- 10:28 AM
Wednesday, May 11th, 2024:
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- It just seems
wrong to make a journey entry with a video that
I may NEVER have the right to share publicly.
However... I don't really have a choice here. This is
a seminal moment. This needs to be set in stone and
maybe by The Official Journey Vol. 3 release in 2030
it'll be no big deal to share this. Who knows.
I just know that the reel I just finished is...
man what is the word. How do I describe this
correctly...
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- I mean you
all saw me emotional last year with the Rams Reel.
That was kind of my introduction to the WOW factor of
what I was producing. Sure, I felt it with the
baseball stuff - but the NFL peeps relying on me to
make a good reel to greenlight the Super Bowl? That
added some tension and then the reel WORKED?!?! That
amazing entry in December with the phone call from my
NFL contact saying how well the reel went over
and that the Super Bowl was ON was one of the best
days of my life. From the money to the experience I
was about to have... to the faith I had to have
in a vacuum to get there? It was just a beautiful,
wonderful moment...
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- ...that we all
know was erased a month later. That laid the
groundwork for intestinal fortitude that people keep
assuming that I just HAVE. I mean I can't deny
that I have it, but my past has never really
helped the crushing moments. I never have this
sense of focus and determination that people assume I
have when it crashes. It feels like a new disaster
EACH TIME. Even now... even sharing what is
clearly a monumnetal moment of achieving the
NFL/NBA/NHL and MLB Presence reel? There's still no
contract, still nothing to really show for all of this
and I still have to keep pushing and MAKE people
believe to push this to the next level. But good FUCK
the ducks are really in a row. I've watched this 5
times. Each time I just shake my head because I
cannot believe I actually pulled off this access.
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- So here is where
the private video will go...
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-
- ...but let's
assume you watched it. See what I mean? Saying it's
undeniable no longer quantifies. That's every major
league sport and a few Olympic sports thrown in from
New Zealand. If I witnssed that out of the blue, I
would presume whatever company produced that reel is
CLEARLY the preeminent VR180 sports producer on
the planet. No other company has secured that access
or could show that reel. Apple has done the MLS - and
I saw a baseball clip in one of their reels
in-store... but that's it! There's rumors of something
with Kevin Durant... but the truth is, they hold
everything so close to the vest and hide it on a
headset that didn't sell well... and that leaves a
massive opening of 20 million headsets hungry for
this. Besides, multiple companies have access to these
sports, so it hardly matters if Apple has the
upper-hand. That's what's so wonderful about going the
broadcasting route instead of the leagues themselves:
the broadcasters HAVE the right to show all of this
behind-the-scenes stuff... they've just never had a
way to monetize it because it's boring as hell in 2D.
Virtual Presence changes ALL of that. As
cliché as it sounds, it's a game-changer. And
every broadcaster could add this to their offerings
TODAY.
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- This is just
massive. No other way to put it. I'm not at the mercy
of an individual league anymore. And again, the
NFL merger will go through at any moment and it
could all be back on the table... but because of the
Super Bowl cancellation, I've now secured all the
other leagues and am months into talks with a
nationwide broadcaster. Talk about a
turnaround.
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- And THAT is how
you make lemonade out of lemons.
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- Whew.
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- Adam
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