Concerning Warner Montgomery's story on Saudia Arabia again: The British football team, Manchester United, is sponsored by the AIG insurance company in a deal signed in 2006 for £56.5 million. That deal ends in May 2010 and United will introduce new uniforms with the Aon Risk Management company (based in Chicago) as sponsor for the 2010/11 season. That deal is worth about £20 million per season. Almost every European and American soccer club is sponsored by a company whose logo appears on their shirt. The closest such club to Columbia is probably the Charleston Battery of the USL (United Soccer Leagues) who are sponsored by the Saturn car company.

Michael Orr