Sonny Vaccaro
Sonny Vaccaro
John Paul Vincent Vaccarois an American former sports marketing executive...
building expansion kids shoes thrill within
We'll have the young kids in our shoes within 18 months. This is a thrill for me. It's like I'm building my own expansion team.
enthusiasm highest kids picked
Patrick's enthusiasm is contagious. He is what you want kids to feel like when they are picked for this kind of event. And the kid can play at the very highest level.
kids school nba
Very unfairly, there's a negative image of the kid, which really stems from the greed and selfishness of the NBA and NCAA. They're forcing these kids to go to school.
dirty kids shoes
Now the kids are portrayed as dirty when they talk to an agent, a shoe guy, some hanger-on. Well, it's only natural that people are circling them - there are millions of dollars involved.
hurt school kids
What happens when you get hurt? Take that kid at Kentucky, Nerlens Noel, who could have turned pro after high school.Who knows what's going to happen? How the operation is going to go? The only thing I do know is that he would have been a top pick in the draft last year, and he'd have millions of dollars in the bank.
kids school years
Kobe [Bryant] had the biggest contract for a high school kid. He was the first one to get more than a million a year.
kids college ncaa
What would be wrong with letting a kid go pro, and if it doesn't work out he can come back to college? What's the harm in that? The reason is the word "amateurism." The NCAA has to protect colleges' tax exemption.
toys turned
I've got a lot of toys to play with. I just turned 64, and I'm reinventing myself again.
cost effort great name wrapped
They want to own everything. They have successfully wrapped up every great name athlete. They have made a concentrated effort to do that, cost be damned.
last people team tournament worked
All O.J. did was play for another team last weekend. People are getting too worked up about it. It was just one tournament in April.
city found high looks permanent school talent
This city is one of the hotbeds for high school talent in the country. It looks like we've found a permanent home.
last mean
Going into these last two years, it was Greg and Derrick. I mean he was right there.
dominant easily man moses since
Greg is easily the most dominant big man since Shaquille O'Neal. And I go all the way back to Moses Malone.
hurt player college
What would have happened if Derrick Rose had torn his knee in college, or Greg Oden? It would have cost them millions of dollars. They were lucky, coming out early. I'm not saying don't go to college. There are plenty of players like Shaq [O'Neal] who went back and graduated. I commend that. But do it at your leisure - don't hurt your finances.