Free Website Lets Fans Choose National College Football Champion

Free Website Lets Fans Choose National College Football Champion

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- FansPoll.com, the only website of its kind that lets fans choose who the next collegiate football champion should be, kicks off its new season today as it partners with top NYC entertainment marketing & production company, MSL, to make the free website a nationally recognized 'Football Idol' of sorts.

"The premise behind FansPoll.com is similar to the premise of American Idol or the People's Choice Awards," says George Brown, President and founder of FansPoll L.L.C. "Engage the fans, empower them and give them a turn to choose."

FansPoll.com includes 119 individual team web pages, one for each Division I school. When fans login, they are directed to their favorite team's home page where they participate in the weekly FansPick contest by selecting the winners of pre-selected games each week. FansPoll.com keeps track of the scores. At the season's end, the fan with the most correct picks wins the opportunity to serve on the FansPoll Selection Committee, which chooses the National Champion, plus 19 other National Championship awards such as Coach of the Year, Quarterback of the Year, and Newcomer of the Year.

At the end of the season, The People's National Championship Award is presented to the fans' winning school. The winners have been Auburn -- 2004; the University of Texas -- 2005, and the University of Florida -- 2006.

"It's the football fans' version of an Electoral College," says Brown. "Since football is the only sport that doesn't choose their National Champion on the playing field, we thought a qualified fan representative from each school might be the next best thing."

Additionally, each week when playing the FansPick Contest, fans can vote on the Top 25, and the results are posted on the site.

Within FansPoll.com's first week in 2004 36,000 people visited the site. Now, FansPoll.com gets up to 145,000 hits a month, with about 1,000 new visitors each day.

"FansPoll is ideally suited to MSL's mission to connect fans, brands and sports," says Shawn Garrity, President of MSL and a former offensive lineman for Syracuse. "In addition to providing brand development strategy and sponsorship assistance, we'll be incorporating the website into MSL's existing football properties, including our East Meets West All-American High School football game and the upcoming Gridiron Bash."

Source: MSL

CONTACT: Debbie Brandwein of MSL, +1-914-374-5188, or
dbrandwein@mslproductions.com, for FansPoll.com

Web site:

http://www.fanspoll.com/

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