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published on Aug 23, 2008

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HE'S
BACK


Venus Williams

U.S. OPEN TENNIS WITH DON KING



Why NOT put Don King's  face

on the tennis BALLS  at  the

U.S. Open  opening next

week in New York City

it's a GREAT idea

Even better than making  Don King the creative genius of Nike's U.S. Open TV commercials. Since  King has absolutely nothing to do with Tennis it would be even more  imaginative to feature his face on the Tennis balls. GUARANTEED it  would get even way more attention than the Nike ads and likely for far  less than the costs of the commercials.

Think it's a CRAZY idea  well

as usual think again it  is

BRILLIANT

And let's get the dumb  question out of the way. Having a face on the Tennis balls is not going  to detract from the players' game . They won't even notice ( see photo  above ). And so what if they did it would be equal they will ALL use  the OFFICIAL balls with Don King's face on it. Even better. We think it  might improve their play. If a player is a Don King FAN  they will be  inspired. If they loathe him they will take pleasure in whacking him  all over the Court.

Black Box what is this  all about

maybe you got hit in the  head

with a tennis ball  and  you

were knocked senseless

NOOOOOO Nike is paying  Don King the BIG bucks as their "creative" partner in fashioning a  media campaign to deliver the message Nike is trying to brand the U.S.  Open  with "Grapple in the Apple ." Maybe Nike got hit in the head with a  tennis ball. Their ideas for marketing this year's U.S. Open and  selling LOTS of Nike gear is to present it as a "boxing match" and even  more just highlighting two players Nadal and Federer.

Of course it is dumb but  DUMBER is paying King the BIG bucks to consult with them on succeeding  in presenting the U.S. Open as a boxing match.  What is there to know.  Then again if you are Nike you can do anything and it does not matter  you win the Dough.

Still paying the U.S.  Open to put King's picture on the Tennis balls is far better use of  their billions in profit. Is there any doubt it would be FRONT page in  the media. Whereas this story of King consulting for Nike on the U.S.  Open is a yawn.

FRONT PAGE NY POST

DON KING HAVING
  A BALL  AT U.S. OPEN

FRONT PAGE NY DAILY NEWS

DON KING GETS
  SLAMMED AT OPEN

And the idea gets even  better Don King can be a "proof of concept." Why stop with King. Why  stop with Tennis. There are so many Sports and so so many balls. What  about Michael Phelps . MICHAEL PHELPS face on any ball it does not  matter the Sport.

But Baseball is probably  best. The ONLY Sport where fans get dozens of balls each game. Can you  imagine Phelps face on ALL Major League  Baseballs . Every game for every  team would be a sell OUT as fans dream of catching a foul ball or a  home run ball or a even a ball a player or the bat person might throw  into the Stands with PHELP'S face on it !!!

We're on to something  here

somebody get King's  number

and somebody get us Nike

before somebody else gets

to them with this idea !

and get us PHELPS !!

Phelps Ball
FIRST KING THEN PHELPS



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