Spencer Chronicles Life of Manager on Yardbarker
March 23, 2009
UFC Welterweight Champ Georges St Pierre has a blog over on Yardbarker where he shares his exploits on an occassional basis. A new twist is the fact that his manager Shari Spencer has started up a similar blog, detailing her efforts on her client’s behalf. It is interesting to get her perspective on the wild ride behind the scenes, with all the work that is encompassed by the fighter and manager to build bridges to the corporate world as well servicing media interests:
Wednesday I flew to Toronto to join Georges and shoot our 2nd movie, and in between the rehearsal & the shoot date we squeezed in filming a commercial for Gatorade. Georges was so excited to be a part of that campaign – I think it’s really precious to see him when he really doesn’t realize how big he’s become. I also sent an e-mail to Dana with a link to the press release entitled “It’s not a Wheaties box”…
What really impressed me about our time in Toronto was the media interest, especially from ‘mainstream’ shows. Between Thursday and Friday, we met with the Canadian Press, Rogers Sportsnet, TSN (both SportsCenter & Off The Record (gotta love the Vaseline-tossing Michael Landsberg!), The Score (I finally got to meet Mauro Ranallo in person – I could hardly contain myself!), The Fight Network & MMACanada.net – but for the first time, we also met with CTV’s eTalk (akin to Access Hollywood in the U.S.) and CTV’s Canada AM (similar to Good Morning, America) – it struck me that the counterparts to these shows in the U.S. are not yet covering MMA fighters, so one might draw the conclusion that MMA is gaining mainstream acceptance faster in Canada in the U.S.
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