No ARMY Money ?

[Alan Roehrich]

Just a thought here folks, and by no means am I a fan of the government spending an extra nickel, and having friends and family serving, I'm disgusted by the idea that they have to pay for any piece of equipment they might need or want as well. I'm no big fan of fuel racing, or the Schumachers.

The Pentagon gets a certain amount of money to spend on recruiting. The sponsorships are paid from that fund. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of ways they can spend recruiting money. But they WILL get their recruiting budget, and they WILL spend it. Whether or not motorsports sponsorship is the very best way to spend recruiting dollars is something that few, if any of us have any knowledge of. If Congress manages to ban recruiting funding from use as motorsports sponsorship, you can bet it will be spent elsewhere, it's not going to be saved.

Further, you can bet that this bill is political grandstanding. Nothing more, nothing less.

Don't be fooled by a bunch of rhetoric. And don't think that if the bill passes, the money won't be spent elsewhere.

[Dave Crouchet]

Personally id rather see the money put in a fund for injured soldiers, widows, widowers and to the families of the fallen soldiers.

Joe, please tell ur son we all thank him for his duties as a soldier.

[Eddies66]

I think the money is going to the right place because that is were the kids, go NHRA and NASCAR, that would have an interest in the Army.

Here with the Navy SEALS we sponsor the Iron Man Events, Off-Road Biking and Water Sports because studies show that is where our target audience is and the audience that would have the highest success rate.

There has been over the years a number of studies (Gallup) to determine who and where the target audience is at. Nobody wants to waste tax dollars on wasted effort especially the Military. If the Army felt that this venue was not bringing in bodies they would focus somewhere else.

But I have to say proudly that the Marines, that send the least on recruiting, have never missed a quota. They had use the same marketing group for more than 150 years. I guess if it ain't broke.......