Talk:Sharpie

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"national controversy"

Why is signing a ball a "national controversy"? Can you elaborate on that? Andris 23:45, May 9, 2004 (UTC)

I added a more detailed description of the event that should explain why it was a "national controversy" Bungopolis 03:09, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

I do not see how signing a ball in a huge sports arena could possibly be controversial.... Is it because sportsmen are not suppose to endorse brandname or is it because they are not suppose to pass the ball around? It's still not clear at al. --Menchi 09:25, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

I don't follow sports but I vaguely remember hearing something or other about this, so I think that although it verges on trivia it does fall under the category of Sharpies! In! the News!, and they probably aren't in the news very often, so I understand why it's included. But I agree that the present description still isn't clear. I think it wasn't a scandal about Sharpies as such. I assume that it had something to do with the ongoing controversy about the role of sports autographs. Was the scandal that the athlete was prepared to autograph the ball, or something? Dpbsmith 10:38, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

Ok, so it has to do with ssports autographs. I did no idea that could possibly be controversial either. (I assume pacificism too much!) Maybe somebody could explain it at its own and say "(see also sports autograph)" since it seems to be such a ...controversery. --Menchi 15:50, 10 May 2004 (UTC)

Good re-write Dpbsmith. The Sharpie endorsement part makes it a bit more relevent to the Sharpie page. Bungopolis 19:08, 10 May 2004 (UTC)