Dr Pepper halftime competition-

[NRHorn]

Dr. Pepper you've gone too far. Pitting college students against each other for $100,000 scholarships by forcing them to kick 40 yard field goals or throwing balls into an inflatable Dr Pepper can was tough enough. Now we must endure the repetative Dr. Pepper commercial showing the latest competition where the students were handed live scorpions and the winner was the one who held on for the longest time.
Shame on you, Dr Pepper for this dangerous PR stunt.

 

[1leggedduck]

I would put those scorpion stings somewhere between little red wasp and bee, but not hornet bad. I will sleep with one of those in my underwear for $100k.

 

[Third Coast]

The students are getting an opportunity to be compensated very well and Dr. Pepper is getting shock value advertising to a targeted young market, so it seems like a win-win for both parties. It's the terrorized scorpions that are getting a raw deal.

 

[Texas Taps]

post fail (definitely wrong board)

Let me help you with your pic

 

[NRHorn]

Gotcha Taps- just have seen this a trillion times on tv and they actually do football competitions, tried the joke on the wife. No response... Had to explain it to her..still got a lukewarm reaction at best.
Thought I'd throw it out here more as an experiment than anything else.
(Thanks for the IT support on posting the pic)

 

[gecko]

If I were Dr. Pepper, I would "stage" these and the crowd would never know what was coming.

For example, get two students down on the field (always students, never some random fan) and set it up in advance so they both get the cash. Then have them throw the balls all over the place never coming close to to the target, then have a brawl ensue.

Another week, I'd do a dual with water balloons. Just make it fun and part with some cash.......jees, its not like JetBlue or Dr. Pepper need to be stingy with their money.

 

[Horn87]

have been stung mutilple times by scorpions here in west Texas---not fun, but it does go away--still can't believe that DP would do that as a promotional give-away--

 

[dillohorn]

My personal experience is that it hurts a whole lot. It will light up a dark room when you step on one barefoot.

 

[ElginHotSausage]

for 50 bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow.