1986 Finances and Recommendations

Movie Recommendations

This year the movies that we recommend are: Top Gun, Crocodile Dundee, The Karate Kid Part II, Back to School, Aliens, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Stand by Me, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Short Circuit, The Fly, Three Amigos!, Little Shop of Horrors, House, Howard the Duck, Legend, Labyrinth, My Little Pony: The Movie, Highlander, Crossroads, Sid and Nancy, The Clan of the Cave Bear, and Link.

The total collected by movies (which grossed over $1 million) is $3.05 Billion. Our fees from our services are $30.5 Million.

Recommended TV Shows

Family Ties, Cheers, The Golden Girls, Night Court, Growing Pains, Who's the Boss?, Matlock, L.A. Law, ALF

Music Recommendations

For music albums from 1987, we will recommend: Michael Jackson-Bad, Dirty Dancing Soundtrack, Guns N' Roses-Appetite for Destruction, Andrew Lloyd Weber- The Phantom of the Opera, Tiffany, and Depeche Mode-Music for the Masses.

The estimated number of units for the remaining best-selling albums for 1987 is 522 million at the average cost of $9 per album, which should give us a share of 35.32 million.

Video Game Recommendations

The recommended games for this year are The Legend of Zelda and Metroid. This year, we will make 35 Million from our services to the video game industry.

Since we are not in Texas at this point, i won't follow the sports results. i will just send the recommendations for the drafts.

Basketball Draft Recommendations

Our recommendations for the Mavs this year are (with the best being ^, then *, +, the last good forecast is x). The players that we do not think will sign have #. We believe they can snatch : 7: Arvydas Sabonis^ 25:Dennis Rodman^ 35:Dražen Petrović^. Although the international players will add more challenges, we think their value will exceed their cost and effort.

C: Arvydas Sabonis^ 24, Brad Daugherty* 1, Kevin Duckworth+ 33,

PF: Dennis Rodman^ 27,

SG: Dražen Petrović^ 60, Jeff Hornacek+ 46,

PG: Mark Price* 25,

We do not recommend drafting: SF: Len Bias#, Joe Ward#, Ron Kellogg#, PF: Ken Barlow#, PG: Steve Mitchell#, C: Panagiotis Fasoulas#, Lemone Lampley#, Augusto Binelli#

Baseball Draft Recommendations

For the Texas Rangers draft in 1986, we recommend these forecasted high-value players: (Position, Name, estimated pick), (Best=^, 2nd=+, will not sign=*)

LHP: Greg Swindell +2,

3rd: Matt Williams +3, Dean Palmer+59, Scott Cooper+69,

RHP: Kevin Brown +4, Roberto Hernández +16, Roger Pavlik+32, Erik Hanson+36, Kent Bottenfield+96, Pat Hentgen+133, Tom Gordon+157, Rod Beck+327, Rick Reed+644,

SS: Gary Sheffield +6,

OF: Bo Jackson+105,

C: Joe Girardi+116,

There are no Hall of Fame-level players this year, so we can only highlight the All-Star-level players. The players we recommend are: 4: Kevin Brown, 32: Roger Pavlik, 59: Dean Palmer, 85: Bo Jackson, 111: Joe Girardi, 137: Tom Gordon, 163: Rod Beck, 189: Rick Reed.

We do not recommend drafting: Jack Armstrong*, Mark Guthrie*, Steve Finley*, Tim Salmon*, Chuck Knoblauch*, Paul Quantrill*, Cal Eldred*, Ben McDonald*, John Olerud*, Scott Erickson*, and Todd Jones*.

Football Draft Recommendations

For the Cowboys, we recommend, based on their need. *indicates a projected Hall of Fame player, † indicates a projected Pro Bowl player. U indicates an undrafted player who is likely to be a Pro Bowler.

DE: Charles Haley*96, Leslie O'Neal † 8, Tim Harris† 84, Clyde Simmons† 233

RB: Bo Jackson †1, Ronnie Harmon † 16, Neal Anderson † 27, Dalton Hilliard † 31, Rueben Mayes† 57, Vai Sikahema †254,

QB: Jim Everett † 3, Mark Rypien †146

FB: Keith Byars † 10, John L. Williams † 15,

OT: Will Wolford † 20,

WR: Ernest Givins † 34, Webster Slaughter † 43, John Taylor† 76, Bobby Joe Edmonds† 126

LB: Dino Hackett † 35, Pepper Johnson † 51, John Offerdahl † 52, Pat Swilling† 60, Seth Joyner† 208,

DT: Erik Howard † 46,

OG: Tom Newberry † 50,

S: David Fulcher† 78, Bennie Thompson † U,

T: Steve Wallace† 101,

TE: Brent Jones† 135

G: Ray Brown† 201

DB:Reyna Thompson† 247,

The players we recommend are: 18:Will Wolford, 33:Tom Newberry, 74: Charles Haley, 100: Bobby Joe Edmonds, 140: Mark Rypien, 150: Ray Brown, 158: Seth Joyner, 185:Clyde Simmons, 212: Reyna Thompson, 242: Vai Sikahema.

We may have the opportunity to trade for Bo Jackson later in the season. We recommend that the Rangers also draft him.