[ANN] [ICO] [SPF] SportyCo - Decentralized sports investment & funding ecosystem

[Eulalila]

we had a discussion here, not to long ago, about the vesting period. Some potential investors were asking about this, while frankly, this was something we did not think about when drafting the WP. I am glad that I am able to say that by the today’s unanimous decision of the founders, a vesting period of 1 year was introduced on “Founders and Team” SPF Tokens (18% of all SPF Tokens to be issued). More info to follow tomorrow with an official Medium blog post...

[bitcrypto10101]

The estimates on how big the sports industry is, varies by source, but it’s commonly considered to be more than $500 billion, with some estimates running up to $1.3 trillion!  No way ? 

I now hardly wait to invest in SportyFi ICO.

[SportyFi]

we had a discussion here, not to long ago, about the vesting period. Some potential investors were asking about this, while frankly, this was something we did not think about when drafting the WP. I am glad that I am able to say that by the today’s unanimous decision of the founders, a vesting period of 1 year was introduced on “Founders and Team” SPF Tokens (18% of all SPF Tokens to be issued). More info to follow tomorrow with an official Medium blog post...

Hi,

Here are the details about the decision on vesting: https://medium.com/sportyfi/sportyfi-founders-and-team-will-vest-their-tokens-6e3fcc8b59d3

SportyFi founders and team will vest their tokens

The commitment of the team to the long-term success of the SportyFi ecosystem was never in question. But to alleviate any doubts, our SPF tokens will be vested for a period of one year.

We’ve started the SportyFi project almost a year ago: first by developing the idea, then by checking its legal framework and in the last two months by working relentlessly on the Token Crowdsale, coming up on November 21. We do, however, know, that the real work does not end with a successful crowdsale — it’s when our work really begins.

There was always an agreement in the team that we will hold our tokens for an extended period of time, and when that time comes, we will re-invest them into the platform, not transfer them to an exchange and cash out. And while our verbal commitments were never doubted, we’ve decided to go one step further and put this in writing.

The founders and the team will therefore commit to holding their tokens for a period of at least a year after the successful completion of the Token Crowdsale. We believe in this project more than anyone and, come one year around, we will have set up a lively platform, that will make the life of prospective athletes easier and the sports industry more open to small investors.

No such limits will, of course, be placed on the participants in our Token Crowdsale. We’re working hard on setting up a trading ecosystem and are in talks with several prominent exchanges to list the SPF Token as soon as possible, and, of course, we’re also on track for a Q1 2018 launch of the SportyFi platform.

Marko, Simon and Tomaž, SportyFi Co-founders

[geoneojapan]

we had a discussion here, not to long ago, about the vesting period. Some potential investors were asking about this, while frankly, this was something we did not think about when drafting the WP. I am glad that I am able to say that by the today’s unanimous decision of the founders, a vesting period of 1 year was introduced on “Founders and Team” SPF Tokens (18% of all SPF Tokens to be issued). More info to follow tomorrow with an official Medium blog post...

Hi,

Here are the details about the decision on vesting: https://medium.com/sportyfi/sportyfi-founders-and-team-will-vest-their-tokens-6e3fcc8b59d3

SportyFi founders and team will vest their tokens

The commitment of the team to the long-term success of the SportyFi ecosystem was never in question. But to alleviate any doubts, our SPF tokens will be vested for a period of one year.

We’ve started the SportyFi project almost a year ago: first by developing the idea, then by checking its legal framework and in the last two months by working relentlessly on the Token Crowdsale, coming up on November 21. We do, however, know, that the real work does not end with a successful crowdsale — it’s when our work really begins.

There was always an agreement in the team that we will hold our tokens for an extended period of time, and when that time comes, we will re-invest them into the platform, not transfer them to an exchange and cash out. And while our verbal commitments were never doubted, we’ve decided to go one step further and put this in writing.

The founders and the team will therefore commit to holding their tokens for a period of at least a year after the successful completion of the Token Crowdsale. We believe in this project more than anyone and, come one year around, we will have set up a lively platform, that will make the life of prospective athletes easier and the sports industry more open to small investors.

No such limits will, of course, be placed on the participants in our Token Crowdsale. We’re working hard on setting up a trading ecosystem and are in talks with several prominent exchanges to list the SPF Token as soon as possible, and, of course, we’re also on track for a Q1 2018 launch of the SportyFi platform.

Marko, Simon and Tomaž, SportyFi Co-founders

That is important! For whole project, community and future

[FoxSilver]

The estimates on how big the sports industry is, varies by source, but it’s commonly considered to be more than $500 billion, with some estimates running up to $1.3 trillion!  No way ? 

I now hardly wait to invest in SportyFi ICO.

Less than 5 days! Woop woop

[DXB2017]

we had a discussion here, not to long ago, about the vesting period. Some potential investors were asking about this, while frankly, this was something we did not think about when drafting the WP. I am glad that I am able to say that by the today’s unanimous decision of the founders, a vesting period of 1 year was introduced on “Founders and Team” SPF Tokens (18% of all SPF Tokens to be issued). More info to follow tomorrow with an official Medium blog post...

Hi,

Here are the details about the decision on vesting: https://medium.com/sportyfi/sportyfi-founders-and-team-will-vest-their-tokens-6e3fcc8b59d3

SportyFi founders and team will vest their tokens

The commitment of the team to the long-term success of the SportyFi ecosystem was never in question. But to alleviate any doubts, our SPF tokens will be vested for a period of one year.

We’ve started the SportyFi project almost a year ago: first by developing the idea, then by checking its legal framework and in the last two months by working relentlessly on the Token Crowdsale, coming up on November 21. We do, however, know, that the real work does not end with a successful crowdsale — it’s when our work really begins.

There was always an agreement in the team that we will hold our tokens for an extended period of time, and when that time comes, we will re-invest them into the platform, not transfer them to an exchange and cash out. And while our verbal commitments were never doubted, we’ve decided to go one step further and put this in writing.

The founders and the team will therefore commit to holding their tokens for a period of at least a year after the successful completion of the Token Crowdsale. We believe in this project more than anyone and, come one year around, we will have set up a lively platform, that will make the life of prospective athletes easier and the sports industry more open to small investors.

No such limits will, of course, be placed on the participants in our Token Crowdsale. We’re working hard on setting up a trading ecosystem and are in talks with several prominent exchanges to list the SPF Token as soon as possible, and, of course, we’re also on track for a Q1 2018 launch of the SportyFi platform.

Marko, Simon and Tomaž, SportyFi Co-founders

Big BOW and big respect to sportyfi team! Its why my 500 eth are ready.

[PatelKartel]

I think there is a sport bigger than football (in percentage) for sure. For example look at how much money is in pro boxing and how many boxer are there (how much Mayweather gets after his fights) or golf etc.

[Crypto_maniac7]

I think there is a sport bigger than football (in percentage) for sure. For example look at how much money is in pro boxing and how many boxer are there (how much Mayweather gets after his fights) or golf etc.

OMG how can you compare these two? In football clubs have yearly revenue of half a billion. Just look at the stats. No way box can come even close

[SportyFi]

I think there is a sport bigger than football (in percentage) for sure. For example look at how much money is in pro boxing and how many boxer are there (how much Mayweather gets after his fights) or golf etc.

Well, the article on our blog is not our research, but a summary of several research papers made by prominent institutions.

But to summarize: boxing has several high profile matches a year and that's all there is. On lower levels there's not much money. While football has several thousand pro events (i.e. matches) in Europe  alone every weekend.

Same for baseball - why is it so high? Expensive TV rights, but also... a lot of events. There are 162 games per season for each MLB team. A few high profile boxing events a year don't come close in turnover to a steady presence every couple of days, with full stadiums, billion dollar TV rights contracts and millions of players being professionals - as opposed to several 100 in pro boxing or golf.

We were actually a bit surprised that football (the European kind) is so much ahead in turnover compared to the second biggest sport (i mean, almost half of all money in sports is football). But when you go deeper, you see that it's actually surprising that i.e. golf is so high.

[rushie_8]

https://medium.com/@sportyfi

Guys, your Medium articles are awesome
Every day i am checking if there is sth new

[PatelKartel]

I think there is a sport bigger than football (in percentage) for sure. For example look at how much money is in pro boxing and how many boxer are there (how much Mayweather gets after his fights) or golf etc.

OMG how can you compare these two? In football clubs have yearly revenue of half a billion. Just look at the stats. No way box can come even close

Its easy if your club is being funded by a very wealthy shake that has soo much money and buy the Football club. Of course you have that much money but look at what Woods or Mayweather did and how much money they earned ?  sooo..

[SportyFi]

Its easy if your club is being funded by a very wealthy shake that has soo much money and buy the Football club. Of course you have that much money but look at what Woods or Mayweather did and how much money they earned ?  sooo..

I dare to say that revenue for just a few big football clubs together is comparable to the whole boxing industry. Box is a small sport - a few big earners (they are, however, really big), a few big events - and that is it. Many other sports have thousands of big earners, thousands of events. That's why boxing doesn't come close to the big ones. Floyd earns as much as a top fotballer - but he is one athlete, and there are several hundreds of top footballers.

If there were big boxing matches every week, the story would be different. But a good UEFA Champions League week brings more money into the sports industry as the biggest boxing event of the year. You can't look at one athlete and say "that's a big sport". You have to look at the whole ecosystem, and the boxing ecosystem is, in terms of revenue, a dwarf compared to the big leagues.

[SportyFi]

And it doesn't matter that a few billionaires bought football clubs. What brings the most revenue is TV rights, attendance at events and marketing (merchandise, ads, etc). $200 million for Floyd is huge, compared to the rest of the boxing sport. $200 million for Neymar - peanuts, football is a $500 billion industry.

You have to looking at overall numbers... not just the one or few athletes, to get a whole picture.

[ICObazaar]

Hey SportyFi community,

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We value your opinion and are ready to reward you for it!

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What you need to know:
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—2nd-5th place rewards are given to the reviews with the highest # of upvotes from other users (reward=0.4 ETH, split among the 4 winners proportionally according to # of upvotes)
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See you there !

[SportyFi]

But a great discussion, PatelKartel, and I hope an intro for others to pitch in and give their opinion.

[bitcrypto10101]

Four more days and SportyFY ICO start.

[Master mind]

And it doesn't matter that a few billionaires bought football clubs. What brings the most revenue is TV rights, attendance at events and marketing (merchandise, ads, etc). $200 million for Floyd is huge, compared to the rest of the boxing sport. $200 million for Neymar - peanuts, football is a $500 billion industry.

You have to looking at overall numbers... not just the one or few athletes, to get a whole picture.

Thank you for informations.

[Crypto_maniac7]

I think there is a sport bigger than football (in percentage) for sure. For example look at how much money is in pro boxing and how many boxer are there (how much Mayweather gets after his fights) or golf etc.

OMG how can you compare these two? In football clubs have yearly revenue of half a billion. Just look at the stats. No way box can come even close

Its easy if your club is being funded by a very wealthy shake that has soo much money and buy the Football club. Of course you have that much money but look at what Woods or Mayweather did and how much money they earned ?  sooo..

Did anyone spend on any of those athletes 200mio eur + just for the transfer?? Noo. So there is no way your statement is correct

[PatelKartel]

Okay maybe I went in the right sport... what about F1. A lot of money in there too ? I see you all are football fans 

[bon3s90]

we had a discussion here, not to long ago, about the vesting period. Some potential investors were asking about this, while frankly, this was something we did not think about when drafting the WP. I am glad that I am able to say that by the today’s unanimous decision of the founders, a vesting period of 1 year was introduced on “Founders and Team” SPF Tokens (18% of all SPF Tokens to be issued). More info to follow tomorrow with an official Medium blog post...

Hi,

Here are the details about the decision on vesting: https://medium.com/sportyfi/sportyfi-founders-and-team-will-vest-their-tokens-6e3fcc8b59d3

SportyFi founders and team will vest their tokens

The commitment of the team to the long-term success of the SportyFi ecosystem was never in question. But to alleviate any doubts, our SPF tokens will be vested for a period of one year.

We’ve started the SportyFi project almost a year ago: first by developing the idea, then by checking its legal framework and in the last two months by working relentlessly on the Token Crowdsale, coming up on November 21. We do, however, know, that the real work does not end with a successful crowdsale — it’s when our work really begins.

There was always an agreement in the team that we will hold our tokens for an extended period of time, and when that time comes, we will re-invest them into the platform, not transfer them to an exchange and cash out. And while our verbal commitments were never doubted, we’ve decided to go one step further and put this in writing.

The founders and the team will therefore commit to holding their tokens for a period of at least a year after the successful completion of the Token Crowdsale. We believe in this project more than anyone and, come one year around, we will have set up a lively platform, that will make the life of prospective athletes easier and the sports industry more open to small investors.

No such limits will, of course, be placed on the participants in our Token Crowdsale. We’re working hard on setting up a trading ecosystem and are in talks with several prominent exchanges to list the SPF Token as soon as possible, and, of course, we’re also on track for a Q1 2018 launch of the SportyFi platform.

Marko, Simon and Tomaž, SportyFi Co-founders

That is important! For whole project, community and future

It's a smart move to impement a vesting period to attract additional investors but I don't think it is as important as many people think. Founders won't sell their tokens within a year anyway because they want to grow a successful business. If they believe in the project, and I am sure they do, they will try to keep it as long as possible to get the highest possible value - like all the investors.