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GRAVITY GAMES
POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST
RIP OFF
OF SKIERS AND RIDERS EVER!
Gravity Games was a hundred
million dollar event held in January, 2000, yet the total purse for the event, $380,000,
was considerably less than what a 10th
place golfer wins in single major PGA tournament.
The
extreme contest had some of the best skiing I have ever seen but the WINNER walked
away with only a mere $12,000. Who sponsors a hundred million dollar event and
awards the winner only $12,000? Peterson Companies and NBC Sports.
The nominal 1st Place award would have been
understandable if the event had been held by a small budget internet magazine
like Gravitygraphics.com, but it wasn't. What should have been the award money
went into the pockets of Peterson Companies and NBC Sports executives, not the
athletes.
Not only did Peterson Companies
and NBC Sports exploit the skiers and snowboarders, the Gravity Games theme was
stolen from Gravitygraphics.com.
First Peterson Companies and NBC
Sports stole the theme of Gravitygraphics.com's
premier poster "Drop In" passing it off as their idea and using it as
the theme for the Gravity Games. In addition, Gravitygraphics.com's web
site description was copied almost word for word in the event advertising.
When Gravitygraphics.com
approached the Mammoth Mountain Manager about the obvious infringement she
didn't deny it. Her actual response was "So what if we did
steal it, you don't have enough money to sue". She wasn't concerned
because Gravitygraphics.com can't afford to sue NBC and Emap Peterson.
I wonder what the 1st Place award
will be next year? Maybe a pat on the back?
Peggy Honingford, Newport
Beach
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