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...business model. Gone are the five-year financial projections relied upon in the old league, which was founded on Web-like hysteria after the 1999 World Cup victory. (John Hendricks, chairman of Discovery Communications, was so "intoxicated" by the World Cup victory, he persuaded his cable brethren at Comcast, Cox and Time Warner, which owns TIME magazine, to help fund the start-up.) This time around, DiCicco says, the WUSA will rely on modest one-year figures. "Potential owners told us they're not going to believe anything we project," he explains. "They said, 'Don't waste your time...
DiCicco still has a long way to go. He has identified a group of interested potential owners--including old hands Hendricks, cable baron Amos Hostetter and Cox chairman Jim Kennedy--but none have made any commitments. Nor have any advertisers. McDonald's, Coca-Cola, apparel maker Under Armour and Deutsche Bank sponsored WUSA exhibition festivals in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, Minn., this summer, but as McDonald's marketing executive John Lewicki puts it, "We're in wait-and-see mode...
...Well, not at the Kennedy School—” Crisman-Cox began...
...Well, not right now,” Crisman-Cox stammered, as the crowd roared in laughter...
...He’s a very good speaker to audiences he’s presenting to,” Crisman-Cox said later, adding that he was unsatisfied with Nader’s response. “I think he knows how to sidestep questions to appeal to this audience...