Source: BroBible
Summary
A spinal cord injury charity in Vancouver, British Columbia, was forced to cancel its raffle for World Cup tickets due to FIFA’s ticketing policy. The charity, Spinal Cord Injury B.C., had been selling raffle tickets for a chance to win two Category 2 tickets to see New Zealand play Egypt in the World Cup. However, FIFA sent a cease-and-desist letter, stating that the charity was violating their trademark and ticketing policy. The charity apologized to supporters and offered full refunds.
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The habit gets a new name.
FIFA shuts down a charity raffle for violating their “ticketing policy”.
The policy states that World Cup tickets cannot be used for “advertising, contests, sweepstakes, or other commercial, promotional and marketing activities”.
But you can resell tickets for $2.29 million each on the official FIFA resale marketplace website.
Because that’s not a commercial activity.
Author: Evan Null
