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From: Stephen Young <syoung@clw.org>
Subject: Re: Goaltimate
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Goaltimate is one guy.
One guy with bucks.
Big bucks.
He is willing to pay players to come play.
He awards significant prize money out of his own pocket.
ESPN responds to his significant (for disc sports) prize money, and his
persistent efforts. ($30,000 for last years winners.)
Having never seen the game, I can't say what its like, but the quotes on
the site (www.goaltimate.com) from well-known ultimate players are some
endorsement (if they are real.)
Ultimate, even in the U.S., even w/ sponsors, does not have near the kind
of money to match this one guy. (I think he says he spent something like
$250,000 on last years tournament - one tournament!)
So if ultimate can find a sugar daddy, good things can happen too, although
increased efforts to make the sport TV-friendly are still needed.
Hi from America, land of the dollar. Okay, the lots of dollars.
(Hey, maybe you guys can sell Branson on it - just call ultimate "Virgin
Frisbee". But don't let him change any rules.) (Okay, we could use a red
disc.) (No, not a "Red" disc, a red disc.)
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