RMG Sports Marketing, LLC Launches Houston Sports Marketing Practice.Sports Editors/Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2004 Former Houston Oiler and member of The NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Hall of Fame Elvin Bethea Elvin Lamont Bethea (born March 1, 1946, Trenton, New Jersey) is a former American football defensive end who played his entire career with the Houston Oilers. He was a three-time All-American when he played for North Carolina A&T State University and was the first person from that teamed up with former coach Eddie Biles to tee off for the 33rd Annual UNCF UNCF United Negro College Fund, Inc. UNCF United Nations Children's Fund (formerly UNICEF) UNCF Unione Nazionale Cacciatori Falconieri Golf Classic benefiting the United Negro College Fund The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is a Fairfax, Virginia-based American philanthropic organization that fundraises college tuition money for African-American students and general scholarship funds for 39 historically black colleges and universities. , Inc. Marketing and promotional services for this year's event were provided by Houston's newest premier sports marketing firm, RMG RMG Roularta Media Group RMG RiskMetrics Group, Inc. RMG Revenu Minimum Garanti (French: Guaranteed Minimum Income) RMG Risk Management Group RMG Ready Made Garment RMG Raw Materials Group (mining industry) Sports Marketing, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . RMG Sports Marketing was founded in Houston, Texas, by Todd J. Kaufman in January 2003, for the purpose of marketing athletes and their celebrity to raise awareness and funds for charitable foundations and causes. Oliver Luck, former member of the NFL Houston Oilers and current Chief Executive Officer of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, served as Honorary Chairman for this year's golf classic. "Todd Kaufman and RMG did a tremendous job in arranging the public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most for a golf tournament that had become flat over the years. He has not only a professional approach, but the contacts with the local and regional media," said Luck. "His attitude, dedication and skill set were the primary reasons that we were able to more than double the net proceeds Net Proceeds The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security. Notes: In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions). from the previous year for the UNCF Golf Classic." This year's annual UNCF Golf Classic raised over $130,000.00 for the United Negro College Fund, Inc. Money raised helps to support 450 scholarships and other educational support initiatives for the 39 UNCF member institutions and universities. "Much credit towards the success of this year's tournament can be attributed to the efforts and fine work done by new UNCF friend, Todd Kaufman and his RMG Sports Marketing company," said Timothy Roseborough, Director of the Houston Office of the United Negro College Fund, Inc. "They really stepped up and delivered. We found Todd to be especially helpful and professional in his handling of all PR opportunities and securing additional financial support." RMG Sports Marketing provides a wide variety of charity, sports, and corporate event planning services. RMG Sports Marketing also arranges athlete appearances and speaking engagements for corporate outings and other promotional opportunities. Through its retail arm (Reinicke Marketing Group) RMG Sports Marketing has established relationships with some of the top producers of authentic autographed sports memorabilia. These collectibles are commonly used in conjunction with corporate marketing programs, employee incentives or as corporate gifts. About: Based in Houston, Texas, RMG Sports Marketing, LLC specializes in providing marketing initiatives for professional athletes that have chosen to give back to their communities by using their celebrity to bring attention to various charitable causes. Spurned spurn v. spurned, spurn·ing, spurns v.tr. 1. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse1. 2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully. v. by his passion and commitment to improve the lives of those less fortunate, Mr. Kaufman is pursuing his desire by choosing to work with professional athletes who share the same level of commitment and interest in their communities. Prior to forming RMG Sports Marketing, Mr. Kaufman spent 10 successful years in the software and technology industry where he served in varying sales and marketing positions with companies that include: BindView, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and NetIQ. Additional information may be obtained by visiting the company's Web site at: http://www.rmg-sports.com. "RMG Sports Marketing, marketing with a purpose." |
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