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I have this crazy idea to make a patreon for sports... I hate how the sports world has been consumed by -top players- on the most lucrative markets, which are

I have this crazy idea to make a patreon for sports... I hate how the sports world has been consumed by -top players- on the most lucrative markets, which are mostly marketing products. I love sports but hate the sports current -way of selling out-, the power law distributions, etc... I do think someone should get up and running a Patreon/KickStarter for sports.... You as an athlete put up your profile, you can put updates with your training etc, and you have your -goals- competitions you want to attend in the future and need X dollars for equipment/travel expenses etc... Just a random idea, reading an athlete like you telling how it is, makes me think it's more needed than ever.

throwaway3699 5y ago
Not practical either, the power law still applies to Patreon creators and the like.
- agustif 5y ago
  Yeah but the mission would be that any person who wants to do a sport, is able to do it and doesn't just skip it for monetary reasons... You still probably won't make 100k/year from it, but no athlete should have to not go to a competition, or not be able to train or afford the equipment, etc... But yeah, I'm not even an athlete so what would I know, heh
  - throwaway3699 5y ago
    I get you, but things are even less distributed than you'd expect. The bottom 90% (95%?) of Patreon creators can't even make minimum wage. The top 1% are reigning in FAANG salaries from the Midwest.
    - agustif 5y ago
      Yep, get you too, I just stay away from it. But yeah some ideas ain't good enough to pursue
ambicapter 5y ago
You can already do some version of this on social media, no? They post a bunch of content on their life/training, there are ways to monetize that attention, etc.
abdullahkhalids 5y ago
Valve introduced a variant of this for Dota 2 recently. But they take a 50% cut. And it's more team based, than individual based. https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3066366095803889976 https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3066366095803889976
Viliam1234 5y ago
Could you do this with regular Patreon? I am not familiar with details how exactly it works, I guess you are supposed to provide some media to your subscribers, but I guess you could simply publish videos from your training, or make a vlog before/after a competition. The idea is that people would not pay you because the videos are super awesome, but simply because they are your fans. The subscriber tiers could be like "sponsor", "sponsor who gets autograms", and maybe something special for those who pay really lot.
- agustif 5y ago
  Yeah prob, but I think it doesn't help it's more oriented to -content- creators. Content should'nt matter... I got the idea from my couple's sisters needs, she does iron mans all around the world, travelling there ain't cheap. Also bikes and shit etc, but I never got along building any of it.
maneesh 5y ago
I have a crazy idea to make an 'Xtreme Olympics' where participants are allowed to take any substances that they'd like, as long as they are communicated so viewers can see which participant took which steroid and which stimulants. I'd watch that.
- godfreyantonell 5y ago
  Hell yeah!
- jerrre 5y ago
  This will surely create lots of cases of athletes just crossing the border of what the body can take. I'd expect the show would become more about mishaps, than extreme performance. Must definitely have a target audience, but not me.
  - maneesh 5y ago
    It's like nascar but for elite athletes
ivan_ah 5y ago
Check out https://makeachamp.com/ https://makeachamp.com/ which seems to be along the lines of your idea.
- agustif 5y ago
  Oh thank you for sharing that, I'm glad it already exists, so I can focus in other ideas that seem more niche-y. Have an awesome day!

throwaway3699 5y ago

Not practical either, the power law still applies to Patreon creators and the like.

agustif 5y ago
Yeah but the mission would be that any person who wants to do a sport, is able to do it and doesn't just skip it for monetary reasons... You still probably won't make 100k/year from it, but no athlete should have to not go to a competition, or not be able to train or afford the equipment, etc... But yeah, I'm not even an athlete so what would I know, heh
- throwaway3699 5y ago
  I get you, but things are even less distributed than you'd expect. The bottom 90% (95%?) of Patreon creators can't even make minimum wage. The top 1% are reigning in FAANG salaries from the Midwest.
  - agustif 5y ago
    Yep, get you too, I just stay away from it. But yeah some ideas ain't good enough to pursue

ambicapter 5y ago

You can already do some version of this on social media, no? They post a bunch of content on their life/training, there are ways to monetize that attention, etc.

abdullahkhalids 5y ago

Valve introduced a variant of this for Dota 2 recently. But they take a 50% cut. And it's more team based, than individual based. https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3066366095803889976 https://www.dota2.com/newsentry/3066366095803889976

Viliam1234 5y ago

Could you do this with regular Patreon? I am not familiar with details how exactly it works, I guess you are supposed to provide some media to your subscribers, but I guess you could simply publish videos from your training, or make a vlog before/after a competition. The idea is that people would not pay you because the videos are super awesome, but simply because they are your fans. The subscriber tiers could be like "sponsor", "sponsor who gets autograms", and maybe something special for those who pay really lot.

agustif 5y ago
Yeah prob, but I think it doesn't help it's more oriented to -content- creators. Content should'nt matter... I got the idea from my couple's sisters needs, she does iron mans all around the world, travelling there ain't cheap. Also bikes and shit etc, but I never got along building any of it.

maneesh 5y ago

I have a crazy idea to make an 'Xtreme Olympics' where participants are allowed to take any substances that they'd like, as long as they are communicated so viewers can see which participant took which steroid and which stimulants. I'd watch that.

godfreyantonell 5y ago
Hell yeah!
jerrre 5y ago
This will surely create lots of cases of athletes just crossing the border of what the body can take. I'd expect the show would become more about mishaps, than extreme performance. Must definitely have a target audience, but not me.
- maneesh 5y ago
  It's like nascar but for elite athletes

ivan_ah 5y ago

Check out https://makeachamp.com/ https://makeachamp.com/ which seems to be along the lines of your idea.

agustif 5y ago
Oh thank you for sharing that, I'm glad it already exists, so I can focus in other ideas that seem more niche-y. Have an awesome day!