I would like to provide sports teams and celebrities with my flip flops(sandals).

For marketing purposes the more "famous names" linked to my shoe brand
the better our business will be.

We are established in North America, and are beginning to expand into Europe.

This is a two region question.

I need the key contact person(s), for my requirement, in each
professional sports team(NBA,NHL,MLB,NFL,MLS), and each Summer Olympic
Team in the USA and Canada. The same information is wanted for Europe
(Soccer, Basketball)

The idea is a "soft sponsorship" concept....provide free
equipment/shoes to the athletes and the media takes their picture
wearing my shoes over the course of time....

Opinions??? Ideas??? Dont know if it is feasible and want assistance
in this from Google Answers

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 11 Nov 2005 07:49 PST

Dear Dawg, 

You have here several different questions, and it is not clear, which
one you'd like addressed:

- Names of contact persons in each professional team; Olympic team and
same for Europe (seems to me like lots of work for the amount you're
willing to pay).

- Ideas regarding marketing strategy. Here, I must say that I agree
with the commentator: leaving beach-volleyball aside, I fail to see
how other athletes could "naturally" use flip-flops.

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Clarification of Question by dawgsclogseurope-ga on 11 Nov 2005 08:01 PST

www.dawgsclowgs.com is the site you can see my flipflops on. Has
several articles in which the athletes are shown on the practise
fields in flip flops so i am confident that the opportunity is there.

From the site: "Marketing Executives -  Marketing your products or
services with superstar athletes can result in rewarding benefits. The
sports agent directory includes certified sports agents from ten major
professional sports leagues. Now you can contact the athletes you are
searching for."

http://www.prosportsgroup.com/sportsagentdirectory/features.htm

Maybe its me, but I'd have a hard time picturing an NBA, NFL or even a
NASCAR guy wandering around wearing flip flops except perhaps in the
shower... and I doubt you'd get many photos suitable for publication
in that venue.

Send me a pair.  If they're slick, I've got a neat idea!  But it's so
simple, I'd never get a free pair of shoes if I told you!

I wear size US12!