I just thought I'd put it out there if anyone needs a hand...

I have been in Sports Marketing (specifically, Motorsports) for about 8 years and have lots of experience creating motorsports programs, objectives, and activations...Of course, to do this, I have done a bunch of proposals!

If you are interested, I'd help you devekop a list of targets, create a full activation program to propose them, show you the "rght" way to approach them, and a complete presentation for you to use...I MIGHT even be willing to help you pitch at a meeting, too..(experience brings credibility").

With CBS agreeing to this time-buy with SBI, now is the time to make it or break it...

I have done deals in ARCA, NASCAR, ChampCar (now defunct), and have had 6 cars in the Indy 500 since 2000...

If I can be of any help, let me know! I just have some extra time over the next month or so, and I'd be quite reasonable with my cost because I know a lot of you guys do this as a hobby, and I happen to love it...! Just have some time to help 3-4 guys...

If you need a hand, just PM me!

J

I would like to get with you, and it would be great, if you would elaborate on this 'time-buy' concept for everyone, on here. It will elevate the general understanding especially at this critical stage....

Coach

It seems that you and I should know each other as I used to be heavily involved with Dick Simon who was heavily involved with Indy Cars....I have been working on some stuff and maybe you and I should have a conversation.

PM your contact info or email it to me at [email protected]

Thanks for your time
Sean Stinson

Time -buy if I understand it correctly is where an entity who wants to be on TV can buy time to air their segments for a per air cost over a period of time....Thats the way i understand I am sure there's more nuts and bolts to it but you get the jist of it!!!!!

While I am not directly involved in the SBI/CBS deal, I do know someone who is and I have a call into him to make sure that the info that I have is accurate (99% sure at this point, but I like 100%...lol)

A time buy works like this...You approach the network about your programming idea (a boat race, for example) and you already have some sponsors lined up, and you negotiate the time period that you want, and the dollars that it is going to cost.

Once this is completed, you now "own" the time period (and all of the national inventory that comes with it). So YOU are in control of finding your sponsors and selling your television spots, billboards, etc...

Many of the college BCS bowl games are done this way, because they package up so many sponsorships into the games themselves...It has its good points and its bad points....

If your sport or sanctioning body does very well packaging and selling your sponsorships, then it can be quite lucrative...Even more so than the traditional model where networks paid rights fees...You also maintain a tremendous amount of control over your frmat, production, talent, etc...

This can also sink you too....You really need to be proficient in selling your packages because any short falls between what you raise and the costs to air are your responsibility BEFORE the event hits TV...so, unless you can justify the expense being effective in helping gate receipts tremendously at the events, its very hard to go there...

The NHRA on ESPN is a time-buy....That annual cost is in excess of $10,000,000 PLUS production costs...(Another $2,500,000+) It adds up REAL quick....

Without violating any confidences and going into specifics, I can tell you that many people can build a damn nice house for the cost of one hour of NON-primetime airtime on any of the big 4 networks.

But you better have your sponsors lined up, because it is CASH UP FRONT to the networks to get on the air....

l personally don't know Mr. Carbonnell, but I would wonder if he has sponsors in place to cover over $2,000,000 worth of airtime & production costs...And if it isn't produced in HD, then a lot of people will tune right out...This can cost $50,000+ per event by itself...I haven't heard that he signed a monster series sponsor yet, big six-figure race sponsors, etc...It seems a bit interesting to me that without these sponsors already in place for a while at the races, that he can step up to this level of TV...We'll have to wait and see...

If he pulls this off, it will be great for the sport!

It's great to talk with you and we all appreciate the info... I put a call into Danny Gadarian the Hard Rocks' contact, who said he would call me back, before the press conference in Clearwater...

Danny is close friends with Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indian Tribe (Owners of Hard Rock Group now). He's based out of Tampa just down the road from all of us in Pinellas County. He seems like a straight up guy who intends on putting great content together for the TV show about offshore powerboat racing...

Coach

I think this is all great news and something is hapening in OFFSHORE Racing ,,thats a fact !!!

So, lets talk and rock on !!!!

MOVINGtoMIAMI ,Contact OFFSHORE Events LLC.regarding the SIB Offshore powerboat Challenge weekend JUNE 11th-14th 2009 in Sunny Isles beach ,FL .They are looking for sponsorship for the event and also have TV time ready for FOX sports .The BIMINI Ocean race will also be the Highlight event on June 12th @ Noon !
Already 20 boats are pre-registered .www.siboffshore.com