Coach Danny Ford Joins TRAC Board
Coach Danny Ford Joins TRAC Board
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 23 Team Sports Entertainment Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TSPT) and its first venture, Team Racing Auto Circuit (TRAC) has announced that former Clemson Head Football Coach Danny Ford has joined their Board of Directors. Ford became the youngest football coach in NCAA History, at age 33, to guide a team to a national championship when his Clemson Tigers captured the mythical crown in 1981. He had been an assistant coach at Alabama and Virginia Tech before going to Clemson as an assistant coach in 1977. He was named Head Coach for the Tigers for the last game of the 1978 season. In 1993 Ford became Head Coach at the University of Arkansas and held that position for five seasons. TRAC President and Chief Operating Officer, Jon Pritchett added: "TRAC is in a competitive business environment and having a guy like Coach Ford on our Board is a great addition. His competitiveness, along with his tremendous leadership skills, will be a very important asset." Since retiring from coaching in 1998, Ford has had a very successful business career and currently serves on the Board of Directors for MountainBank in Hendersonville, NC. In addition to that, the Governor of South Carolina appointed "The Coach" to serve a board term for the state's Department of Natural Resources. TSEI is a sports and entertainment marketing and management company dedicated to developing undervalued sports and entertainment properties and discovering niche opportunities to serve underdeveloped market segments. Its first venture is TRAC, Team Auto Racing Circuit L.L.C., a single entity sports league developed as a new category in motorsports. Tapping into the affinity that sports fans and civic-minded residents have for their city, state or region, TRAC will focus on growing the existing base of stock car fans through team-based marketing. The league will take the best sports business practices from traditional "stick and ball" sports and leagues and combine those with the best attributes from stock car racing (i.e., pageantry, speed and competitive racing). The major benefactors from such a merger will be: motorsports venues, television networks, drivers and personnel, corporate marketers, domestic and import auto manufacturers and U.S. communities and fans. TRAC will provide this content to its various distribution partners through a league structure that will utilize revenue sharing, centralized purchasing, and brand management to build asset value in local/regional teams. With specific focus on parity, safety and cost containment; TRAC plans to build a stock car league with innovative competition standard that will put the competitive focus on drivers, crews and race day strategy. To learn more about Team Sports Entertainment or TRAC, visit http://www.teamsportsentertainment.com or http://www.traczone.com. For more information on TRAC, contact: Team Racing Auto Circuit, L.L.C. Attention: Terry Hanson Phone: (704) 992-1290 For more information on TSEI, contact: Team Sports Entertainment, Inc. (f/k/a Logisoft Corp.) Attention: Jon Pritchett Phone: (704) 992-1290
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