It's not much, but it's still news. Seems like I've stopped lurking, phew, wasn't so hard...It's exposure. Every little bit helps get VTC recognition. OK, so where's the numbers ?
Company Press Release
Virtual Technology and NFL Alumni Partner for ''Caring for Kids''
VTC & NFL Alumni to Promote Super Bowl Events for Charity
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1999--Virtual Technology Corp. (OTCBB:VTCO - news; virtual-world.com), a premier technology reseller, announced a partnership with the National Football League Alumni Inc. to promote Super Bowl events for the NFL Alumni ''Caring for Kids'' mission.
VTC will provide computers from its on-line store of over 40,000 hardware and software products to the NFL Alumni and promote the NFL Alumni Auctions site (www.nflalumniauctions.com).
The NFL Alumni auction site will begin with a major NFL Alumni Super Bowl weekend Sweepstakes, offering NFL legends' memorabilia and culminate at the Super Bowl with a live auction of one-of-a-kind memorabilia. The parties agreed to immediately follow the Super Bowl with an ongoing auction site of Legends memorabilia and promotion of the NFL Alumni Super Bowl Weekend for the Year 2000 in Atlanta. Links to the NFL Alumni web site will be provided from VTC's home site (www.virtual-world.com) and its new auction site (www.vtcoauctions.com).
The Agreement includes a commitment by the parties to jointly market in national media and advertising to further the mission of ''Caring for Kids'' sharing the NFL Alumni and VTC brand recognition and identities. As part of this Agreement, VTC and the NFL Alumni will get the rights to use each other's logo and identity in their advertising and media campaigns. The NFL Alumni will become a featured element of VTC's marketing.
The five-year Agreement with VTC encompasses many segments of the NFL Alumni Super Bowl weekend -- a weekend of fund raising special events featuring NFL Legends. VTC is the title sponsor of the NFL Alumni memorabilia auction event to be held Friday Evening January 29, 1999 and will be the title sponsor for the VIRTUAL-WORLD.com NFL Alumni Super Bowl of Golf Showcase. The Showcase brings together winners of 28 NFL Alumni tournaments and many celebrities who over the last decade have donated millions of dollars to hundreds of children's charities.
''Today, NFL Alumni chapters nationwide involve thousands of kids in youth-oriented services and activities. We are pleased to have VTC join us helping to promote such a worthy cause,'' said Frank Krauser, president and chief executive officer of the National Football League Alumni Inc.
''We're excited about this partnership. This is a worthwhile cause and gives us an opportunity to put our commitment to 'Caring for Kids' into action. We are pleased to be part of such a high caliber program that benefits kids -- our leaders and role models of tomorrow,'' said Greg Appelhof, president/CEO of VTC.
About the Super Bowl of Golf Classic
From the beginning, the NFL Alumni strove to create a niche by differentiating itself from other celebrity golf events. The principal innovation was the Super Bowl of Golf, or SBOG. Each year, all the winning teams from the tournament series receive all-expenses paid invitations to the championship playoff, held at a warm-weather site in the spring. The SBOG also reflects the commitment to excellence that underscores the NFL Alumni's Charity Golf Series. Each tournament is developed to be a first-rate golfing experience, from the format (which typically includes a pre-tournament dinner or gala event, post-tournament awards banquet and the SBOG) to high-quality tee packages, exceptional celebrities and the finest courses. This year VTC will be the premier sponsor of the Super Bowl of Golf on Saturday, January 30, 1999 at the renowned Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, and will feature 72 teams/foursomes each joined by an NFL Legend.
Of course, the glue of the tournament series is an unwavering commitment to ''Caring for Kids.'' In the tour's 19-year history, participating sponsors, celebrity captains, golfers and event volunteers have teamed up to raise millions of dollars that have benefited hundreds of children's charities nationwide.
Without a great deal of fanfare, the NFL Alumni has positively impacted countless young lives through a simple yet winning formula -- great names playing great courses for great causes.
About the NFL Alumni Association
The NFL Alumni is a non-profit service organization of former professional football players who work voluntarily on behalf of youth and charity. It was formed as an outgrowth of philanthropic and civic-minded impulses of men who performed at the highest level of the nation's most popular spectator sport and used that experience as a springboard in later life.
For nearly two decades, NFL Alumni members have been involved in local and national charitable activities. These events not only enhance the lives of young people -- they offer role models for today's youth. NFL Alumni continues to fulfill its mission of ''Caring For Kids.'' To support this worthy cause, NFL Alumni and VTC are partnering together to make this year's auction a resounding success. The NFL Alumni is excited to offer a wide selection of high quality items for auction.
About Virtual Technology Corp.
Virtual Technology Corp. (OTCBB:VTCO - news) is a publicly held Minnesota based company with offices in Minneapolis, incorporated since February 1996. VTC is an online retailer of computer hardware and software products. The company's strategy is to become the ''Premier WWW Site for Speed, Power, and Graphics'' through its focus and marketing strategy, depth of market selection, competitive pricing and high quality content.
Statements in this Press Release that are not purely historical are ''forward looking statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding VTC's expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future generally, VTC's growth strategy, future sales and anticipated trends in VTC's business. All forward looking statements included in this Press Release are based on information known to VTC on the date hereof, and VTC assumes no obligation to update any such forward looking statements. It is important to note that actual results could differ materially from those in such forward looking statements as a result of a number of factors, most of which are out of the control of VTC, including, but not limited to, VTC's early stage of development, its lack of profitability and cash flows and competition for the sale of hardware and software products both on and off the Internet.
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