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Father/Son Call

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Yesterday I was in a meeting and my assistant came in and said my son was on the phone. My son is in college and he never calls me at the office. I took the call holding my breath as to what the subject of this midday call would be. My son says, “Dad, I have something to tell you.”

I say…(gulp)…”What is it son?”

He says, “I am in my apartment with my roommates. We are killing some time and we decided to play NHL 09 together. And Dad - YOU are in it! You have to be the coolest dad ever. How many kids can say their dad is in a video game that they are playing with their buddies while in college?!”

Now that is the kind of father/son talk that I love to have! Go Caps!

Tags: Hockey, NHL 09, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take, Washington Capitals
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An Example of Bespoke Info: “Of Record”

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

It always amazed me that the Internet had emerged as such a great tool to go find the best info for automotive purchase information or mortgage rates but for political information, people had to go hunt for a one stop shop of information on a politician’s stance on the issues. Trying to compare and contrast each party’s true record and opinion shouldn’t be this hard, should it?

My friends at Bespoke Info took my challenge and have created a one stop destination for a comparison of positions on all matters between Obama and McCain. Here is a sneak peak at their work called “Of Record.” The chart tries to offer up straight forward facts on each position in easy-to-digest charts and asks the community to add value and edit where appropriate. I think this kind of work and easy to process information will be very helpful to voters as Election Day nears. Check out the charts and let the folks at Bespoke Info know what you think by adding value to their work. Thank you.

Tags: Bespoke, McCain, Obama, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Bespoke Information

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Some friends of mine have formed a new company to do high level research and provide intelligence and serve as a cultural attaché for you or for your organizations. They are talented folks with political, industrial and high tech backgrounds. Here is a link to their services and their site as a service to you.

Tags: Bespoke, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
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Not Sure What It Means But Doesn’t Feel Good

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I was just reading the Sports Business Journal and a section on Major League Baseball attendance. There were some mind-blowing stats.

After 70 games, the Washington Nationals had drawn 2,070,439 fans, a huge increase over last season. The Baltimore Orioles had drawn 1,725,238, which was about flat from the year before. In all, fans in our region went through the turnstiles about 3.7 million times for both teams combined. The Nationals are now out drawing the Orioles in terms of attendance.

The NY Yankees on the other hand had drawn 3,761,696 on their own while the NY Mets had drawn 3,301,501. Hence, in NYC, 7,000,000 million fans had gone thru the turnstiles to attend baseball games.

In a league where there is no salary cap, how can smaller market teams compete with bigger market teams when there is such a disparity in attendance and resultant revenues? The Yankees essentially have outdrawn the Orioles by 2 million fans so far or about what the Nationals have drawn to date. Very sobering.

Tags: Baseball, MLB, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
Posted in Sports | 9 Comments »