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Is "On the Ball" Magazine Still In Business?

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It was a good publication, but 'free'? Nothing is free. Why would anyone make a publication and then give it away? What On the Ball relied on in the end was local advertising sales for every high school covered. If your school's area didn't sell any advertising, then they weren't covered. It was enough that the other teams in the district noticed that their rivals weren't covered. It's no fun getting accolades if you know the best of the best weren't included. You can't say we're only going to cover teams A, B and C but leave out D, E and F in our coverage. Even if they didn't generate any advertising. The other part of that equation is that the smaller, rural communities get hammered for donations and fundraisers. There's only so many advertising opportunities in these communities and they have to make decisions between On the Ball and signage on the fence for instance.

 

A statewide sponsor like TSSAA, Tennessee Farm Bureau or ............Walgreen's would help. Counting on local advertisers to support an out of county magazine was a little much to ask in my opinion. I do appreciate every thing OTB did while they were around.

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