May 12, 1999
CARLSBAD, Calif., - The FANSonly Network, home of official
athletic sites for more than 50 universities and conferences, announced the
results from the first-ever online sports charity auction hosted by
FANSonly, April 26-30. The online auction, which featured 47 donated items
from 33 schools, raised $5,251 for Coaches vs. Cancer and The V Foundation.
The FANSonly Network, which manages the online presence, brands and
affinity audiences for more than 50 major collegiate athletic departments,
is the largest college sports news and entertainment Internet site.
The on-line auction, which was powered by technology partner FairMarket,
Inc., provided a wide selection of bid items, including football and
basketball game tickets, officially licensed merchandise and memorabilia.
The highest item sold in the auction was an autographed football from new
Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, which went for $350. Other popular items
were an Ohio State prize package ($291); an autographed basketball from the
Stanford men's squad ($276) and a pair of tickets to the North
Carolina-N.C. State men's basketball game for next season ($227). For a
complete listing of the items sold during the auction go to:
(www.fansonly.com/auctions).
"We are quite pleased with the results from both a participatory and
donation standpoint," stated FANSonly business development manager Mark
Eby. "As the first-ever on-line charity auction ever hosted on the
Internet we weren't sure what to expect, but our visitors got behind the
event, which led to spirited bidding for all of our items."
Benefactors of the FANSonly Charity Auction were Coaches vs. Cancer and
the V Foundation, which split 100 percent of the proceeds generated from
the auction.
Coaches vs. Cancer (www.cancer.org/coaches/index.html) - Coaches
vs. Cancer is a partnership of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), and is dedicated to
decreasing risk of cancer in youths by utilizing fan contributions to fund
children's cancer research, tobacco education, advocacy and patient
services of the American Cancer Society.
The V Foundation (www.jimmyv.org/) - The V Foundation is a
charitable organization dedicated to saving lives by helping find a cure
for cancer. It seeks to make a difference by generating broad-based
support for cancer research and by creating an urgent awareness among all
Americans of the importance of the war against cancer.
