The Fame?

[rjgator]

well hopefully this will bring to light the atrocity that is known as the ABA

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060829/en_celeb_eo/19879

Nick Lachey, Stacy Keibler...............this has the makings of a true disaster. Of course they can just show Stacy Keibler prance around and they'll make money.

[Minor League Man]

Just goes to show how dumb today's celebrities have gotten.

[Shootmaster_44]

8/25-8/29: Professional Basketball Team TRY OUTS 8/28-8/29
Reply to: event-198799189@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-08-25, 11:41AM PDT


The Hollywood Fame the lastest addition to the American basketball Association (ABA) and will play at the Los Angeles Sports Arena 2006-2007 season.

Open tryouts will be held August 28th with invitation tryouts/callbacks August 29th.

Where: Pan Pacific Recreation Center
7600 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, Ca 90036

Cost: $100, payable in cash, money order, or online through paypal at www.thehollywoodfame.com

Bring: Go to the Hollywood Fame website, print off the following forms and bring them to the tryout:

Tryout Application
Medical Release Form
Broadcast Release form

Feel free to cotact Mike Casey V. P Operations at 310-402-5207

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/eve/198799189.html

Found this on Craigslist.org. Two things strike me as strange:
1. You can pay for your try-out through PayPal?
2. It says invitation tryouts/callbacks will be announced. Callbacks? Is this some strange reality show where instead of legit basketball players they will cast interesting "characters"?

I also wonder how long they will be able to keep playing at the LA Sports Arena. I figure that will last about as long as the Pittsburgh Xplosion did at Mellon Arena.

[Minor League Man]

Or as long as the Inglewood Cobras did at the Forum.

[nksports]

They must have all fallen on hard times. Will the $100 tryout fees all disappear before the season starts in some sort of scam.
This all goes to prove, just because you're famous doesn't mean you're smart.

Maybe they should have asked The Game how much he lost with his ABA team.

[Minor League Man]

They must have all fallen on hard times. Will the $100 tryout fees all disappear before the season starts in some sort of scam.
This all goes to prove, just because you're famous doesn't mean you're smart.

Maybe they should have asked The Game how much he lost with his ABA team.
When the Cobras folded, I bet 50 Cent was laughing his head off!

[Pounder]

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/eve/198799189.html

Found this on Craigslist.org. Two things strike me as strange:
1. You can pay for your try-out through PayPal?
2. It says invitation tryouts/callbacks will be announced. Callbacks? Is this some strange reality show where instead of legit basketball players they will cast interesting "characters"?

I also wonder how long they will be able to keep playing at the LA Sports Arena. I figure that will last about as long as the Pittsburgh Xplosion did at Mellon Arena.

If that's the way this was approached, and if Joe Newman wished to cast himself in the manner Vince MacMahon does in his WWE productions, it might actually work as a TV show.

Of course, it wouldn't work on a nationwide basis, so real people wouldn't be as hurt in the process. :D

[toad455]

I'm really surprised Mr. Joe didn't try and have each celebrity buy their own team in the LA area.

We could have had 8 teams right next to each other.

Los Angeles, Hollywood, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Inglewood, Anaheim, Torrance & Redondo Beach(could play right on the beach if needed).

[bectond]

There are 7 minor league teams in the LA metro area now:
D-League- L.A. and Anaheim
CBA -L.A. Aftershock and Azusa
ABA - Bejing in Maywood, Carson and now Hollywood!!!!

Most of these teams will not last for more than half a season and maybe that is Mr. Newmans plan, if you can't have them (Aftershock and Legends) bury them with press releases for your new sitcom star owned team.

[boing]

The Inglewood Cobras never played at the Forum. They played a grand total of one home game last season and it was played at Inglewood High School.

[nksports]

There are 7 minor league teams in the LA metro area now:
D-League- L.A. and Anaheim
CBA -L.A. Aftershock and Azusa
ABA - Bejing in Maywood, Carson and now Hollywood!!!!

Most of these teams will not last for more than half a season and maybe that is Mr. Newmans plan, if you can't have them (Aftershock and Legends) bury them with press releases for your new sitcom star owned team.

It goes back to a point someone made on another post earlier -- Newman relies on these teams going under. If he has successful teams year-to-year, he doesn't bring in money for new franchises. A new owner comes in when a previous sucker goes under.

[Minor League Man]

I'm not sure the Aftershock's going to be in the CBA...

[Fells]

Now I have really seen it all.....