I fully endorse Beth
@bgoetz12
becoming our next AD. She’s been a pleasure to work with and is ready to lead Iowa’s athletics into this new frontier of college athletics. She completely understands and sees the role that NIL plays in college athletics!
We have crossed the $100,000 mark in one day!! Thank you Hawk fans! It is clear that people are starting to understand that the Swarm is vital to the success of Iowa athletics. I’m hopeful that we can carry this momentum into the next few days and march towards $1 million!
So happy for Nick. What an incredible young man, which is no surprise when you meet his parents. He went to college at Virginia, but came to Iowa to play football. Never had a senior day at Virginia…I’m sure he will remember this day. Go Hawks!
@iowaswarm
People weren’t too enthused about the assistants KF brought on in 1999. Especially this Norm Parker guy, who wanted to leave fledgling Vanderbilt to be closer to his family in Michigan.
How did that work out?
Let’s wait and see.
This is the shock to the system we need.
Gene Smith, tOSU AD, sent out an email this week to all their season ticket holders encouraging them to donate to their 4 different collectives. I bet they appreciated that.
@IowaSwarm
The Swarm Collective proudly announces our partnership with Des Moines based
@ExileBrewingCo
. Exile will create custom SWARM Golden Ale with 20% of profits going directly to
@iowaswarm
.
📰:
#SWARM
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#iowahawkeyes
Thanks to
@IowaSwarm
and UI student athletes Quinn Schulte, Connor Colby, and Sebastian Castro for serving a delicious pizza dinner to dozens of poor and homeless people at the Iowa City Catholic Worker house of hospitality this afternoon. Go Hawks!
@iowaneck
@KXnOMorningRush
@IowaSwarm
He received no money in return for coming to Iowa. Our student-athletes only get paid when they do charity work while here or for marketing for sponsoring businesses.
Beth Goetz says that she has had multiple conversations with The SWARM CEO Brad Heinrichs.
"Brad and his team has given us a chance to be really successful."
Fans can support
@IowaSwarm
's student-athlete NIL experiences by “rounding-up” at concession stands this year. At each point-of-sale, customers can "round-up" to support NIL activities. Also, a portion of each Powerade sold in Kinnick Stadium goes to support
@IowaSwarm
.
I continue to hope that more Hawk fans will help us out here. For the first time ever, Iowa fans can directly impact the product on the field/court. Please help me make fall Saturday’s more enjoyable and blustery winter days more exciting because the Hawks are winning!
The Swarm Collective appears to be one of the better NIL operations in the Big Ten.
@HeinrichsBrad
still sees more room for growth, though.
"I want to compete with Ohio State. I want to compete with Michigan. I want to compete with Penn State."
I hope that drinking a Swarm beer becomes part of the Kinnick experience, just as singing “In heaven there is no beer..” is a tradition after every win.
Thanks so much for your support! We have a big opportunity in front of us…and with the help of all Hawk fans, we can be wildly successful on the field, court, and community.
To my followers: a CALL TO ACTION
Today, I joined the
@IowaSwarm
because I'm truly excited about what's going across Iowa Athletics.
I'm calling on you to consider joining as an annual member, giving a one-time donation, or simply sending a donation via Venmo.
Links to follow:
Thanks for the plug,
@HawkeyeFootball
!
There is no time like the present to jump onboard with
@IowaSwarm
. This is our chance for Hawkeye fans to make a huge difference in the results on the field/court.
It's always a great day to be a Hawkeye!
You can support NIL activities for all student-athletes through the
@IowaSwarm
Collective.
Support/Learn More ⤵️
#Hawkeyes
🐤
I’m not so sure about being “the man,” but I AM sure that if we want to compete on the big stage, the Swarm has to be successful. And the only way we do that is with your help.
Every bit helps.
Go Hawks!
Hawkeye Nation! Couldn’t be more excited to come to Iowa City and play football, win championships, and join the SWARM!
You should join the SWARM, too!
Please spread the word! There should be signage up at the concessions and hopefully the Aramark vendors will ask, but either way, please tell them you want to round up. Over the course of a season this can make a real difference! Go Hawks!
Great weekend in Iowa City! No better way to celebrate a good weekend than having an
@ExileBrewingCo
Swarm Beer. Also no better time to support the
@IowaSwarm
than right now!
Boy it is great to be a Hawkeye! Can’t wait to be in Iowa City playing the game we all love!
Excited to join the SWARM (
@IowaSwarm
) as well. You guys should join with me!
One of the more underrated aspects of a well funded NIL program is player retention, particularly for players who may be a mid to late round pick in the draft when deciding whether or not to come back. Iowa got some good news in that regard tonight, and there’s more coming.
Maryland’s AD acknowledged that
#NIL
is significantly important in recruiting, and that Maryland is going to do everything it can to compete for players by making sure NIL dollars are available.
He urged fans and donors to support Maryland’s collectives.
@TylerKluver
@WashedUpWalkons
I’m game! The more people understand this NIL stuff, how it impacts college athletics, and specifically how we are doing things
@iowaswarm
, the more successful the Hawks will be because people will want to help us.
Hawkeye Meet & Greet at
@Iowa80Truckstop
in Walcott! June 17 from 6-8pm. I'll be there with some teammates from football and basketball for autographs and photos.
@IowaSwarm
How big was the donation from
@ExileBrewingCo
to the
@IowaSwarm
in August?
How about $75,000!
Let Hawkeye great Pat Angerer fill you in on the details.
Enjoy your Exile. And Hawkeye fans, enjoy some Swarm Golden Ale at your tailgate tomorrow to support the players.
It took 50 takes and I still sucked at this. Jayne made me do it!
Anyway, thanks to all for your support!! We have lots of ground to gain! If you aren’t a member, please consider joining our team if you are able. Either way, Go Hawks!
@IowaSwarm
🎉 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦!
Huge thanks to everyone who makes the Swarm Collective amazing. We're excited for the future with the best fans! Go Hawks! 🐤
Your support means the world. Every bit helps! ⤵️
@A_Larkin15
@robj08
@DavidEickholt
Annie—Maybe you missed MY overarching point, which is that Iowa is subject to the same Title IX rules as all other Power 5 schools who are finding ways to help their NIL collectives grow…yet Iowa up to this point has done nothing to help us. Zero.
@ChadLeistikow
We get 20% off the price that it is sold for at the store….so 20% off the top line. That doesn’t suck. I am so excited about this project!!
@jottoman89
@HawkeyeFootball
@TylerBarnesIOWA
@IowaSwarm
I’m actually kind of amazed that Kirk hasn’t gotten more national press for the work we have done in the portal this off-season. We have a bunch of impact players coming in to plug holes and compete.
This is the stuff people don’t pay enough attention to. Yeah, we have great players, but they are also great people. Luke is going to be a professional football player, but he’s already a professional person.
Thank you to
@Iowa80Truckstop
for your support of
@IowaSwarm
. I'm excited to partner with this great Iowa business -The World's Largest Truckstop. Go Hawks!
An email that Connecticut’s AD sent to fans and supporters asking them to donate to
#NIL
collective
@BleedingBlueNIL
.
“Those schools that have a clear vision about NIL will continue to recruit the most talented student-athletes. Those who do not will fall behind.”
Very true.
@Iowa_Recruiting
@IowaSwarm
We are only as good as the Hawk fans want us to be. I’m personally trying to cover expenses so that a huge percentage of your donations go towards our mission.
We are making a difference with our rosters….and our community.
Any Hawkeye sport can now get SWARM contributions (one-time donation of $1,000 or $100/month commitment means you can direct your support to that sport). Extremely notable that interim AD Beth Goetz is promoting this, a major departure from previous athletics leadership.
Back in Mali,
@ladji_kalilou
visited his former school, inspiring kids with the importance of education. Making an impact beyond the court 🥹✨
#SWARM
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#Hawkeyes
Committed to enhancing and providing opportunities for student-athletes in the NIL space, partnering with businesses and non-profits in the community, and supporting our coaches' and teams' efforts to WIN.
#SWARM
👉Join today -
This is why SWARM is different. Our football players are becoming good young men, and helping kids in the process. The SWARM facilitates this. Thanks to those of you who have helped make this possible. For those interested join us at
"Today will go down as one of those great days in an elementary classroom!" - Van Allen Elementary Teacher
Many
@hawkeyefootball
student-athletes participated in a read aloud throughout the week. They read books, answered questions, and signed autographs for the students.
@HawkeyeReport
@IowaSwarm
You're too kind, Tom. Thanks for all of your support and being in charge of SWARM TV, where we interview players so the fans get to know them better. I wonder if we should do so with Cade?????
@BergieHawk7
@IowaSwarm
@bgoetz12
No. Allowing other sports into our platform will not dilute any money that was otherwise going to football, men’s basketball, or women’s basketball. Hopefully it will help convince more people to sign up!