The number of prospective sponsors may be limited.

The W.U.S.A. was trying to push a societal trend that prospective sponsors had already discarded.

One Colorado district printed a glossy flier for prospective corporate sponsors.

It did take a little while before prospective sponsors were willing to try Google's text ads, but soon enough, they attracted the intrepid.

Today he said that he would participate in a six-way debate but that none of the prospective sponsors had agreed to that format.

Endorsement in Advance The bills have not yet been drafted, however, so prospective sponsors do not know all the details of the legislation they are endorsing.

He has been shown drafts of the bill but would not identify the prospective sponsors.

"I talked to 400 prospective sponsors in six months last year and not one was finally willing to sign up," he said.

Once, playing the role of an advertising man, he asked a prospective sponsor what sort of radio program he had in mind.

Rothenberg also said he was making progress with more prospective sponsors for the league, which delayed its start for a year due to a lack of sponsors.