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		<title>By: Golf Chipping Lessons</title>
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		<dc:creator>Golf Chipping Lessons</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is really helpful to me. I have feared taking up any sport, I didn&#039;t know where to begin or what people would think of me.

Your blog has inspired me and I now realize that every great sports person starts from scratch, not knowing what they are doing.

Thanks for the great guest blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really helpful to me. I have feared taking up any sport, I didn&#8217;t know where to begin or what people would think of me.</p>
<p>Your blog has inspired me and I now realize that every great sports person starts from scratch, not knowing what they are doing.</p>
<p>Thanks for the great guest blog.</p>
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		<title>By: d. dahbu</title>
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		<dc:creator>d. dahbu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.njba4you.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.njba4you.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;              NO JUMP BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION&lt;br&gt;                                                                                                  7-29-2010&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;         Dear  Friends:&lt;br&gt;               We are NOT looking for MONEY. We ARE seeking supporters&lt;br&gt;         and sponsors to help us accomplish our goals. To your associates,&lt;br&gt;               1. Forward this letter and emails to perspective owners.&lt;br&gt;               YOUR BENEFIT:&lt;br&gt;                        A. Promotion and advertising for SPORTS, in general,&lt;br&gt;                             and your organization specifically, thru uniform names &lt;br&gt;                             and logos and mentions on TV. and radio, once league&lt;br&gt;                             is up and running. Check out team names. Bio, Chem, Physics.&lt;br&gt;                             FYI: My no. 1 interest, since honors physics in high school = particle physics.&lt;br&gt;      &lt;br&gt;         YOUR 100%,  TOTALLY  OWNED&lt;br&gt;         PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM FOR;&lt;br&gt;                  &lt;br&gt;                FREE  PLUS A LITTLE HARD WORK.&lt;br&gt;               OR  $9.85 million and WE, do all the work.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;         YOUR HARD WORK:  Newbees Team&lt;br&gt;                1. Pay all salaries, fees, licensing, insurance, rentals&lt;br&gt;                    clothing, transportation, housing, misc fees, etc.&lt;br&gt;                    associated with pro-team ownership&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                2. Provide national and local  TV., league advertising&lt;br&gt;                     at least, until league, is fully formed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                3. Pay standard 7% gross franchise fee, post 1st. season.&lt;br&gt;                4. Provide practice gym, with office for coaches and &lt;br&gt;                    GM., for three teams to practice.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                5. Are always subject to, and must abide by, league rules.&lt;br&gt;                6. The league retains, first right of refusal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;          A. Rates of returns are a little difficult, but would be based&lt;br&gt;               upon sale of 7 to 8k season tickets and attendance&lt;br&gt;               of 12k fans per game. Concession and TV. revenue&lt;br&gt;               would, of course, be significant. YOUR, access to &lt;br&gt;               WNBA financials, as a guide line, is better than ours.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;          B. The list of start ups, that still exist, during the depression&lt;br&gt;               and the early stock market crash, is significant and very&lt;br&gt;               encouraging. YOU know that we must FIGHT our way&lt;br&gt;             through these troubled times, as did all of our predecessors.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;          C.  Fully realizing the incredibly difficult job it is, of running a &lt;br&gt;               state, city, company, large investment portfolio, or club,&lt;br&gt;               please, if you are interested, send us a letter or e-mail of&lt;br&gt;               interest, ASAP., to be used to encourage other potential&lt;br&gt;               owners. AT THIS POINT, YOU ARE UNDER NO &lt;br&gt;               OBLIGATIONS AND CAN WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME.&lt;br&gt;                   Please respond within ten days of receiving this letter.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;          D. Through out the history of professional sports, it has been&lt;br&gt;               those of us that are over 40 yrs old that were its main support.&lt;br&gt;               For the first time in history, it is now our turn to play. &lt;br&gt;               We want seniors in bed, in the hospitals, to shot hoops with&lt;br&gt;                their weak and healing hands, at the basket on their door. We&lt;br&gt;               want grand parents to be out in the driveway practicing their&lt;br&gt;               ball handling skills, with their grandchildren. At the games, we&lt;br&gt;               want ALL people over 40 and under 200 yrs of age, to see what&lt;br&gt;               they TOO can do, with a little practice. Especially after&lt;br&gt;               executing a sweet pass, between Dr. J’s or Kareem’s legs.&lt;br&gt;               “as visiting players”, to get the, three point assist. So let’s&lt;br&gt;               make history. It’ll be, BIG FUN. Finally, pro-basketballs&lt;br&gt;               upgrade = 3.7  The Heat??? Celtics will crush them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;          E.  Jordan             Spudd            Kobe&lt;br&gt;               James              Wilkins           Nate&lt;br&gt;               Dr. J                Carter             Richardson&lt;br&gt;               Now, would these players, have become, the legendary super&lt;br&gt;               stars that they did, without, the ability to elevate ---- hover for&lt;br&gt;               ten minutes ---- do a 360 ---- then, slam backwards, on a &lt;br&gt;               brother, IF THEY HAD PLAYED IN THE NJBA???????????&lt;br&gt;               We’re not so sure, but, THERE IS, ONE WAY, TO FIND OUT.&lt;br&gt;               Please remember, that more than 50% of all people in this&lt;br&gt;               country are over 40yrs. of age. “The fastest growing population”.&lt;br&gt;               Please, do not deny them, their only chance, to play, pro-sports,&lt;br&gt;               along with the billions, around the world, that will start playing or&lt;br&gt;               will play much harder, now, that their is a sport exclusively &lt;br&gt;               FOR THEM. Who holds the wealth, in America??? THEM. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;          F.  Please contact us, within, ten days. Just a letter or e-mail of&lt;br&gt;               interest. You are under NO obligations, as a result. We intend&lt;br&gt;               to solicit multiple investors, for each team.&lt;br&gt;              &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                     571 217-5815       &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:nojump1@hotmail.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;nojump1@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;                                          Sincerely&lt;br&gt;                                 founder/ceo: d. dahbu&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;               ps: PLUS 15% franchise ownership.&lt;br&gt;                    Counter offers considered. Please forward this, to other&lt;br&gt;                    potential owners, if you are, unable to help provide jobs,&lt;br&gt;                    for  those that gave birth to, all of us. Thank you, so very&lt;br&gt;                    much, for your consideration, thus far. First responders,&lt;br&gt;                    will have, tremendous, advantages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.njba4you.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.njba4you.com</a><br />              NO JUMP BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION<br />                                                                                                  7-29-2010</p>
<p>         Dear  Friends:<br />               We are NOT looking for MONEY. We ARE seeking supporters<br />         and sponsors to help us accomplish our goals. To your associates,<br />               1. Forward this letter and emails to perspective owners.<br />               YOUR BENEFIT:<br />                        A. Promotion and advertising for SPORTS, in general,<br />                             and your organization specifically, thru uniform names <br />                             and logos and mentions on TV. and radio, once league<br />                             is up and running. Check out team names. Bio, Chem, Physics.<br />                             FYI: My no. 1 interest, since honors physics in high school = particle physics.</p>
<p>         YOUR 100%,  TOTALLY  OWNED<br />         PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM FOR;</p>
<p>                FREE  PLUS A LITTLE HARD WORK.<br />               OR  $9.85 million and WE, do all the work.</p>
<p>         YOUR HARD WORK:  Newbees Team<br />                1. Pay all salaries, fees, licensing, insurance, rentals<br />                    clothing, transportation, housing, misc fees, etc.<br />                    associated with pro-team ownership</p>
<p>                2. Provide national and local  TV., league advertising<br />                     at least, until league, is fully formed.</p>
<p>                3. Pay standard 7% gross franchise fee, post 1st. season.<br />                4. Provide practice gym, with office for coaches and <br />                    GM., for three teams to practice.</p>
<p>                5. Are always subject to, and must abide by, league rules.<br />                6. The league retains, first right of refusal.</p>
<p>          A. Rates of returns are a little difficult, but would be based<br />               upon sale of 7 to 8k season tickets and attendance<br />               of 12k fans per game. Concession and TV. revenue<br />               would, of course, be significant. YOUR, access to <br />               WNBA financials, as a guide line, is better than ours.</p>
<p>          B. The list of start ups, that still exist, during the depression<br />               and the early stock market crash, is significant and very<br />               encouraging. YOU know that we must FIGHT our way<br />             through these troubled times, as did all of our predecessors.</p>
<p>          C.  Fully realizing the incredibly difficult job it is, of running a <br />               state, city, company, large investment portfolio, or club,<br />               please, if you are interested, send us a letter or e-mail of<br />               interest, ASAP., to be used to encourage other potential<br />               owners. AT THIS POINT, YOU ARE UNDER NO <br />               OBLIGATIONS AND CAN WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME.<br />                   Please respond within ten days of receiving this letter.</p>
<p>          D. Through out the history of professional sports, it has been<br />               those of us that are over 40 yrs old that were its main support.<br />               For the first time in history, it is now our turn to play. <br />               We want seniors in bed, in the hospitals, to shot hoops with<br />                their weak and healing hands, at the basket on their door. We<br />               want grand parents to be out in the driveway practicing their<br />               ball handling skills, with their grandchildren. At the games, we<br />               want ALL people over 40 and under 200 yrs of age, to see what<br />               they TOO can do, with a little practice. Especially after<br />               executing a sweet pass, between Dr. J’s or Kareem’s legs.<br />               “as visiting players”, to get the, three point assist. So let’s<br />               make history. It’ll be, BIG FUN. Finally, pro-basketballs<br />               upgrade = 3.7  The Heat??? Celtics will crush them.</p>
<p>          E.  Jordan             Spudd            Kobe<br />               James              Wilkins           Nate<br />               Dr. J                Carter             Richardson<br />               Now, would these players, have become, the legendary super<br />               stars that they did, without, the ability to elevate &#8212;- hover for<br />               ten minutes &#8212;- do a 360 &#8212;- then, slam backwards, on a <br />               brother, IF THEY HAD PLAYED IN THE NJBA???????????<br />               We’re not so sure, but, THERE IS, ONE WAY, TO FIND OUT.<br />               Please remember, that more than 50% of all people in this<br />               country are over 40yrs. of age. “The fastest growing population”.<br />               Please, do not deny them, their only chance, to play, pro-sports,<br />               along with the billions, around the world, that will start playing or<br />               will play much harder, now, that their is a sport exclusively <br />               FOR THEM. Who holds the wealth, in America??? THEM. </p>
<p>          F.  Please contact us, within, ten days. Just a letter or e-mail of<br />               interest. You are under NO obligations, as a result. We intend<br />               to solicit multiple investors, for each team.</p>
<p>                     571 217-5815       <a href="mailto:nojump1@hotmail.com" rel="nofollow">nojump1@hotmail.com</a></p>
<p>                                          Sincerely<br />                                 founder/ceo: d. dahbu</p>
<p>               ps: PLUS 15% franchise ownership.<br />                    Counter offers considered. Please forward this, to other<br />                    potential owners, if you are, unable to help provide jobs,<br />                    for  those that gave birth to, all of us. Thank you, so very<br />                    much, for your consideration, thus far. First responders,<br />                    will have, tremendous, advantages.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrea</title>
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		<dc:creator>Andrea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for the article; it was just the information I&#039;ve needed.  I&#039;ve been out of college for a long time and I&#039;m looking to find out how to get into sports and this information is a great help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for the article; it was just the information I&#8217;ve needed.  I&#8217;ve been out of college for a long time and I&#8217;m looking to find out how to get into sports and this information is a great help.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s great to see an article that directly touches on how to get into sports.

One more addition to the list for me would be to seek out opportunities in smaller clubs/teams that are local to your area. Chances are they need the help and like you said, you may be able to get into a volunteer or PT role and work your way up.  

I see many people go for a MLS job straight away if they are interested in soccer, when a NPSL or PDL team that is in their town is looking just as hard for great talent, and could be a very successful jumping board for them in the future.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s great to see an article that directly touches on how to get into sports.</p>
<p>One more addition to the list for me would be to seek out opportunities in smaller clubs/teams that are local to your area. Chances are they need the help and like you said, you may be able to get into a volunteer or PT role and work your way up.  </p>
<p>I see many people go for a MLS job straight away if they are interested in soccer, when a NPSL or PDL team that is in their town is looking just as hard for great talent, and could be a very successful jumping board for them in the future.</p>
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		<title>By: Lewis Howes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lewis Howes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anita: glad you enjoy it.  There are a few more posts on her on how to break into sports as well in the &quot;sports careers&quot; section of the site. 

Megan: Congrats on the new sports job in NY.  Which team are you going to be working with?  Also, were there a lot of people from the job fair who were as successful as you, or were you contacting some of these potential employers before hand and just meeting up with them at the job fair?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anita: glad you enjoy it.  There are a few more posts on her on how to break into sports as well in the &#8220;sports careers&#8221; section of the site. </p>
<p>Megan: Congrats on the new sports job in NY.  Which team are you going to be working with?  Also, were there a lot of people from the job fair who were as successful as you, or were you contacting some of these potential employers before hand and just meeting up with them at the job fair?</p>
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		<title>By: Megan Ogulnick</title>
		<link>http://www.sportsnetworker.com/2010/01/05/work-in-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-4520</link>
		<dc:creator>Megan Ogulnick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post and I can attest to all of these! Tomorrow I&#039;m moving to New York to take a job with a Minor League ball club. I got it after attending the MLB Winter Meetings and the MiLB/PBEO Job Fair. Don&#039;t be afraid to reach out to people beforehand either. I interviewed with 2 MLB teams, because I emailed them prior to the meetings.

Best of luck to everyone! 

Megan</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post and I can attest to all of these! Tomorrow I&#8217;m moving to New York to take a job with a Minor League ball club. I got it after attending the MLB Winter Meetings and the MiLB/PBEO Job Fair. Don&#8217;t be afraid to reach out to people beforehand either. I interviewed with 2 MLB teams, because I emailed them prior to the meetings.</p>
<p>Best of luck to everyone! </p>
<p>Megan</p>
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		<title>By: Anita Lobo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anita Lobo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So relieved to see this! I have been deluged by &#039;how do I break into sports?&#039; Now I have a good place to direct all such queries :-)
Cheers
Anita Lobo</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So relieved to see this! I have been deluged by &#8216;how do I break into sports?&#8217; Now I have a good place to direct all such queries <img src='http://sportsnetwork.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Cheers<br />
Anita Lobo</p>
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