CrossFit is for sale 

The real question would be, how financially stable CrossFit was when Glassman was CEO? Because if the first 15 years were founded by private capital investment without revenue whatsoever, then it needs a 180 degree make over. Anyway, I enjoyed CrossFit a lot more when former management was running business.

He literally SOLD the company for $100million. Why do you doom speakers talk like this. Greg sold it, he also defunded the games, took the money out of media/fired them randomly. The games makes no money. They have to make it profitable, like any company. It’s always been a business.

@@premiertrainingFL Exactly, it's a business first driven by affiliates and the community. The sport and games itself have never been profitable. Regionals prior were bleeding money in the millions. Defunding the games and reallocating assets to aid affiliates by increasing education for affiliate owners, coaches, and trainers were going to be taking priority. That's also why the year round competitions were allowed so professional athletes could earn income more often versus being dependent on one competition out of year for income or marketing. Caveat to this is that people without event experience lost money trying to host approved and certified qualifying competitions without capital. Circling back to being CrossFit being purchased and what the current VC's have been doing, they're only objective is to increase value, strip assets, and sell for profit. Long term goals focused on the affiliates aren't on their radar. They're meeting the usual VC trend of selling 3-5 years after acquisition. But they refocused more on the games and semi's versus the affiliates and community. Now they're seeing a loss in revenue and they're trying to stop the bleeding. It's not doomsday speak, it's facts. Emotional reaction to woke culture lead to the CrossFit space is headed now. I wouldn't be surprised if the games ceases to exist in 2-3 years and hyrox ends up with ownership equity or complete ownership of CrossFit, Inc.

Never ever get rid of a passionate founder even if they are an ass now and then. A passionate founder who is rough around the edges is always better IMO than a private equity tool.

Because Glassman's affiliate model cleverly pushes all the risk onto the affiliates, who in turn have absolutely no control over the management of the brand.

The video is coming 😅

Yes and no. Most affiliates wouldn’t surivived if it wasn’t CF. They wouldn’t know how to promote their business and would have no marketing behind them. Let’s be honest, most of the members go to a CF gym to say they do CF. If the gym was name different, they wouldn’t even look at it. CF gives them seasons and events with the open, the games and local competitions Without that, people wouldn’t bother

@@m.a.p.dmstrainingandequipm8076 My point was, from a business perspective, there needs to be two different companies, one for the affiliates and promoting the methodology, and one for the sport/games side. Affiliates shouldn’t have to deal with the drama of whether the games are profitable.

Yea i don’t their numbers of course but from the outside looking in looks like it’s gone down hill in every way since Glassman left.

Glassman hated the games. He'd have a website full of grandparents lifting jugs of milk in a basement somewhere.

Good luck explaining free market capitalism to the woke GenZ crowd…they think feelings are enough to sustain a business

Going forward, losing HQ would mean anyone and gym can use the word CrossFit. A further step to make it a legit sport would be have a global federation. The Games and other major events will run on their own - no more affiliate fees without much in return. The good events will continue while the bad organizers fade.

Or, maybe it's finally time to stand up a solid platform. One that is well run, one that understands both the affiliates and what a proper HQ should be.

2 words.Bad coaches.Affiliates are filled with poor coaches.I did CF when it first started and did it for about 6 years before I stopped.The WODs now are insane.The workflow and intensity is absurd.Plot twist.Most people that complete in CF don’t train CF….m2c.

That’s all Sevan does…why do you like him? He makes zero sense, rambles, loses his train of thought and mixes metaphors. End podcast

@@kyucklebeans He loves CrossFit’s core methodology and wants it to get back to its roots which is a good thing.