In the SwimSwam Podcast dive deeper into the sport you love with insider conversations about swimming. Hosted by Coleman Hodges and Gold Medal Mel Stewart, SwimSwam welcomes both the biggest names in swimming that you already know, and rising stars that you need to get to know, as we break down the past, present, and future of aquatic sports.
We sat down with Torrey Hart, former SwimSwam writer and now full-time sports journalist at Front Office Sports. Torrey wrote a massive piece breaking down the business side of ISL at the conclusion of Season 2, and if you haven’t read it yet, DO SO NOW! Then we can really have a conversation.
We break down how the ISL ran things in their first 2 seasons, including their inability to pay all of their debts right away. We talk through both sides of the coin as well as moving forward, what the league can do to turn a profit and really start to turn swimming into a legitimate professional sport. Because let’s be honest: as swim fans, that’s all we really want.
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No
It could… But it feels like there’s still a longer way to make swimming popular enough for the broad public
Yeah people would have to magically care about and understand swimming aside from Michael Phelps
I think ISL can be, re: total digital reach. Over 2019, reach was 40 million and change. It’s larger this years. Once you’re nearly 100 million reach, you have a business. True, it’ll take time, 2-3 more years, but you can reach break-even. HOWEVER, if the gamification (gambling) of swim is a part of the biz model, then you’re in the black and profitable in 12-18 min.
Yes
Not at all, it’s swimming. XFL failed twice now and football is infinitely times more popular. The AAF also failed.
Both those leagues had existing competition though. It’s EXTREMELY hard to produce a better product than the NFL when all the elite talent is there. The ISL has all the elite swim talent, the challenge for them is reaching new potential fans. I wholeheartedly agree with Mel’s comment above saying that adding a gambling aspect could do wonders.
ISL really needs strong marketing and sponsors otherwise, it will fail. This season was amazing to watch on tv , the content is great, that’s the big point.