rights to the Olympics but damn why
can't my capitalist pig ass buy a darn hat?! heh
Ian
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