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August 10, 2005
All the Marbles
Just in case you thought chess sponsorship was tough, and it is, this article on the US marbles championship might cheer you up.
His mother, Michelle, offered a suggestion: "Car insurance."
Nothing like a little schadenfreude when we're surrounded with poker on TV 24/7 and big prizes for who can eat the the most hot dogs.
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Maybe Maurice Ashley can organize a $500,000 open marbles tournament for them. :)
Posted by: KCotreau at August 10, 2005 09:59I don't know much about all those marbles championships but I bet that there was no time when there were 3 marbles champions at the same time, each one trying to persuade the others that HE was the only valid one ! [and whoever understood, understood, hehehe!] 8-)))
Sorry for being evil but some chess-things have become pretty tiring...
Its pretty bad in checkers as well. For the last women's world championship match, the organisers were looking for sponsorship from all and sundry. $10 was the minimum amount! The challenger had to give numerous simuls to make enough money to pay for her flight from New Zealand.
Posted by: Jonathan O'Connor at August 11, 2005 04:48
