Derrick Rose and Plush Velour Couches
Mar 28th 2008ericjhoroCollege Basketball
It’s official. The state of Tennessee does not want you gambling on the NCAA Tournament with furniture. Last December a Memphis furniture store held a promotion promising to repay customers for up to $1500 of furniture if Memphis won the National Championship. Not so fast…
Attorney General Robert E. Cooper issued an opinion last week stating that it is illegal for a business to conduct a promotion that requires a purchase when that purchase is induced by speculation that a person may receive partial or full rebate, depending on a particular team winning the NCAA tournament.
But wait, there’s more. The store now says Cooper approved the promotion before they went ahead with it. I predict in the end the only ones who get screwed are the consumers. Those poor, innocent people who just wanted something to tie the room together and were conned into spending extra in support of the Tigers.
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Mike on 28 Mar 2008 at 11:55 pm #
I just wanted to commend the author of this article for using a Lebowski reference.