[*BCM*] FW: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?

[rob levy]

And who is this mysterious Dr. Faust(us) the message is addressed to?  Seems
like it could be a Faustian bargain.   I'll go ahead and assume Harvard
plays the role of Lucifer in this equation.

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Anne Buckingham <goannego at gmail.com> wrote:

> Given that they're talking about doing this next July, they're offering
> cash prizes and a car to the winners (which would give issues if any of the
> athletes were NCAA), and there's no website or confirmed place to do hold
> the event, plus the fact that the numbers submitted seem entirely made up
> (24K people per day? On what basis?  How many riders?  Will they self select
> or do the colleges have to submit a team) and the claim it will be televised
> (over six days? In Boston on Fourth of July weekend? Are you kidding?) I
> really wouldn't worry about it. The other pitch (that it gets lots of
> prospective students to the campus) isn't something that Harvard has a
> problem doing.  And given that the theory is that the participants are
> already in college, it is a bit of a moot issue anyway.
>
> They're pitching it as an opportunity for Harvard to make money for
> itself.  But the Harvard guys are smarter than this e-mail.  And if for some
> reason Harvard did decide to do it, there is zero preventing them from
> taking this idea and making it their own.  So odds of this coming off?  Zip.
>
> 2009/11/22 Louise Johnson <lsj2020 at gmail.com>
>
> Harvard is about the last organization I would consider doing a fund
>> raising event for.  What planet are you on?  Louise Johnson
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Jess Phillips Jr <jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>>> To: info at northeastbicycleclub.org
>>> Subject: FW: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
>>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:51:26 -0600
>>>
>>>
>>>   Re – Bicycle Relay-Race 2010 in Cambridge, MA
>>>
>>> Dear NEBC, as you can see below, we're planning a unique cycling event
>>> for the Boston, MA, area next year. We sure would appreciate the help of
>>> your Boston/Cambridge area members with planning this race.
>>>
>>> Sincerely
>>>
>>> Jess Phillips, Jr. <http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>
>>>
>>> jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>>> 409-454-7365 <http://www.%20409-454-7365/>
>>> http://phillips88.com
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>>> To: president at harvard.edu; council at cambridgema.gov
>>> CC: brad_quigley at harvard.edu; jen_flynn at harvard.edu;
>>> sara_aske at harvard.edu; info at quadbikes.org; awashbur at fas.harvard.edu
>>> Subject: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
>>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:19:08 -0600
>>>
>>>
>>>   To: Drew G. Faust – President, Harvard University
>>>
>>> Re *– 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?*
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Faust:
>>>
>>> The purpose of this email is to seek your office’s help with bringing a
>>> large college bicycle relay-race to the *Harvard *campus next year. My
>>> name is Jess Phillips, Jr <http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>.
>>>  I am a retired NFL football player and head of the Relay-Race 100
>>> organizing committee. We are an eclectic assortment of bicyclist from around
>>> the country. As you can see below, we had originally planned to have this
>>> event in Bermuda. However, after conferring with prospective sponsors
>>> and the fact that each of these college students would have to get visas and
>>> passports to travel to Bermuda, we have decided to have this collegiate
>>> relay-race in a more easily accessible U.S. city.
>>>
>>> The plan is to have each major U.S. and Canadian college/university
>>> submit a coed, four person bicycle relay team. Each of the four team members
>>> – two males & two females -- will race 25 miles. The top three fastest teams
>>> will receive trophies and prizes. The ideal dates being *Tuesday, June
>>> 29th to Sunday, July 4th, 2010*.
>>>
>>> This would be a great fund raising opportunity for the university. And it
>>> will attract hundreds of prospective future students to your campus. We
>>> expect this relay-race will attract 24,000 plus people per day. That
>>> includes race participants, their families, friends, spectators and press
>>> from all over the country. Each of these 24,000 daily visitors will spend,
>>> on average, $17.00 per day while at this event. *Keep in mind this will
>>> be a six day event*. $17.00 x 24,000 = $408,000,000 in gross daily
>>> sales.
>>>
>>> Over the course of six days, we’re talking about gross sales just from
>>> parking, food, and memorabilia of over *$2.4 million* and that doesn’t
>>> include the hundreds of thousands of dollars that will be spent on area
>>> hotel/motel rooms, renal cars and restaurants. *We would like for the
>>> net proceeds from the concession and parking fees to go to **Harvard in
>>> exchange for hosting and helping us organize this event.
>>>
>>> *Dr. Faust, would *Harvard *be interested in helping us bring this
>>> unique sporting event to *Massachusetts* this coming July? We plan to
>>> consider other locations, but I think the *Harvard *campus would be an
>>> ideal place to host this first-ever event.
>>>
>>> If interested, I would appreciate an opportunity to discuss with you in
>>> more detail our plans for this relay-race and to find out what if any
>>> local/state licenses and/or permits that we would need. We think this will
>>> be a great spectator sporting event that will be televised nationally, and
>>> we hope to make this an annual event. Thank you for your time. Your
>>> questions, comments, suggestions are encouraged.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Jess Phillips, Jr.
>>>  <http://phillips88.com/>
>>>
>>> jessphillipsjr at msn.cm  409 454-7365 <skype:+14094547365?call>
>>> www.phillips88.com
>>>
>>> *
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *
>>>
>>> To - *Andre Curtis,
>>>  *Chairman, Bermuda Tourism Board*
>>> *Hamilton, Bermuda
>>>
>>> From *-* *Jess Phillips, Jr. *<http://www.google.com/search?q=Jess+Phillips+Jr&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1>
>>>
>>> Re *-* *2010 Bicycle Relay-Race?*
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr. Curtis, my name is Jess Phillips, Jr.<http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>I am the chairman of the Relay-Race 100 organizing committee. The purpose of
>>> this email is to seek your *help with hosting a 100 mile, coed bicycle
>>> relay-race* in Hamilton Bermuda during Spring Break in March 2010. This
>>> will be a six day event: Monday to Saturday.
>>>
>>> Regarding the 100 mile bicycle relay-race: Each team will consist of two
>>> males and two females from colleges and universities all over the U.S. and
>>> Canada.* *Race team members will travel 25 miles before passing the
>>> baton to their teammate. Because this race will be televised, we would like
>>> to have a race route along the beach front.
>>>
>>> The big attraction for the collegiate race teams will be the cash prizes
>>> and the new car that each of the four winning team members will receive.
>>> We are extremely confident that will be able to find several corporate
>>> sponsors for this unique event that we would like to have every year.
>>>
>>> Mr. Curtis, this race, which will be televised, will bring thousands of
>>> people to Bermuda this coming March and generate hundreds of thousands of
>>> dollars in sales from hotel rooms to rental cars. Who would we need to
>>> contact to discuss the possibly of having this Spring Break 2010 Relay-Race
>>> in Bermuda? Your help in this matter is much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> *Jess Phillips, Jr*
>>>
>>> jessphillipsjr at msn.cm <>  409 454-7365 <skype:+14094547365?call> <>
>>> www.phillips88.com
>>>
>>>
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