Taking His Chances

摘要

Bob Hamman bought a few truckloads of furniture this year that he didn't want or need. "It cost me about $1.5 million," he says with a sheepish grin. "I try to forget those details." Hamman was on the hook for all those ottomans and reclin-ers because Ohio State upset Oregon in January's NCAA football championship. His company, SCA Promotions, underwrote a contest staged by an Ohio furniture chain promising free goods if the Buckeyes won. Hamman bet they wouldn't.