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| Introduction: Sportsclub was founded in 2008 by Dana Barros, former NBA all-star, and John Fanning Jr. with support from Napster co-founders John and Shawn Fanning. Sportsclub, a video-based site with HD digital streaming, is the ultimate teaching tool for athletes. Sportsclub members are able to upload videos of themselves in their sport of choice to receive advice on how to improve their game from other sportsclub users at the basic level and from top tier athletes with the premium package. With our video library of work outs, drills, and professional athletes, Sportsclub will help usher in a new generation athletes: Athletes created over the internet. The Sportsclub Solution: Throughout the internet there are videos of athletes performing: dunking or hitting homeruns or driving the ball off the tee five hundred feet, etc. The problem is that the information on how to increase performance is unorganized and as a result is unhelpful. Other websites such as takkle.com and weplay.com only use athletes to promote their site, but not to help their users. Sportsclub.com connects aspiring athletes and sports fans with instructional videos made by professional athletes as well as behind the scene videos. Sportsclub Mobile: For a nominal fee, the user will be able to download Sportsclub Mobile, an I Phone/I Touch application for Sportsclub. Sportsclub Mobile will allow the user to watch Sportsclub clips directly from their phone and use them on the field/court/rink. The application links the user with their Sportsclub profile where they can access all of their own videos as well as the videos that have been sent to him/her by our experts. Sportsclub TV: Sportsclub TV is an informative and entertaining internet-based news program that will be broadcasted directly on Sportsclub.com. The news program will consist of highlights of recent sporting events and behind the scenes looks with professional athletes. Business Model: Users will be able to choose between our free and paid account options. Sportsclub.com will also have a premium membership option as well as limited advertisement space. Sportsclub.com will have an online shop for purchasing sporting goods as well as instructional DVDs. Sportsclub will also host clinics hosted by our experts. Free Accounts: The free account allows the user to have a username as well as a profile where they can upload their own videos into our site. With a free account the user is also able to post comments on the videos of other aspiring athletes and receive feedback on their own videos. Premium Accounts: The premium account has the same features as the free accounts and the ability to work with professional athletes. The premium members will be able to send messages to our experts and can attach videos of themselves and receive advice from our experts in return. Premium members will also have access to clinics hosted by our experts. They will be the first to receive emails on upcoming clinics that they will be able to sign up for on sportsclub.com. Premium Accounts will start out with a free 90 day trial. Training Clinics: Sportsclub will hold clinics hosted by the sportsclub experts. The clinics will allow athletes of all ages to have live training with real situations in an environment suitable to capture content for the website. Each clinic will be filmed and uploaded to Sportsclub.com where premium members can watch themselves at the clinic and review what our experts have told them. The Team: John Fanning Jr. - Founder Dana Barros - Founder, Sportsclub basketball expert Thom Black - Partner, Marketing John Zahner - Partner, Media & Business Management John Fanning - Partner, Internet Mike Kolowich - Partner, Video Lee Phillips - Partner, Technology |