Over 18?

One company that handles the exchange between the athletes and the general public. Whatever you want to call it, what is needed is a mechanism for investment and product development, a share that can be purchased by the average consumer. Ok, so now clarify what it is that investors expect to get back from their investment? Are they making a donation in hopes of helping the swimmer or in hopes of getting a financial payback? I think the basic fact you may be missing is that swimming in general is not a profitable activity. For the most part swimming is a mechanism for transferring money from parents and governments to swim wear companies, coaches, and governing bodies. In the process the swimmers receive numerous benefits from participation, but for the most part those benefits are not financial. The most basic issue with swimming is that it is a great participant sport but a not very good spectator sport. The reasons that swimming is not a good spectator sport are pretty fundamental, the most important being that a swim race is very short and very simple, which is a bad recipe for interesting. And adding "personality" to a basically flawed product will only improve things to a very limited extent, there are lots of better venues for showcasing personality. For the most part grafting on nationalism is the only way to get your average Joe to care which of eight swimmers touched the wall 0.04 seconds earlier than the others. Take almost any swim race, slow down the clock a little so the clock says the swimmers are at world record pace and everyone will be excited, speed the clock up so the times are considered slow and everyone will be disappointed. How many people can tell the difference between a world record swim and a mere international level swim without reference to a clock? That said I admit that I enjoy watching swimming.

One company that handles the exchange between the athletes and the general public. Whatever you want to call it, what is needed is a mechanism for investment and product development, a share that can be purchased by the average consumer. Ok, so now clarify what it is that investors expect to get back from their investment? Are they making a donation in hopes of helping the swimmer or in hopes of getting a financial payback? I think the basic fact you may be missing is that swimming in general is not a profitable activity. For the most part swimming is a mechanism for transferring money from parents and governments to swim wear companies, coaches, and governing bodies. In the process the swimmers receive numerous benefits from participation, but for the most part those benefits are not financial. The most basic issue with swimming is that it is a great participant sport but a not very good spectator sport. The reasons that swimming is not a good spectator sport are pretty fundamental, the most important being that a swim race is very short and very simple, which is a bad recipe for interesting. And adding "personality" to a basically flawed product will only improve things to a very limited extent, there are lots of better venues for showcasing personality. For the most part grafting on nationalism is the only way to get your average Joe to care which of eight swimmers touched the wall 0.04 seconds earlier than the others. Take almost any swim race, slow down the clock a little so the clock says the swimmers are at world record pace and everyone will be excited, speed the clock up so the times are considered slow and everyone will be disappointed. How many people can tell the difference between a world record swim and a mere international level swim without reference to a clock? That said I admit that I enjoy watching swimming.