Promotion of the day

Footy club sorry for KKK promotion

The Torquay Tigers became embroiled in a racism scandal yesterday, after images of the white supremacist group were used as part of a photo montage to promote the event on the club's website.
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Mr McMahon stressed the "All White Night" theme of the function related to the dress code and had no racial overtones, although he conceded people were now "obviously going to read other things into it". He insisted the club was not racist: "One person's mistake is not a reflection of our club.
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"The latest Ku Klux Klan scandal comes after Fremantle this month denied claims by its assistant coach, Steve Malaxos, that players had dressed in Klan gear and raided each others homes as a prank.

Gee, now I'm slightly more impressed that the Penguins were able to pull off their Game 5 Whiteout without using the phrases "All Whites", "Whites Only", "No Darks", photos that reference a couple hundred years of racism/murder/intimidation, or reference an anecdote where Evgeni Malkin dressed as a Grand Wizard and ransacked Sidney Crosby's house. Who knew it was so difficult?

I don't have as high hopes for their Game 3 combo brownout and "German National Socialist Movement Appreciation Night", that one has fiasco written all over it. Word to the wise amateur sporting promoters: think twice before you decide to put that photo of a racist organization in your promotion. Or just think. Thinking would probably head most of this stuff off.