SPORTSFACE, FACESPORTS, A FACEBOOK FOR SPORTS
Great American Sports Fans, gasf.com, declares itself “Your Online Sports Community.” But it’s got a real old-fashioned look about it and, in the free-for-all section there are posts about a variety of non-sports issues. “447 of 830 Members have made 5508 posts in 5 forums.”
Some self-described online sports communities seem to be mainly designed to sell web design services and websites to sports teams and clubs. Eteamz.com offers a variety of packages to help teams create a presence on the web. “Since 1998, eteamz has been connecting coaches, players, families, friends and fans from teams in over 120 countries. Our resources and customer focus have enabled us to become the Team Sports Web Site Leader. eteamz is home to over 2 million teams and is the official online community of Little League Baseball and NFL Youth Football. This is just the beginning.”
Then there’s gymchat.com: “More than just sports chit chat (but that too!” Gymchat urges you to “Connect with other sport clubs and sport players, coaches, parents, and sport fans here on Gym Chat.” Gymchat offers a variety of options: “Make your own player website, find & rate a sport club/store, look up tv schedule, sports news, view/upload events, videos and photos for your favorite sports, plus lots more! The ALL SPORTS network: from gymnastics and diving to football and soccer, ballet and baseball…any sport you do, this place is for you.” But it seems that this too is mostly about you purchasing website packages ranging from $1200 on up to $2100.
Sportsclix.com has 1504 members who “Make Predictions. Answer Trivia. Write Blogs. Meet Fans!
