Members only access to one practice in spring and one in fall? No one else gets in. Not sure if would be legal under current rules or not.
Would you join Swarm if.....................
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Wouldn't join if I won power ball.
That’s probably the only way I would join
Nope, and I’m not sure what could make me join.
I drink Swarm beer on occasion. That’s my contribution, 40 cents at a time.
No. The massive sideways movement that college football has taken has relegated me to a casual fan. If I happen to be free on a Saturday, I'll tune in. The days of anticipating college football Saturdays are over for me.
Nope. I hate NIL and all that it has brought with it. Ruined amateur athletics and any semblance of parity in sports.
I stopped watching the NBA entirely and rarely watch the NFL anymore. I have always been a big NCAA football fan but recent changes have driven me away from it somewhat. If these changes continue I am out completely and there are 10’s of millions of others that feel the same…
I am starting to embrace D1AA and lower tier sports now, at least it hasn't reached an unprecedented level there, yet.
No, like many have said it is way of control with players transferring multiple times. Players will grab money for a year and leave and go get another NIL brown paper bag of dough. And at Iowa it seems an offensive player takes two years to learn the offense so what a waste of money and schollie.
I would rather do big things for my family, grandkids, and others also. NIL as it is makes little sense as far as paying kids who haven't even played a down for your team. Name, Image, Likeness my ass.
I would rather do big things for my family, grandkids, and others also. NIL as it is makes little sense as far as paying kids who haven't even played a down for your team. Name, Image, Likeness my ass.
Right now I'm a season ticket holder and College Football is one of the few sports that I follow.
I view the cost as an extension of my football tickets.
I will say that I've begun to wonder if the NIL world is sustainable.
I view the cost as an extension of my football tickets.
I will say that I've begun to wonder if the NIL world is sustainable.
No contributions until much more transparency is mandated by legislation, regulation, or by some other legal means. For the most part, collectives are a black hole.
Only if Wisconsin is no longer allowed to play football.......
I know some of the NFL teams do stuff for season ticket holders and renewals that are let's say a bit more interactive than our AD has been these last years.
NFL has lots of open practices.
NFL has lots of open practices.
Isn't more fun if we just go ahead and own them though?
I would give 2 shites about an open practice and more about production on the field if I were a ticket holder. Better the season outcome then watching a practice.
I don’t like close enough to attend a lot of games, so I joined Swarm to help out in some way, shape, or form.
I can't wait until I get to hear about some old timer giving all of his money to SWARM when he passes away.
To the contrary I'd buy the best two deeps money could buy and with whom Kirk would accept on the team. I'd buy me a gold suit made out of real gold and have diamonds all over it and I would stand down on the sidelines during games. Probably a big old gold cowboy hat also and some gator skin boots.
I'd talk like Macho Man Randy Savage when interviewed as well.
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The SWARM already gets my money, and I don't need more perks.
I've always found open practices to be sorta lame. My daughter enjoyed kids day because of Herky and the freebies, but the action on the field is pretty "meh".
I want to watch an actual spring GAME. Other schools do it, so why don't we do it? Black v. Gold. There are plenty of seats available in Kinnick, so just charge adults and let kids attend attend at a discount (or for free). If SWARM needs more members, they can set up tents with kiosks outside Kinnick and have cute girls/dudes sign people up (that strategy usually works).
I've always found open practices to be sorta lame. My daughter enjoyed kids day because of Herky and the freebies, but the action on the field is pretty "meh".
I want to watch an actual spring GAME. Other schools do it, so why don't we do it? Black v. Gold. There are plenty of seats available in Kinnick, so just charge adults and let kids attend attend at a discount (or for free). If SWARM needs more members, they can set up tents with kiosks outside Kinnick and have cute girls/dudes sign people up (that strategy usually works).
Yep. If I won the powerball…Iowa football and basketball would have no problems buying players. 😉
Nobody is starving or going without the essentials here. We're talking about the luxury of buying pride and prestige. And, if player X gets $50,000 NIL money instead of $100,000 cuz many of us aren't feeling it, and player X has to drive a Jeep instead of a Land Rover, he's not damaged.
I donate to the Swarm as Iowa athletics are important to me. The portal, etc., is crazy for sure. But being a part of the Swarm makes me feel good for an athletic program that has brought me true joy for 44 years …
This is me essentially. Im too big of an Iowa fan to not watch but I almost have zero desire to watch CFB besides the weekly Iowa game. And also besides Iowa I only watch CBB during March Madness and even then once I saw the game started at 8:30 I made zero attempt to stay up for it, I didn't watch 1 second.
