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tournaments .
In an int rview in th e M ay 15. 197
issue of Play M ter magazin ,
Peppard xplained that a t urna-
ment was not supposed to mak
money, in and of itself: '' Ev r ybody
who i
in manufa t ur in g or
marketing has only on thing I
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and that is quart r in th cas h box.
A nd promotion put quart r in th
cash box . They cr at
t.
and that produ e a gr
for the op rator becaus th
taking plac . N ow, w
finan cing th tour lik any
overhead it m, and that i pa
in the cos t of th produ I."
Peppard u ed that am philoso-
phy to justify the 400,000 Tourna-
m nt Sp tacular .
A fter th tournam nt h d fai l d .
Peppard xplained to Play M t r
that " th objectiv ofth tourn am nt
was still to sell Tournam nt Socc r ,
Tournam nt Eight Ball. T ournam nt
M ark Dart s . a nd T ourn m nt
H ock y." Th at wa th whol point
of the tournament, he aid, t
II
product.
H e v n xplain d that it w
anticipat d the tourname nt would
operate at a loss. In fa t , h
desc ribed a loss o r hortfall of
$100,000 at the tournam nt a "a
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PLAY METFR . Februar y 1 , 1982
Pt < ' Ill~