I am currently in the process of writing an article that will be published regarding Domains and Professional Athletes. Quite an interesting subject. Take a quick look and let me know your thoughts…Thanks.

” Would you believe me if I told you that 80-90% of Professional Athletes do

not own their own domain name? It’s crazy right? The funny thing is that no

one seems to grasp the value of owning their own domain name, especially an

athlete.

I never thought about owning my domain name until I met Brad Larson. Brad

is an Executive Accounts Manager at Godaddy.com, and has been a true

mentor/friend to me over the past three years. One of the first questions

he asked me was, “Do you own your own domain name?” I said no, of course,

and immediately searched to see if it was available. It was not.

Someone purchased my domain name with the intent of one day selling it back

to me for a substantial profit. Come to find out, the gentleman actually

wanted three thousand dollars for it. He also was “cash parking” the site

with baseball-like keywords, which made it clear why the price was so high.

A website that is “cash parked” displays nothing more than a list of

sponsored links and ads on it. The domain owner makes money every time

those ads get clicked, even if it’s by using your name without your

permission.

There was no way that I was going to pay that kind of money for my own

domain name; just not going to happen. So then I started searching for

other players. I was fairly surprised to find that every elite athlete’s

name I looked for was taken. Then I searched a “who-is” database to see who

actually owned some of these domain names. What I found was stunning.

Nearly every single person who owned one of these domain names was either a

cyber-squatter (cash parking), a sports memorabilia store owner, domain

investor, or simply a fan. I was, and still am, shocked.”

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