Unintended Consequence: the US Finally Gets a Decent Soccer Team

The Manchester United football team is sponsored by AIG, and have the letters AIG across the chest of their jerseys.

Now that AIG has been acquired by the government, the Treasury intends to replace the "AIG" designation with "USA" and the appropriate logo changes.

The use of the term "football" which is the exclusive property of the NFL is going be replaced with the more descriptive term "soccer" to avoid confusion in the target audience, the American public.

As the Dollar will be the exclusive currency accepted within the stadium, a special facility has been created to build bureaux de change at the entrances. Barclays is said to be bidding for the exclusive operating rights.

The European Union is expected to support these modifications at the request of the Treasury.

The NY Fed is considering rules changes to make the games more exciting.

Hank Paulson has hired Morgan Stanley to assess the sponsors of some of the better German and Italian clubs to see if Wall Street's expansions plans to dominate the soccer world are feasible.

The SEC, having misplaced its traditional charter, has proposed to be renamed the Sports Expropriation Commission. Their first task will be to determine what the Chinese do with their leisure time in addition to gymnastics, mahjong, and eating remarkably unusual items.