New High School Football Rankings from Sports Illustrated and TAKKLE Spotlight Top 100 High Football Players across the Country

Business Wire, Oct 9, 2007

Interactive Rankings Will Feature Online Video Highlights and New Weekly Online Video Show Will Showcase the Weekly Rankings and Feature Top Players

Fans Can Get Involved and Rate Whether Players Are Overrated or Underrated

NEW YORK -- TAKKLE, Inc. (www.takkle.com), the premier online social network for high school sports, in partnership with Sports Illustrated, today announced the new SI-TAKKLE Top 100 High School Football Players rankings.

As thousands of high school football players across the country take the field every Friday night, TAKKLE and Sports Illustrated will be ranking the top 100 high school football players nationwide with a new rankings system, powered by Offense-Defense, a leading organizer of football camps and the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl. The new interactive rankings (www.takkle.com/rankings) will be updated every other week and will include extensive online video highlighting the biggest hits, catches, and the best high school football action from around the country.

And, for the first time, high school athletes and football fans will have a forum to speak out and vote on whether they think the athletes are under or overrated. Fans can check out videos, scouting reports, and profiles of the players and vote for their favorites.

"TAKKLE brings the passion of high school athletics online. With the launch of the new SI-TAKKLE Top 100 Football Rankings, we're giving athletes and fans a chance to check out the profiles and videos of the country's top players and use our interactive tools to make their opinions heard," said David Birnbaum, CEO and co-founder of TAKKLE. "In addition our detailed scouting reports and stats allow high school football fans to see how their local stars compare to other players across the country."

Accompanying the launch of the new SI-TAKKLE Top 100 High School Football Players rankings, TAKKLE is also launching a new weekly online video show. The show will examine the weekly Top 100 rankings - which players have moved up or down - and also feature video highlights of the best plays from around the country, and interviews with top high school players and coaches.

"High school football in America generates immense interest among players, families, fans, and alumni," said Jeff Price, President of SI Digital. "We think our new SI-TAKKLE Top 100 High School Football Players rankings will interest the many avid fans of Friday night high school football. If they think their local player is the best in the country, they now have a place to go online and make their case."

About TAKKLE:

TAKKLE.COM, the premier online social network for high school sports, connects athletes, coaches, fans, friends and recruiters for all high school athletics. On TAKKLE, high school athletes can track and compare their stats, post team schedules, scout rivals, and share videos and photos with their teammates and opponents.

TAKKLE offers advertisers and marketers the ability to strategically target an engaged audience of high school athletes and fans. TAKKLE's investors include Wasserman Media Group LLC, Greycroft Partners LLC, IJ Smith Enterprises LLC, Jack Schneider, Managing Director at Allen & Company, Inc., SI, and the New York City Investment Fund.

About SI:

SI is a multimedia sports brand that takes the consumer into the heart and soul of sports. The SI franchise is anchored by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, the most respected voice in sports journalism which reaches a weekly audience of nearly 21 million adults, and SI.COM, the magazine's 24/7 sports news website that delivers more than 150 original stories to its users each week. The SI franchise also includes SPORTS ILLUSTRATED KIDS (sikids.com), a monthly magazine targeted to kids age 8 and up; GOLF MAGAZINE and GOLF.COM; FANNATION.COM, a social networking and sports news aggregation platform; SIONCAMPUS.COM, a website dedicated to college sports and the college sports lifestyle; SI PRESENTS the magazine's specialty publishing division; as well as SI BOOKS, SI PICTURES, SI PRODUCTIONS, SI DIGITAL and SI EVENTS. Founded in 1954, SI is a division of Time Inc., the world's leading magazine publishing company and a subsidiary of Time Warner.

About Offense-Defense:

Offense-Defense has led the pack by offering premier full-contact football camps for 39 years. O-D continually strives to exceed expectations by utilizing what they call the four C's of football: Coaching, Curriculum, Contact and Commitment. O-D provides the best instruction in the country to athletes' ages 7 to 18.

The O-D staff consists of some of the best and most knowledgeable college and NFL coaches, who teach campers real football the right way. O-D attributes its success to the principle that the right program taught by the best coaches - equals success, and also through a strong dedication to their athletes and the sport of football.