Sonny Vaccaro
Sonny Vaccaro
John Paul Vincent Vaccarois an American former sports marketing executive...
toys turned
I've got a lot of toys to play with. I just turned 64, and I'm reinventing myself again.
enthusiasm highest kids picked
Patrick's enthusiasm is contagious. He is what you want kids to feel like when they are picked for this kind of event. And the kid can play at the very highest level.
dominant easily man moses since
Greg is easily the most dominant big man since Shaquille O'Neal. And I go all the way back to Moses Malone.
last mean
Going into these last two years, it was Greg and Derrick. I mean he was right there.
cost effort great name wrapped
They want to own everything. They have successfully wrapped up every great name athlete. They have made a concentrated effort to do that, cost be damned.
last people team tournament worked
All O.J. did was play for another team last weekend. People are getting too worked up about it. It was just one tournament in April.
city found high looks permanent school talent
This city is one of the hotbeds for high school talent in the country. It looks like we've found a permanent home.
building expansion kids shoes thrill within
We'll have the young kids in our shoes within 18 months. This is a thrill for me. It's like I'm building my own expansion team.
basketball college years
I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation of the ABA [American Basketball Association] in the early 1970s, the sanctity of having to go to college was broken. The ABA took anyone, starting with Spencer Haywood.
player college years
There's Brandon Jennings. The NBA told him to go to college for a year, and he said, "Screw that. I'll go to Europe and make a million bucks and then come back." And he's proven to be a pretty damn good player. He's done as much for the game as Michael [Jordan] by forging a different route.
crazy ncaa forever
The NCAA wants to control the images; they say they own your image forever. If you look through this façade, it's crazy.
games people north-carolina
People will always go to games. And not just Duke versus North Carolina. Even Appalachian State against Chatworth.
kids college ncaa
What would be wrong with letting a kid go pro, and if it doesn't work out he can come back to college? What's the harm in that? The reason is the word "amateurism." The NCAA has to protect colleges' tax exemption.
selfish school player
It's not uncommon in the entertainment world for agents to sign young talent. It's sinful that these players can't be represented by lawyers and agents when they're in school. If a player wants to hire someone to seek his value - in any other walk of life, except where this farcical entity that is the NCAA is involved - having a lawyer or agent isn't illegal. It's just the NCAA imposing its own set of rules. It's selfish on their part.