The association has changed the dates of tournaments so they do no conflict with P.S.A.L. tournaments, has created a system that allows P.S.A.L. matches to count toward the association's rankings and is sponsoring off-season and weekend U.S.T.A. teams that provide an opportunity for children to play year round without the high expense and with quality coaching.
He eases their passage by sponsoring off-campus events--picnics, weekend ski trips, and mountain-bike outings--designed to facilitate intragroup communication and cross-cultural understanding.
Witness the recent uproar when The Washington Post solicited lobbyists for $25,000 to $250,000 to sponsor off-the-record "salons" where they could schmooze with government officials and Post journalists at the publisher's home.
And if they are beginning to turn fans and sponsors off with their "boring" football, Hainer's words may carry more weight than Van Gaal could imagine.
"In Australia you can't raise money for the America's Cup, because when Alan Bond won and then went broke and a lot of small people lost their money in his company, I think it turned sponsors off," Fischer said, referring to the Australian businessman who won the Cup in 1983.
Before the financial crisis, ABN Amro was one of the world's largest sponsors of off-balance sheet vehicles with an exposure of more than $100 billion.
And at one charity event a wag challenged Campbell and Peter Capaldi, who played Tucker, to a "sponsored swear-off".
"The guys come in with the big bling and the cars and the whole thing, or talking about an investment and they are going to buy this restaurant," Ms. Bradley said, "and I would like the senior players to be able to say, 'What the heck are you thinking about?' " In addition to financial literacy education, the N.F.L. sponsors several off-season boot camps.
The Post decided Thursday to cancel plans to charge lobbyists and trade groups $25,000 or more to sponsor private, off-the-record dinner parties at the home of its publisher, Katharine Weymouth, events that would have brought together lobbyists, business leaders, Post journalists and officials from the Obama administration and Congress.
She won the "Star-Spangled Sing-Off," sponsored by Macy's, which also sponsors the fireworks off the western edge of Manhattan and the accompanying television coverage.
Even yogis are getting into the spirit of things with the Yoga Ball, sponsored by Off the Mat Into the World, and Yoga Votes, which promotes voting between oms and sun salutations.
