Kimbo Sponsor Banned From CBS
Yup, its true. Five Ounces has the skinny :
“One of Kimbo’s sponsors is Reality Kings, and Reality Kings operates a number of pornographic Web sites,” asked Burkholder. “Was there ever any discussion of banning Reality Kings from sponsoring Kimbo on the CBS show due to being on primetime network TV?”
“Yes, Reality Kings will not be on his clothing,” Shaw disclosed.
According to Shaw, the decision to prevent Reality Kings from being a visible sponsor was a joint one between CBS and EliteXC.
As much as I admire the fine work Reality Kings does, I understand CBS not wanting to be associated with it. I mean look at what the knuckleheads in the corporate media are already saying :
If people will watch it, a network will broadcast it. And people—millions of them—have navigated to YouTube to watch a backyard brawler named Kimbo Slice turn massive men into mincemeat.
So what if a little blood spills onto the lens? CBS is banking on Slice to headline a new Mixed Martial Arts series called "CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights" that debuts at 8 p.m. Saturday on WBBM-Ch. 2....Slice, a former high school linebacker who became the Baddest Dude in Miami by pummeling opponents in brawls that ESPN the Magazine likened to "human cockfighting."
Many of his dozens of YouTube clips can only be viewed by the 18-and-up crowd.
Slice, 6 feet 1 inch and 240 pounds with a bald dome, gold teeth, menacing eyes and an untamed beard that could hide a poor sap's missing teeth, has just two official MMA wins. But he's already the poster boy— sorry, sir, poster king—of the sport.
"He said to me: 'Man, you teach a guy from the streets this kind of stuff, and I think I can go really far in this sport,' " Johnson said. "He said: 'I want to get on the ground and break somebody's arm.' "
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I can’t blame CBS at all for refusing to allow them from advertising. CBS considers itself, if I recall correctly, the family network?
That being said, it does say a lot about our culture that violence is sought after, and sex is “omg nooooo!”.
by mythbuster on May 27, 2008 9:33 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think it's more a matter of CBS
wanting to protect the Kimbo brand—could they still sell him as a deadly killing machine from the streets if middle America knew they could log into inthevip and see gallant Sir Kimbo bravely protecting the lovely ladies of the VIP as they exhibit their charms?
by Kid Nate on May 27, 2008 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kimbo Slice
...brawling superstar. And women’s rights advocate.
It’s marketing gold!
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 27, 2008 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Press
All this press, most negative, is only going to increase viewership.
by MrNiceGuyMMA on May 27, 2008 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this tribune column is pretty much an ad for the show
even includes local station information and times. I think the writer’s tongue was firmly in cheek.
by Kid Nate on May 27, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
MSM is bull
MSM is bullshit when reporting on stuff they know very little about. No one REQUIRES that they write an article just so that it is written.
MMA blogs are far superior to almost anything in the news when reporting on MMA. Except Yahoo.
by TCR on May 27, 2008 11:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In support of Reality Kings, I visited their sites yesterday….
three times.
"They said you was hung!!"
"And they was RIGHT!"
by BJJDenver on May 27, 2008 2:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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