I havent heard him on the radio recently
https://x.com/decker_kp/status/2063330452581036451?s=46&t=ZH1fFGwu8Q0191V3SgsUtQ
This was 2 months ago, plus his bio still says he is so I don’t see why not
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From my understanding, RBL is now run entirely in-house within the athletic department.
Wow, not sure that’s a good thing lol
What exactly does this mean? Is there a specific department or person that runs it? Any further insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
RBL has been in-house for over a year now, and the roster has gone from $500K to $5M. I think Miami athletics will be just fine lol
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Is uptown light still a thing?
According to their website beer finder it is only available at two locations, Paesanos and Red Ox. I picked some up at Oxford Spirits when it came out, it was ok and would probably grab some occasionally if they had any sort of legit distribution.
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I bought a bunch during the UNLV game last year.
I don’t live in Ohio but I reached out to see if I could help since I have a supply chain background but got no response
Alumni sports collectives were basically made obsolete due to the House v. NCAA settlement. It is now against the rules for collectives to just pay players. Every NIL marketing contract has to be approved by a clearinghouse as legitimate marketing activity.
The settlement also paved the way for “revenue share” which is basically the pay for play that NIL collectives like Red Brick used to do but those payments now come directly from the school. So RBL is now a fund under the actual athletic department used to help pay those costs.
Basically the settlement eliminated collectives and said schools can just pay the players (with some limits). Then there’s additional above-the-cap NIL that has to be approved as legitimate marketing.
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Not sure what goes on with the parent company that is making it Cincinnati Beverage They own the traditional Moerlein brands like Little Kings and they aquired Taft’s when it shut down. Sometimes their stuff just seems to disappear from the shelves for long periods but they do carry them at Great American Ball Park. I don’t know how much stake they had or have in the Moerlein Lager House down at the Banks in CIncy but it recently removed the Moerlein name and is just Cincy Lager House.
It feels like the craft brew is something we have missed on twice now.
Swine City was the exclusive craft brew sold at games there for a bit, not sure if that’s still the case but the beer was just not good.
The uptown light seemed like a good opportunity and the beer was ok but if you can’t even get it in the bars uptown what’s the point.
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Moerlein is nothing but a brand nowadays after the parent company CBC bought them (along with all the old school brands). This is why they are no longer affiliated with the Lager House.
Uptown Light is fairly popular in Oxford and the surrounding area, but I don’t think it caught in much in Cincy suburbs. The same producer also makes the Xavier beer and that’s much more prevalent in Cincy stores from my experience.
Nothing will come close to UC’s Cincy Light because
a) Rheingeist distribution is great and
b) people buy it without even realizing it’s a UC beer (they think it’s just Cincinnati affiliated)
I haven’t seen Uptown light or the Xavier beer at either of the Kroger stores I frequent.
Dare I say you had Dr Tom Speh for class?
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He was one of the best. I did some summer work for him too.
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I did. My favorite professor.
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I think I had a Dr Speh in a “Distribution” marketing class way back…long ago. He was new and young. Could it be the same prof that was your favorite? What’s your timeline? Mines ancient!
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I had him for a 400 level class that focused on logistics. At the time he was the chair of the marketing department (early 90s - junior ancient)
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That’s all the same Dr Tom Speh. He was tough and an amazing teacher. He died a few years ago. Still miss him
As business major in late 70’s his class in distribution/logistics was one of the survey business 300 level classes we could choose from. I remember liking his class. As a profession not sure logistics was a hot major back then and he made some pretty dry material interesting. Pretty sure I aced his class. In today’s world logistics is a lot more important and even critical. I live in Columbus, the land of 1,000,000 s/f warehouse spaces. Almost 50% of the US population is within 8 hours of C/Bus (fun fact!) and logistics is big deal here in town. Love & Honor! Dr. Speh
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