SWARM CEO Brad Heinrichs Interview. 20% of SWARM Beer SALES & 25% of Vodka SALES goes to SWARM. Says they need 10,000+ paying members; they're @ 1,800
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It's no longer about revenue generating, it's about "feelings and equality". Look at the women's USA soccer bitching how they don't get paid enough, yet they continually (ignorantly) refuse to see that men's soccer generates 10x the revenue. Or the wNBA and how it relies 99% on the the NBA for funding.
Wrong. The women's national team generates more revenue than the men. Don't confuse it with professional sports. The amount of ignorance on GIA is amazing.
NBA's average annual revenue amounts to $9.2 billion; in contrast, the average annual revenue for WNBA is estimated to be $75 million, which is quite low, and a major reason for this colossal difference is viewership. NBA has a huge viewing audience, while WNBA has limited viewers.
The women's World Cup is expected to generate $131 million in revenues - just 2% as much as the $6.1 billion generated by the men's 2018 World Cup.
I was talking about the world (just mistyped USA instead of Oympic figures) and not the nation team. The national team for women out revenues the mens.
Your exact words:
"Look at the women's USA soccer bitching how they don't get paid enough, yet they continually (ignorantly) refuse to see that men's soccer generates 10x the revenue."
This is an issue specific to the USA regarding pay. You know it.
Correct me if I’m wrong but the revenue generated overall via the men’s vs women’s WC and how that is paid out is not figured in to this?
And I said I mistyped and meant the Olympic stage, read my last response again. And the Olympic\world stage men vs women I linked to show the disparity.
The real hypocrisy came when the soccer chick--after screaming ad nauseum about "equality"--then said Bio males competing against females is perfectly fine.
It will be $20 for a $12 pack in most places….
You know there are probably 60,000+ Hawkeye fans at Kinnick on any given football Saturday that would BUY a Hawkeye Swarm Beer T-shirt to help you advertise. Put a players "likeness" on the T-shirt. Have the player sign some for a few extra bucks. Hawkeye Swarm Beer baseball caps, I'm in for that too!
Black and Gold Swarm football jerseys on sale before the games on Melrose. Need one of those too.
That's not bad. You get any craft brew or imported and it's not gonna be any less. Looking forward to trying a cold one. Supposed to be mid-90s for temps here by next week, so gonna be super thirsty.
Great thing is when the wife catches one drinking and maybe shouldn't be, you can just say you are helping the Hawks!
We need shirts that say, "In Heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink Swarm be here!" with the Swarm logo!.. Money, money money for merch sales!
If you are in the Quad Cities, on Thursday night at 5:30, Public House in Davenport is launching Swarm Golden Ale in the area.
would be interesting to know how much the swarm gets from each can/12/case sold over the course of a year
And I won't let it die until I embarrass enough of you to move that number past 1800.
How can you claim to be a fan and not help SWARM in getting us on fair footing concerning recruiting.
Tailgating and buying tickets to the game does zero regarding the NIL world we live in.
The Swarm founder himself has dispelled this claim. When you keep posting this stuff, it only stirs up divisions in the fan base, which ultimately hurts the Swarm. The Swarm needs to be seen as something positive, something that is supporting Hawkeye athletics. It won’t succeed if it’s seen as something controversial.
Well heck, let's all not buy tickets and stay home and just send all of our money to Swarm. They played in empty stadiums in 2020.
How do you know whether or not I support SWARM?
I will say, though, that posts like yours do not inspire me to give/continue/increase. It's like watching a cult in action, like the Moonies and Krishnas "working" people at O'Hare Airport back in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
I will add that in the past 2 weeks, I have had conversations with both my dad (big Hawk fan) and my sister (modest Hawk fan) about the Swarm. Neither was aware of its existence.
This tells me that the Swarm may need to dramatically increase its marketing efforts. I saw Brad say one time that he was squeamish about using donor money for advertising (rather than for supporting players). While I can understand that sentiment, if the Swarm is to be successful, people need to know about it. And you’ve got to spend money to accomplish that.
This tells me that the Swarm may need to dramatically increase its marketing efforts. I saw Brad say one time that he was squeamish about using donor money for advertising (rather than for supporting players). While I can understand that sentiment, if the Swarm is to be successful, people need to know about it. And you’ve got to spend money to accomplish that.
What I say would have little negative impact on anyone who actually supports the Hawkeyes. The cheap asses just use it as a reason to make excuses.
Really? So the tap handle impacts the taste of the beer?
Only someone glued to a seat at the bar would even notice the tap handle.
I missed the part where I said
‘Man, that beer would taste so much better if that tap handle was better’
Or
‘I can’t wait for that beer to get better when they do a professional tap handle rather then a sticker’
Does the beer taste better if people are walking around rather than sitting in a chair? Interesting theory, please report back with your in depth analysis.
Wasn’t he outed on the OT board for being a sex offender?
I want to ask alumni over the age of 40 if they will really give to this over giving to the U. What are you getting personally from donating to a bunch of professional 20 year olds?
It’s entertainment. We pay to be entertained. Same reason we go to baseball games, etc. Until there is a draft, this is used to try to draw in good athletes to be entertained by them. It’s more entertaining when your team wins.
Now that the players are my kids age and younger, It feels more like going to a $100 AYSO game.
As a 40 year old alum I love the game day experience. I donate some to the U but when I look at our staggering endowment it seems useless. As it pertains to the Swarm and NIL we will never be on equal footing, NIL has been happening for a long time against the rules. My guess we are at our station and those above and below will stay relatively the same. Won’t stop me from going to Iowa City.
Yep.
I enjoy watching iowa fball and bball and want them to be competitive.
The UI has an endowment of over $3 billion of which i’ve also contributed my money in the past. I think they will be ok.
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