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		<title>OUT: CashPoint Ads; IN: Betting the BCS Favorite and Laying the Points</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave McKenna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to predictions made in this space recently, last night's BCS championship game telecast on Fox-5 was NOT overrun with commercials for CashPoint.
That's a locally-based financial outfit that hands out quick cash loans &#8212; with no credit check &#8212; to any sad sack who turns over a car's title and a spare key.
I missed most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Contrary to predictions made in this space recently, last night's <strong>BCS </strong>championship game telecast on <a href="http://www.wttg.com">Fox-5 </a>was NOT overrun with commercials for <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/07/bcs-bowl-broadcasts-bring-out-sub-prime-time-commercials/">CashPoint</a>.</p>
<p>That's a locally-based financial outfit that hands out quick cash loans &#8212; with no credit check &#8212; to any sad sack who turns over a car's title and a spare key.</p>
<p>I missed most of the first quarter of Florida/Oklahoma, but saw only two of <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/01/07/bcs-bowl-broadcasts-bring-out-sub-prime-time-commercials/">Cashpoint's beautifully awful spots</a> during the rest of the game. Quite a departure from Monday's BCS matchup of Texas and Ohio State, when viewers were forced to endure/treated to another, um, underproduced CashPoint ad every several minutes.</p>
<p>Instead, local breaks previously filled by Cashpoint spots were filled with ads for either a starving artist bazaar at a local hotel or a sell-off of overstocked electronics and computer equipment to be held at the DC Armory.</p>
<p>Anybody still doubt we're in a depression?</p>
<p>On a more upbeat note, however: Anybody who followed the advice given in the same blog post and put their paycheck on Florida and gave the four points has no need today for economic stimulus.</p>
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