We were going to buy tickets to this Sweet 16 battle, but Ticketmaster tried to charge us twice the face value for printing the tickets at home. And then we looked into watching the online stream, except our computer won’t work properly since Sony’s copy-protection software exposed it to malware.

In Round One of WCIA 2011, Ticketmaster slaughtered PayPal, with nearly 80% of the vote. Could the fee fiend be gunning for a second year in the Worst Company championship death match?

Meanwhile Sony showed renewed strength in its victory over Dell. Does the underdog have what it takes to pull off an upset of this magnitude, or is Sony just more fodder for the Ticketmaster mill?

This poll is now closed. Congrats to Ticketmaster for moving on to the Elite 8!

ACTIVE SWEET 16 MATCH-UPS!
*Bank of America vs. DirecTV
*Delta vs. Walmart
*Ticketmaster vs. Sony
*Capital One vs. JP Morgan Chase
*BP vs. Time Warner Cable

SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING SWEET 16 BOUTS:
*WellPoint vs. Johnson & Johnson (noon ET, April 1)
*Comcast vs. Best Buy (noon ET, April 4)
*AT&T vs. Apple (noon ET, April 5)

ROUND ONE MATCH-UPS:
*Bank Of America Vs. Citi
*Dish Network Vs. DirecTV
*United/Continental Vs. Delta
*Walmart Vs. Gamestop
*Tickemaster Vs. PayPal
*Sony Vs. Dell
*Capital One Vs. American Express
*Wells Fargo Vs. Chase
*Toyota Vs. BP
*Time Warner Cable Vs. Facebook
*United Health Vs. Wellpoint
*CVS Vs. Johnson & Johnson
*Comcast Vs. Charter
*RadioShack Vs. Best Buy
*AT&T Vs. Verizon
*Apple Vs. Microsoft

This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2011 series. The companies competing for this honor were chosen by you, the readers. Keep track of all the goings on HERE.
See and print the entire WCIA 2011 bracket, here.

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