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ENTREPRENEURS AIM TO LINK TEAMS TO ATHLETIC CAMPS
Published January 6, 1998
TX-based Rebound Sports, which is involved in youth
sports camps and clinics and headed by Bart Nolde and Earl
Fitzgerald, was profiled by Rozel Sciulli of the TAMPA
TRIBUNE. Fitzgerald and Nolde have "hopes of cornering the
market on athletic instruction." Rebound Sports first "took
root" in Tampa, and found a 50-50 partner in the Yankees,
which bought 5,000 shares of the company's common stock.
Fitzgerald and Nolde have developed a five-year, seven-part
business plan for Rebound Sports, which "begins with youth
camps involving 15 or more different sports and more than
300 events a year involving about 33,000 children." It will
eventually include adult and day camps, programs for the
physically and mentally challenged, a product line and a
scholarship program in each city. The goal at the end of
the five years is to expand to 15 cities with each of the
seven parts at every site. Each category is estimated to
net $1.2M annually. Talks with the Bulls "are in the early
stages" and the Astros "may be re-visited after showing
interest in the early years" (TAMPA TRIBUNE, 1/5).




