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Here’s my question. If you’re the chairman of the XRCO, how can you feign ignorance on the important issue of who ICM Registry and .XXX domains is.
Nevertheless, from www.mikesouth.com, Dirty Bob gives his explanation of how the .XXX sponsorship of XRCO came about.
Obviously an explanation is in order. Not an excuse; an explanation.
The XRCO Awards Show happens every year only with the help of sponsors.
It costs a LOT to put on the show as you can imagine! And what happens when costs exceed sponsorship donations? It comes out of my pocket, plain and simple – WHICH HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION!
This year, with the economy and the biz being as rough as it is, I was having an incredibly difficult time rounding up enough sponsors. A few stepped up to the plate, and a few new ones came on board as well. But it wasn’t nearly enough.
A month ago I got a call from a guy saying he was from some adult registry – I honestly didn’t catch which one – and do we need another sponsor? Of course! His check arrived (from icm registry llc – which just didn’t click in my mind – honest!), and cleared, and the next step was to have him send me his logo. When the .xxx logo arrived I was surprised and honestly had no idea that it was the same group of people! But by then it was too late. Trophies were ordered etc etc and the show is only 3 weeks away. Besides this one phone call from them and a follow-up e-mail, I have never been in contact with them.
I struggled with this, spoke to people in the industry, and the general consensus was that everyone pretty much already knows about this group and had made up their mind about them – either way – by now. We decided this wasn’t a sell-out; I believe that it is the other way around as they are helping to sponsor us and we are not sponsoring them. Every time you turn around you see their name and ad anyway.
It can be argued that I screwed up by not checking out who the sponsor was? Sure! But this situation had never arisen before. But yes. my fault. I’m not passing the buck.
All I can say in my defense is that it never would have happened if enough sponsors had stepped up early enough. As it is right now I still don’t have quite enough to cover everything but there is one last sponsor committed which should get us near the break even point.
The XRCO has a reputation of being totally 100% non-political and honest. And it is! Whoever the members pick as noms and winners is exactly who is nominated and who wins. Sponsorships have absolutely NO EFFECT on the outcome! This being said, anyone who helps to sponsor the XRCO Awards Show has no effect on the outcome – especially a company who doesn’t even make adult DVDs!
I hope the industry and our other current sponsors understand that this should have no bearing on the outcome of the awards. If I upset anyone, I am sorry; it was not intentional!
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