Reason #58

 

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
- Maya Angelou

For individuals like me, who have invested a HUGE chunk of their life into the survival of the Sports industry, can understand the POWER of a story. If you hope have lasting success in sports, or in life, you had better not only KNOW, but stay true to your STORY...... Keep Reading 

"I never played the Game."  By, Howard Cosell

Page 225. He tells a Story about HOW the great "Sugar Ray Leonard" got involved in boxing.

Page 225. He states

" When Ray, the fifth of his seven children, was three, Cicero packed his family into a '57 Mercury and headed for Washington, D.C., where he worked as a night manager in a supermarket. He later bought a house in Palmer Park, a predominantly black, lower-middle class community in suburban Maryland.

Leonard's childhood was uneventful. He kept to himself, staying home, reading comic books, and playing with his German shephard.

Never much interested in team sports-he was too small to excel in basketball or football-he preferred wrestling and gymnastics and took up boxing ONLY because his brother Roger goaded him into it. Roger, a year older than Ray, had begun winning boxing trophies and waved them in Ray's face, chiding him for hiding at home with his mama.

And so, in 1969, when he was thirteen, Ray walked into the recreation center in Palmer Park and laced on a pair of gloves. There he came under the tutelage of two men who would start him out on his journey to fame and fortune.  They were Janks Morton, an insurance salesman who would become Leonards's closet friend and adviser, and Dave Jacobs, who worked for a pharmacy and in his spare time guided the center's boxing team

For reasons Leonard always found hard to explain, he knew almost instantly that he was meant to be a boxer, that this was the road he must take to achieve self-fulfillment. He was an outstanding pupil, absorbing every lesson that Jacobs and Morton taught him. Victories came in the bunches, and in 1972, he lied about his age so he could ........TRY-OUT for the Olympic team at the trials in Cincinnati. He was sixteen. The minimum age was seventeen.  During one fight, Johnson, a coach then, too, turned to Jacobs and said, 

THAT KID YOU GOT IS SWEETER THAN SUGAR." 

So he Walked into a GYM, willing to put in the work. And a TRY-OUT was created. Now, that his boxing career is finished, the video below displays the trail he left.

One story told, opens the door for millions of others to get started.......gym44 

......50$ to sponsor a Try-Out

.......Speak on IT!!

Reason #57

Take a very close look at the image above. We all know the name, and the personal accolades. However, On the LEFT side of Cam Newtons CHEST. There is a SYMBOL. It is the Symbol of Under Armour. A clothing company that has made it a point to BUILD platforms and bridges, in which always OPEN THE DOOR for that NEXT PLAYER.

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Marketing at its finest, the ADVERTISEMENT above, and both of the previous images of Cam Newton (captured during live games) are very reminiscent to each other......

.......and the RESULTS....

Success like this does not happen overnight, it takes years of commitment.  But, now that the door has opened for Under Armour to put Advertisements on TRY-OUTS, opportunities to further attach the brand to "TOMORROWS" PLAYER(S) will come there way......

......$50 to sponsor a TRY-OUT......gym44

Reason #56

One of the most important things to know about SALES, and (ADVERTISING). Is that, NOTHING SELLS LIKE THE NAME. 

SPRITE, as you can see in the image above. Has kept its relevance for years, and as you'll understand by the end of this REASON. It's because, they spend a significant amount of time, thinking of CREATIVE ways to implement themselves into the SPORTS INDUSTRY.

 Unless you have been living under a rock over the past couple years, I'm quite sure that you have heard the NAMES. LeBRON James and Kobe Bryant.  The constant back and forth about who's the better player, is NOT what this blog is about.

 This blog, is specifically about. How SPRITE, has used very clever MARKETING techniques, in which place a HUGE emphasis on the athletes, YET TO BE DISCOVERED.

Which is VITAL, because sadly. There will come a day when those two will no longer be able to play the GAME.

And, it will be someone else's TURN to SHINE.

 ......(0:04)...."SCOUTING"........(0:11)....." Global .....TRY-OUTS"

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.......(0:56).......LeBron James ......SAYS..."We are LOOKING FOR MORE PLAYERS".....

Therefore, SPRITE. Continues to stay fresh on the minds of young people, and OBVIOUSLY. Stays ....Relevant

SPRITE, also makes it a point to let the world know. That they are the REASON behind, one of the most popular events in our society. THE DUNK CONTEST.

Now, all that needs to be done. Is to take a very small amount of the Millions of dollars that SPRITE has already invested into sports, and put it towards POSTING TRY-OUTS.......gym44

.......$50 to sponsor a Try-Out

Reason #55

 That image above has triggered plenty of discussions within the sports industry. It is very difficult to reach an agreement, because each and every athletes situation is different.  The decision for players to TURN pro, is one that weighs heavily on a lot of people.

 Dwyane Wade, is one of the few players in which had a fairly SMOOTH transition from College to Pros. In his book, he talks about all that went into it.

Page (209-210) He states

"The other sports agents I met were all excellent. But one thing that Hank Thomas conveyed that the others hadn't touched on was the sense that he looked to help cultivate the whole person."

"Call it a vibe, a gut instinct. I just knew. That BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF MY CAREER."

"Hank sprung into action on my behalf............THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO LINE UP...........TRY-OUTS"

On every TRY-OUT that gets posted on (http://gym44.com/users/search) There are two Buttons. Reserve and Request.  There is great SIGNIFICANCE with that Request button, because when players are unable to attend the Try-Out that is posted.  They can REQUEST a Try-Out, and The LOCATION of the next Try-out will be Posted based upon the information that players send in.   

Therefore, Once a Coach posts a Try-Out using gym44. It officially opens the door for every single athlete that would fit the "Player Type."  Which should help agents develop a very clear business plan on the athletes that they are representing, and Hopefully make for SMOOTH transitions as future athletes decide to TURN PRO........gym44

....... $50 to Sponsor a Try-Out

Reason #54

Today our access to information is so immediate, that if a person decided to educate themselves on a certain topic, they can become an expert simply by there research on the internet. The pros and cons to this reality is something that WILL be debated amongst people for years. However, after reading this REASON, you are going start to feel like an expert in the Sports Business.

There are so many thoughts and ideas that come to mind AFTER I watch that video. However, for the sake of time.........

I'll simply say, NOT A SINGLE CENT IS GOING TOWARDS .......POSTING TRY-OUT(S).  The images above display THREE owners of Professional Sports Teams, a Football Coach, and a Baseball Player.  If there is ONE thing that can draw all of those people together its a TRY-OUT.......gym44 

As you just saw, The value of the entire sports industry boils down to. "TEAMS, BUSINESSES, ATHLETES, AND EVENTS."  Four things that operate best AFTER a reliable...... GYM is built.

I'll let you connect the dots, at this point hopefully all I need to say is

 .......$50 to Sponsor a Try-Out

.......YES!!

Reason #53

It IS on page 159. In the book above, in which it states

"It's never a NUMBER that you see in a player. It's something else. It's a conviction."

"All you can ask for in SCOUTING is a conviction. After you have that, then you just need the balls"

"I love SCOUTS. I don't think you could be a GM in this league, if you never done any scouting at all, if you didn't understand what it feels like to believe in a player."

With out question, by the end of this blog. You will have gained a deeper appreciation for SCOUTS, and understand just how crucial a role it plays in terms of developing longevity in the SPORTS WORLD.

"The SCOUTING Combine,"  a place in which Coaches walk into with a crystal clear vision of the TYPE of players that they are hoping to see.

As you just saw, that Vision comes from a very deep place.  

Now, with that concept understood. Lets take a look at the story of Victor Cruz.

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Ok, so NOW. By (ADVERTISING) using gym44,  Campbell's Chunky Soup can PLACE that AD on a ......Try-Out in which creates the POSSIBILITY for the NEXT Victor Cruz......

 

"SCOUT!!....SCOUT!!......SELF-SCOUT!!!" .....a constant emphasis on EVALUATING PLAYERS.

Also, if you take a GOOD listen at (2:16-3:07) you can hear a level of agitation in Coach Coughlins voice, as he talks about the changes in which the NFL is going through in terms of limiting (quality) practices.

A farm system would be nice......gym44

And the show continues......$50 to Sponsor a Try-Out

Reason #52

 

That emotion that you just SAW represents a lot about what sports is all about, Pay very close attention to this Reason. It touches my heart in SO MANY WAYS.

 (Be sure to Re-Read Reason #43, and remember what I said about SPORTS ILLUSTRATED)

WORDS, the power they have over the human experience is crucial. The words we use, CREATE a reality for us, and give direction to lost souls.  Gym44 has taken the word TRY-OUT, and platformed it, and it now has taken on a life of its own.  

As it pertains to the Possibilities, of what can happen after a TRY-OUT is posted,

 just keep reading.

Grambling Football AND,

University of Tennessee Womens Basketball 

Two programs in which started from SCRATCH, enjoy the Journey.

On, Page. 124. In the Book above.

IT STATES.

" Such depth translated to spirited competition for playing time, At Grambling you didn't get hurt. Because if you got hurt, you never got your job back, they had four or five deep. We had TRY-OUTS, pretty much every Monday.  After we played the game on Saturday, we'd come back Monday, and have a ..............TRY-OUT."

 In the Book above, ON

Page. 89

Start of Chapter 4.

 Coach Pat Summit States.

"I was driving across the Tennessee campus on a fall day in 1974, heading over to my new office, when I spotted a couple young women bouncing a basketball on the sidewalk. I recognized them as two of Tennessee's returning players, Diane Brady and Sue Thomas, and they had just finished a pickup game with some guys.  I pulled over in my light Cutlass with vinyl top and rolled down my window. "

"What are you girls doing??"

 "We just beatin' these boys in basketball"

" I liked the sound of that, Well do you know who I am??"

"You must be Pat Head" Diane Said

" I am............. TRY-OUTS will be in two weeks"

And a FEW YEARS LATER.

 

 After Watching those VIDEOS, and LOOKING AT THOSE IMAGES. I wont even attempt to put into WORDS WHY you should Sponsor as many TRY-OUTS as possible......All I can say is

$50 to sponsor a Try-Out.......gym44

("Sports Illustrated" Will be there to cover it)