Sports Business Journal, the well-respected sports industry bible, sent out a tweet congratulating talent agency CAA for both winning one of its annual awards for “best talent representation” — and for sponsoring the publication’s “World Congress of Sports” event.
The magazine, realizing how it might appear that CAA was being rewarded for its sponsorship, promptly apologized for the “poorly worded and inappropriate tweet,” sent out on Wednesday night.
“Award winners are chosen solely by independent judges, and any suggestion otherwise is grossly inaccurate, in poor taste and an error in judgment,” it said.