Many bought into the Ivano Bonetti experiment that ousted Scott, promising free-flowing football and star names.
Companies like Federated Media swept up the star names and built businesses and marketing around them.
Australia have been by far the dominant nation, with many of British cycling's star names staying away.
It was less than six weeks before one of his star names ripped up his contract to star in a big-budget film.
Sir Alex Ferguson left a host of star names on the bench and there were no complaints from his West Ham counterpart Alan Curbishley.
Leinster will hope their star names can produce a different result when they return to Wales for their European game at Parc y Scarlets on Saturday.
Portugal rested some of their star names to give others a second half run-out, but the home side continued to dominate, albeit at a leisurely pace.
While the Barbarians await replies from those star names, Llanelli Scarlets once-capped All Blacks centre Regan King has accepted his chance to play for the Barbarians.
An officially sanctioned rival, the Indian Premier League, begins play in April boasting its own star names including Australia's Ricky Ponting and Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka.
Thomas has already accepted his debut invitation while Dallaglio is among a glut of star names also offered the chance to again take to the big stage.
The leading American professional soccer league can't compete with the English Premier League or Spain's La Liga when it comes to star names, gigantic salaries or world-wide audience.
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Its star names include the retired Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Europe's Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam has already warned that his star names will have to prove their mettle on the European Tour if they expect to be picked.
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They told the hearing Hammerton had been involved in the attempted sale of a host of other star names, including Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, Paul and Linda McCartney and Jethro Tull.
Cullen brought star names including Adrian Morley, Martin Gleeson, Matt King, Paul Rauhihi and Vinnie and Louie Anderson to the Halliwell Jones Stadium, while the likes of Kevin Penny came up through the ranks.
Russia's strength in depth - with six players in the WTA top 20 - proved decisive, with the champions able to retain the trophy in the absence of star names such as Maria Sharapova and Olympic champion Elena Dementieva.
The ICL has so far failed to attract a similar number of star names, though former Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq and England's Darren Maddy due to join Lara in taking part in the competition, which will also be played under the Twenty20 format.
"Star" names, who have already had a TV series or can perform in a 500-seat venue under their own name, are not eligible for the award.
Some star-studded names were up for grabs in Mumbai ahead of the Twenty20 tournament, which begins on 18 April.
The event on 3 and 4 September will star top urban names including Tinie Tempah and N-Dubz on the Main Stage at the Norfolk Showground in Norwich.
With names like Morning Star, Celestial Star and Twinkling Star, the ferries are most romantic at night, festively strung with lights, as the city buildings beam onto the rippling water.
The French star was known by different names across Europe -- Ronnie Hansen in the Netherlands, Kai Falke in Germany -- but he was always brought to life by the hand of Reding, who died in April 1999.
Around the same time, Harvard University got a tepid response when it tried to sell stakes in more than 30 real-estate funds, including interests with prominent names like Lone Star Funds, Lubert Adler and Westbrook Partners, say real-estate fund officials.
Shimao Group is building five-star hotels that will bear the names of big chains and is boosting China sales through overseas sales partners.
Each, starting with "Parks and Recreation" star Amy Poehler, walked on stage when their names were announced, lining up like beauty pageant contestants.
The undermanned Bulls were forced to lean on reserves like Nate Robinson to trump the star power of the Nets, who have big names like point guard Deron Williams and swingman Joe Johnson.
However, British actress Liz Hurley and golf star Tiger Woods are among a number of other well-known names who have broken the strike by filming commercials.
He is the latest in a long list of big names, inlcuding fellow singer Charlotte Church, Full Monty star Mark Addy and David McCallum, to have guest starred in the series.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is where the game's high-priced big names go to mingle with their peers, hang with their agents and perhaps compare their latest endorsement deals and car purchases.
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