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When all is said and done, FIFA’s gross income for this World Cup cycle will be in the neighborhood of $3.2 billion, about $1.2 billion of which will come from commercial partnerships, including its relationships with corporate sponsors…. like Anheuser-Busch InBev. The beer giant paid a fortune to be the World Cup’s “official” beer, and FIFA (keen to protect its sponsorship revenue) therefore didn’t take kindly to a guerrilla marketing stunt staged by the small, family-owned Bavaria Brewery at Monday’s Netherlands/Denmark game. What was the offense? Paying pretty ladies to wear orange miniskirts. FIFA representatives ejected the women from the stands, and authorities have charged two of them with “ambush marketing.” They could face up to six months in jail. Check it out…