crawfish
07-11-2007, 10:10 PM
Source Credit: Fanhouse/Andy Katzer
It's not surprising that Steve Spurrier is about to have a website named after him. It's a little surprising that it took so long; lots of coaches have sites, though it's doubtful that they actually spend much time on them themselves. It actually is surprising that more coaches don't have one -- currently in the SEC only Fulmer, Meyer, Saban, Nutt, and Miles have official pages dedicated to them. So according to GoGamecocks.com, when SpurrierHBC.com goes live next week (July 16), South Carolina fans will be privy to "'inside news and photos,' archived broadcasts of Spurrier's TV and radio shows and a question-and-answer feature" ... for a price. A hefty price at that. Try $99.95 a year hefty. Now it's entirely possible that SpurrierHBC (Head Ball Coach, natch) will be worth every penny, though I'm not exactly sure how. Those are going to have to be really inside photos, like streaming video of Spurrier eating breakfast.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/sports.aol.com/fanhouse/media/2007/07/steve-spurrier-expensive-website-240.jpg
As far as I can tell, none of the other SEC coaches with websites charge for their content. It's not unheard of nationally, though. Both Pete Carroll's and Jim Tressel's sites have pay areas, though both are well below Spurrier's in cost (each is $49.95/year). Interestingly, with Tressel's site, your membership proceeds go to The Tressel Family Fund for Cancer Prevention Research, while "Spurrier said at least half of the proceeds [from his site] would go toward USC athletics." And the other half to, oh, I don't know, greens fees? Anyway, the Ol' Ball Coach has been a trend setter in the SEC before, so don't be surprised to see more revenue-producing sites with coaches' names attached if Spurrier's is a hit.
It's not surprising that Steve Spurrier is about to have a website named after him. It's a little surprising that it took so long; lots of coaches have sites, though it's doubtful that they actually spend much time on them themselves. It actually is surprising that more coaches don't have one -- currently in the SEC only Fulmer, Meyer, Saban, Nutt, and Miles have official pages dedicated to them. So according to GoGamecocks.com, when SpurrierHBC.com goes live next week (July 16), South Carolina fans will be privy to "'inside news and photos,' archived broadcasts of Spurrier's TV and radio shows and a question-and-answer feature" ... for a price. A hefty price at that. Try $99.95 a year hefty. Now it's entirely possible that SpurrierHBC (Head Ball Coach, natch) will be worth every penny, though I'm not exactly sure how. Those are going to have to be really inside photos, like streaming video of Spurrier eating breakfast.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/sports.aol.com/fanhouse/media/2007/07/steve-spurrier-expensive-website-240.jpg
As far as I can tell, none of the other SEC coaches with websites charge for their content. It's not unheard of nationally, though. Both Pete Carroll's and Jim Tressel's sites have pay areas, though both are well below Spurrier's in cost (each is $49.95/year). Interestingly, with Tressel's site, your membership proceeds go to The Tressel Family Fund for Cancer Prevention Research, while "Spurrier said at least half of the proceeds [from his site] would go toward USC athletics." And the other half to, oh, I don't know, greens fees? Anyway, the Ol' Ball Coach has been a trend setter in the SEC before, so don't be surprised to see more revenue-producing sites with coaches' names attached if Spurrier's is a hit.