This Olympic Toilet Not Brought To You By…
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.

Olympic organizers’ vigilant defense of the rights of companies who pay millions of dollars to become official sponsors of the games extends all the way to the Olympic toilets. In the bathrooms at the Main Press Center in Beijing, grey stickers cover the brand names on the thermostats, sinks, and even the soap dispensers.
Conflicts in league and individual contracts with big sportswear and sneaker companies sometimes cause athletes to tape over logos on their uniforms, but policing the toilet stalls for stray logos seems to take the practice to new highs, or lows.
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