# Why does Postal Service sponser collage football
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892 "2002-12-02T03:48:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/1 "2002-12-02T03:48:51Z")
What does the US Postal Service gain by sponsoring the games? Other than perhaps A&M, most collage people know how to mail letters.
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/2 "2002-12-02T04:23:49Z")
LIke any business, they hope to get more customers from the ads.
While you assume that most people know how to mail a letter, most people don’t realize what options are available from the USPS today.
While I, a longtime user of the USPS(since about 1955) don’t think that they have progressed very much, a newbie might feel different.
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### Author:  [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/3 "2002-12-02T04:27:04Z")
Oh, I don’t know–some artists who spend all of their time working on collages might need instruction in mundane practical matters. I doubt that they’d get it from Postal Service commercials, though. My experience has been that, rather than telling people _how_ to mail parcels, the ads usually attempt to _persuade_ viewers to use the USPS to do so, as opposed to competing services like FedEx or UPS.
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/4 "2002-12-02T08:48:49Z")
Do they teach spelling at Texas U? 😛
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### Author:  [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/5 "2002-12-02T09:00:12Z")
USPS also sponsors a [pro cycling team](http://www.uspsprocycling.com/). Riders include Lance Armstrong, the 4-time Tour de France winner.
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### Author:  [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/6 "2002-12-02T16:47:31Z")
While I was in college, I was heavily involved in collage football. The games were pretty boring, but the banners and uniforms were outstanding.
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### Author:  [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/7 "2002-12-02T18:38:34Z")
Maybe they’re trying to overcome their reputation as being a patchwork organization.
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### Author:  [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-postal-service-sponser-collage-football/139892/8 "2002-12-02T18:48:52Z")
Well, the number of clippings is just awful.