United
States Basketball
League |
Recommended on June 11, 2001 at
$0.80 |

Interview
with Daniel Meissenheimer III, CEO US Basketball League.

Company
Overview
Founded
in 1984, USBL is the only publicly traded professional sports
league. The company operates a professional summer basketball
league through franchises in the United States. In April 2001, the
USBL began its regular season summer schedule with the Atlantic
City Seagulls, Brooklyn Kings, Long Island Surf, Pennsylvania
ValleyDawgs, Dodge City Legend (Kan), Florida Sea Dragons, Gulf
Coast Sun Dogs, Kansas Cagerz, Oklahoma Storm, and Lakeland Blue
Ducks (Fl) as franchises.
USBL: The League of Opportunity
The USBL has provided an opportunity for players to improve and
showcase their skills for the National Basketball Association and
International clubs around the world. This league has been the
springboard of many of NBA careers. The USBL season runs from
late-April (to allow players who have concluded their collegiate
careers and either have been drafted by the USBL or want to attend
mini-camp) until mid-July (before the start of NBA rookie and free
agent camps.) The USBL's rules are identical to the NBA's, with
the added stipulation that each team carry at least three rookies
on its twelve-player roster.
In addition to player development, the USBL offers excellent
opportunities for coaches, referees and front office
administrative personnel seeking to further their respective
careers. Franchises also become more involved with their community
by providing a professional sports team, which becomes an active
vehicle for pleasure, community service and profit.
An emphasis on sound operations, proven business methods and a
commitment to its players, coaches, owners and fans translates
into winning a successful formula for the USBL and everyone
involved with "The League of Opportunity".
Company
Highlights
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PROFITABLE!! For the year ending February 29, 2001, Net
Income was $44,888.
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Net Income $.01 per share.
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Outstanding Shares 3,478,502 common shares, 1,105,679
preferred shares.
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Free trading float is approximately 500,000 shares.
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MANAGEMENT TAKES NO SALARIES; THEY USE THE FUNDS TO BUILD
THE BUSINESS!
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Gate attendance for 1st half of 2000 was 50% higher than
corresponding period in 1999.
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The Meisenheimer family controls 85% of the outstanding
stock.
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If you look at the S.E.C. Documents, they haven't taken a
PENNY for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. This is truly a labor
of love.
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The expenses to run this league are peanuts!
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League has been in operation since 1985. There are currently
10 teams in the league:
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Teams pay a one time $300,000 franchise fee directly to the
league and an annual $20,000 royalty payment for ten years.
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The USBL has plans to increase the number of teams to 40 in
the next five years.
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The yearly cost to run an USBL team is approximately
$250,000.
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It is very civic friendly to own a sports team, and a USBL
franchise can be purchased for 2% of the cost of an NBA
Franchise.
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Since 1985, more than 100 players have graduated from the
USBL to the NBA.
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Former USBL players include Muggsy Bogues, Anthony Mason,
Mario Elie, Avery Johnson, Charlie Ward and Chris Childs.
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A family of four can attend a USBL game for less than the
price of 1 ticket to an NBA game.
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The USBL has received its second comment letter from the
S.E.C. and is in the process of responding to the remaining
questions. They hope to submit it to the S.E.C. by May 15th
and then await a return to the O.T.C or a third letter.
- They are in dialogue with SEVEN new investor groups for
expansion teams next year. They hope to complete these
negotiations by late summer. Announcements will follow as
warranted.
Intangibles
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Building the USBL brand name: USBL has an identity in sports
pages both nationally and internationally
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In the past 15 years, 130 USBL players have
"graduated" onto NBA rosters
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Twenty USBL logo license opportunities (expanding every
year)
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Growth of league is currently 30% per year
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The USBL has increasing interest from television networks
(cable) because of its 15-year history and its continued
growth in attendance
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Over 1,000,000 fans have watched USBL games, building a
loyalty base throughout the eastern United States
- Currently, the USBL is offering expansion teams for
$300,000, and additional funds to properly capitalize a team
and operate for a year would be another $250,000. This is
quite low compared to recent prices for AAA baseball teams of
$12 million as advertised in the Wall Street Journal.
Management
DANIEL
T. MEISENHEIMER, III
Chairman and Commissioner
Daniel
T. Meisenheimer, III founded the United States Basketball League
in December, 1984. At the time he founded the USBL, Meisenheimer
was the youngest Commissioner of any professional sports league in
history at age 33.
RICHARD
C. MEISENHEIMER
Vice President of Finance
Richard
Meisenheimer, brother of Commissioner Daniel Meisenheimer, III,
serves as the USBL's Vice-President of Finance. Meisenheimer, a
graduate of Southern Connecticut State University with a Bachelor
of Science degree in economics, has been actively involved in the
League since its inception.
LYNN
CASA
Director of Administration
Lynn
Casa has worked in the USBL offices since it began operations in
1985, and has filled many important roles during the last 14
years. As the USBL's Director of Administration, her primary
responsibility is to coordinate the internal operations of the
League office. This well-rounded responsibility includes arranging
the travel for League officials and maintaining correspondence
with current and prospective franchises.
ED
KRINSKY
Director of Operations
Ed
served for five years (1991-1995) as the General Manager of the
Long Island Surf and during that time six players, including
Anthony Mason, Lloyd Daniels and Michael Curry, went on to play in
the NBA. It was during Ed's tenure that the Long Island Surf
established his Youth Outreach Program, which has since been
replicated by other USBL teams. The purpose of the Youth Outreach
Program is to expose school age youngsters to positive role models
through a series of basketball clinics preceding USBL games. In
addition to teaching basketball skills, current and former NBA
coaches and players, high school and college coaches and prominent
community leaders stress the importance of sportsmanship,
education, drug and alcohol avoidance and career planning.
ORVILLE
SWEENEY
Director of Public Relations
Orville
Sweeney is in his first year as Director of Public Relations.
Sweeney comes to the USBL with a diverse background in marketing,
sales, banking and academia. Sweeney's transferable skills will be
a great asset to his new position.
TOM
PALMGREN
Supervisor of Officials
Tom
came to the USBL with a long successful officiating career which
began in 1977 and is current with the IBL, Pro-AM, UBA, NIKE
Summer Pro League and the New Jersey Summer Pro League. Tom's
success as a referee in the USBL earned him a spot on the playoff
staff during his rookie season. Tom is Supervisor of Officials for
the Greater New York Pro-AM as well as the programs' coordinator
of Training and Development of Officials. He is extremely proud of
his new non-profit corporation, D.O.C. (Dynamic Officiating
Concepts) which provides expertise in the development of leagues
and referee training programs for adults and youths.
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History
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No dilution
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Superior Management Commitment
4.
Long term strategy
5.
Profitability
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Take
one look at USBL and any micro-cap investor will know
that this a unique opportunity. OTCLIVE.com
challenges any serious micro-cap investor to find another
company not listed on the major exchanges that
exemplifies USBL's commitment to long term
shareholders.
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History
- The
United States Basketball League was incorporated in 1985.
Beginning in 1985 the
USBL has grown from a unique concept into an
internationally known professional basketball
league with over 125 USBL players earning positions
on NBA rosters. USBL has been
in business for over 15 years.
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No
Dilution
- Those of you who know Don Penny and his micro-cap
strategy, know that dilution is
one of the most important factors when considering a OTC BB
investment. Many shareholders have
been burned by companies that continue to issue stock for
pennies causing dilution that erases
shareholder value. Nothing irks Don Penny more than watching
blocks of stock being
sold
from management and insiders who acquired thousands of
shares for pennies on the dollar.
USBL
has
no present risk of dilution. There are currently 3,478,502
shares outstanding. Including
the ownership of MCI by the Meisenheimer family, they
effectively control 87% of the outstanding Common Stock of
USBL. The public float is under 500,000 shares and most of
it are
in friendly hands.
OTC
Live asked Daniel Meisenheimer III about the history of the
shares outstanding. Here is his
response:
"With regard to your questions, the outstanding shares
in the USBL are 3,483,502 as of 8/31/00 and as of 2/29/00
the number was also 3,483.502 and as of 2/28/99 there were
3,478,502 outstanding and as of 2/28/98 there were 3,451,001
shares outstanding. Management has treated these
shares like GOLD
and will not issue shares very often and when it does, it
will be in small amounts."
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Superior
Management Commitment - Historically,
USBL only two officers, D. Meisenheimer III and Richard
Meisenheimer, have not received or taken any salaries from
USBL.
USBL
management in order to confirm its commitment to long term
shareholder value, could of
exceeded an investment of 10 million dollars in cash,
service, etc.
Daniel
T. Meisenheimer III ("Mr. Meisenheimer III") has
been Chairman of the Board and President of the Company
since its inception in 1984. Mr. Meisenheimer III has also
been the Chairman of the Board and President of MCI, USBL's
parent, since 1983 and occupies the same positions in Cadcom
and MCR, the other subsidiaries of MCI. Mr. Meisenheimer III
is also a shareholder and director of Synercom, Inc. ("Synercom"),
a Meisenheimer family-owned holding company which owns
Spectrum Associates, Inc., a shareholder of USBL.
Richard
C. Meisenheimer ("R. Meisenheimer"), brother of
Mr. Meisenheimer III, has acted as Chief Financial Officer
and a Director of USBL since the inception of the business
in 1983. R. Meisenheimer has also been associated with
Spectrum Associates, Inc. ("Spectrum") since 1976
and is now the President of that Company. Spectrum owns
37.7% of the Preferred Stock and 6.7 % of our Common Stock.
Spectrum is the main customer of Cadcom, MCI's other
subsidiary.
Daniel
T. Meisenheimer, Jr. ("D. Meisenheimer, Jr.") was
the father of Mr. Meisenheimer III and R. Meisenheimer and
the husband of Mary Ellen Meisenheimer. D. Meisenheimer, Jr.
served as a director of USBL from its inception to
September, 1999, when he died. We have not replaced D.
Meisenheimer Jr. with another director.
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Long
term strategy -
After completing their 15th and most successful season,
USBL's future
plans appear brighter than ever. Next season USBL plans to
limit the expansion to a total
of 14 franchises. Cultivating new areas of the country
will allow more exposure with increased awareness.
Next season the USBL projects attendance figures of 50%
or more from this years totals.
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Profitability
- For
the first time in its 15 year history, USBL posted a profit
for the year ending February
29, 2000. Net income rose to $44,888 or one cent +
.01 a share versus a loss of $160,965 or ($.05)
cent a share, for the year ended February 28, 1999. Management
estimates
that
for the year ending 2001, earnings should increase from 2000
levels.
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