Chris Samuels without a doubt made the right decision to retire and not risk further injury. As an athlete I know how hard it is to walk away from the game because of an injury. You always want to go out on your terms when you feel like it’s time to go. I hate to see Chris Samuels having to go out like this. Last year when I heard about the injury I thought his career was over because a spinal injury is life altering and hearing that he had a narrowing of the spine. He had a nice career here in D.C. playing for the Washington Redskins and made 6 Pro Bowls. Now the team is in search of a LT. Good luck and best wishes, Chris. You will be missed, but you will always be a Redskin!
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The Washington Mystics will be hosting a summer basketball camp this summer at the Falls Church Community Center and the Center wants to encourage all of the girls to attend. It should be a fantastic opportunity with instruction being given by both Mystics players and coaches. Registration is currently underway.
This should be a fun clinic and I personally recommend the George Mason High School girls clinic (normally in Rec Center booklet) and the Bishop OConnell High School (check thier website under athletics) girls clinic. Both are offered during the summer time as all day one week camps. The girls who attend of are varying abilities and the high school coaches and girls do a good job working with the kids. Both high schools have some talented basketball players too.
Touchdown Dance Has Joined Sports Power Hour
Starting on this Tuesday nights show we will have Eddie from Touchdown Dance.com doing a weekly NFL segment. Andre and I had such a great time talking NFL football with Eddie that we asked him to join us. As of now the NFL segment will be at 10:30 each week. We were impressed with Eddie’s commitment and passion to all things football and his knowledge of the game is great. We are excited he is on board and ready to roll!
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I think that school districts around the country have an avenue to generate some much needed revenue to help with their budget shortfalls. I got the idea while at tending a high school basketball game awhile back and kind of forgot about it until recently. I went to the concession stand and looked up and the game was being shown on a television like the big arenas have. Now I will lay my idea out for you.
- Sell DVD copies to the parents whose children play sports, like a yearbook
- After tryouts are over and you have the roster set send home an order slip to the parents
- You can fit a whole football season on a disc
- Offer it if it’s a sport that your coaches or school film
- Example: Charge $59.95 for a disc and package deals for more buys
- So many people are not able to be at every game b/c of work or lives in another state and this is the perfect gift for grandparents
- Think of how many student athletes are in your school, boys and girls
- You can even live stream your sports on video and charge a small fee for access to watch the game online
- To go a step further you can even sell replica jerseys for the parents and loved ones to buy
- The jersey sales can be done on a per order basis and cost nothing to the school b/c there are companies who will process the orders and send them out for you and you get a split of the money it doesn’t get any better than that!
The DVD’s can be done at the school and that has very little cost associated with it. I really think this can work and help to keep school programs from being dropped b/c of budget issues.
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