All amateur swimmers 18 and over should be required to swim at least one masters meet per year. This would help with the transition into adult life, and really show the younger generation the value of masters swimming. Adults who continue to love the sport, that's a great networking tool and a positive way to stay involved with people of similar interests.
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When you buy a share, there is the chance you'll increase equity, depending on market values. That's precisely how the average consumer will become more interested.
Market value generally only increases if revenue increases, scams and bubbles excepted.
If your concept is that people will become interested in swimming because they have money "invested" in them I think you are headed more in the direction of gambling than in investment. An investment increases in value when its ability to generate revenue increases. An investment that relies purely on future investors investing more money is generally called a scam and is usually illegal.
In sports money comes either from corporations (generally) that want to improve their brand, and hence their ability to generate revenue, by association with an athlete or team or event, OR it comes from selling entertainment to spectators, or often a mix of the two.
If you have a sport that isn't as interesting to watch as the other sports competing for attention you can only hope to capture a relatively small niche market. If all you've got to sell is branded tshirts you've got another pretty limited market.
I may be wrong and you may be right but if you can't do a better job of articulating your value proposition you aren't going to get people to invest.
During the Olympics they often have campaigns to send a fan message to the athletes, maybe they could have a program to send $1 or $5 to an athlete that just won a medal for your country or otherwise impressed you. It would be interesting to see how many people would do so if you made it extremely easy to do so.
When you buy a share, there is the chance you'll increase equity, depending on market values. That's precisely how the average consumer will become more interested.
Market value generally only increases if revenue increases, scams and bubbles excepted.
If your concept is that people will become interested in swimming because they have money "invested" in them I think you are headed more in the direction of gambling than in investment. An investment increases in value when its ability to generate revenue increases. An investment that relies purely on future investors investing more money is generally called a scam and is usually illegal.
In sports money comes either from corporations (generally) that want to improve their brand, and hence their ability to generate revenue, by association with an athlete or team or event, OR it comes from selling entertainment to spectators, or often a mix of the two.
If you have a sport that isn't as interesting to watch as the other sports competing for attention you can only hope to capture a relatively small niche market. If all you've got to sell is branded tshirts you've got another pretty limited market.
I may be wrong and you may be right but if you can't do a better job of articulating your value proposition you aren't going to get people to invest.
During the Olympics they often have campaigns to send a fan message to the athletes, maybe they could have a program to send $1 or $5 to an athlete that just won a medal for your country or otherwise impressed you. It would be interesting to see how many people would do so if you made it extremely easy to do so.
