I get questions about promotions and products from time to time, and often they are repetitive. I thought it might be a good idea to post some of these questions, since many become FAQs and often readers may have something to add.

Our maiden voyage with this new Ask Gameops.com feature starts with this question from Auburn.

Do you know where I can purchase a bungee cord that would be connected to two contestants and they pull against each other to complete a task?

I have seen this at minor league baseball and it pretty funny. Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Jon S

Dear Jon,

I would send you to ReefScuba for the bungee cord, it’s a good source.

However, I should note that we do not offer that promotion because it is very dangerous. I don’t know many teams that haven’t had problems with having fans injured. Lots of broken wrists from being pulled back unexpectedly, and landing harshly on the ground. It’s a buzzkill for any promotion to have an injury and, of course, you have to deal with any injury, which can be time-consuming and expensive.

This contest is often used with rental inflatable games, since that inflated game provides the padding to allow for a safer game. I strongly discourage this contest and we do not sell this due to the high risk.

From what I have seen and heard about, despite it being funny, you should really think about the risk involved. We even stopped offering a static rope version of this for that same reason.

-Cudo

PS: If you have experience with the promotion or have any comments, please add them below.