Stuff link that.
The sports sponsorship stuff is just a cheap way to build good will among people you need to build good will among.
Same as a business dinner, only a lot more expensive.
The ads now are so targeted that unless you're in the demographic, you have no idea what they're selling. The Ford commercial that details a hundred years of truck history is as opaque to the average NYer as the magazine ad for Comme des Garcon Guerrilla is to a guy in Montana.