ABA joins with Realmessages for ABA trivia contest

Published on October 15, 2004 under American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release


Indianapolis, IN. Joe Newman, ABA Co-founder, today announced that the league will join with Realmessages, a Las Vegas-based Premium 2way SMS company, to present an ABA Trivia Contest beginning in mid-November. According to Newman, "Realmessages has some remarkable technology that makes it possible for the league to interact with our fans in an easy and reliable way and thereby create awareness for the ABA. We decided to test the technology with a season-long ABA Trivia Contest and will award terrific prizes weekly including tickets, balls, merchandise, jewelry, electronics, vacations and a variety of other interesting things."

Jeppe Dorff, Realmessages President added, "All you had to do was to be at the league meeting at the Venetian Hotel and you would know that the ABA has a bunch of very committed owners, the kind that you want to work with. So we are very excited about teaming up with them with our technology. The SMS feature, a state-of-the-art promotion tool, should benefit the ABA for years to come. It has been in use across the globe for the last four years but has only recently entered the American market with our company being one of the serious market contenders. Our team consists of seasoned SMS marketers/programmers with numerous campaigns including Lego and Coca Cola. You might remember the technology with the voting for American Idol)."

Ole Ramlau-Hansen, Chairman of Realmessages and Managing Director of Greenland Resources (www.resources.gl) said, "The ABA has shown that commitment, endurance and a good concept will always have a position in the marketplace, and that is one of the reasons Realmessages wants to be a part of this adventure. We have complete trust in the ABA and its leadership and we are looking forward to creating something unique together."

Here's an example of an ABA Trivia Question: The original ABA played for 9 seasons. What were the years the league played?
a. 1967-1976
b. 1970-1979
c. 1965-1974
d. 1950-1959

Newman concluded, "The ABA Trivia Contest will be promoted on national and international TV, radio and of course, the ABA website, www.abalive.com. It should be a lot of fun - we're working on the details now. Please keep your eye on the ABA website for complete details and prize informaton."

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