TrendCentral: The newest entry to the world of online communities is weplay, a social network for youth athletes and their parents and coaches.
Young athletes can create their own profiles in which they can post news, photos, and videos. Through such, they are able to connect with friends and teammates, manage their practice and game schedules, talk to coaches, view sports tutorials, find out about local sports events and, in what is expected to be one of the site’s main draws, interact with pro athletes including Peyton Manning, LeBron James and Derek Jeter.
WEPLAY: NEW SOCIAL NETWORK YOU NEED TO KNOW [TrendCentral]
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This reminds me of the startup CaptainU (yes, a funny and corny name, I agree) that also focuses on an athletic recruiting social network community. Its just one of thousands of startups that have been popping up from college entrepreneurs. You can discover them at http://www.collegemogul.com, but here is the link to the article where we critiqued CaptainU:
http://collegemogul.com/2008/04/10/captainu-athletic-recruitment-online/