Question 1

What is Football's Greatest Bars?

Accepted Answer

Football's Greatest Bars is the largest growing community of football fans and football-friendly establishments in America. Our mission is to enhance the football-watching experience for NFL fans everywhere while helping participating establishments stay connected to football fans 52 weeks a year. Football's Greatest Bars is not simply a directory. It is a football fan engagement network designed to connect fans, establishments, content, and community.

Question 2

How does Football's Greatest Bars help my business?

Accepted Answer

Football's Greatest Bars is designed to encourage football fans to actively support participating establishments. Rather than simply advertising your business, it creates incentives that encourage fans to visit, return, support, choose, and spend money with participating establishments.

Question 3

Who is Football's Greatest Bars for?

Accepted Answer

Football's Greatest Bars is for sports bars, neighborhood bars, restaurants, taverns, pubs, breweries, and football-friendly establishments. If football fans regularly gather at your establishment, it may be a good fit.

Question 4

How much does it cost to join?

Accepted Answer

Founding Member membership is currently $100 annually. Founding Members lock in their membership rate as long as membership remains continuously active.

Question 5

What is a Founding Member?

Accepted Answer

The first 1,000 establishments to join become Founding Members. They receive permanent Founding Member designation, a permanent Founding Member number, grandfathered pricing, a public directory profile, interactive map placement, a unique QR code, and early participation in future initiatives. Once all 1,000 memberships are claimed, Founding Membership closes permanently.

Question 6

What are the benefits of membership?

Accepted Answer

Founding Member status, grandfathered pricing, 52 weeks of visibility, public directory listing, interactive map placement, additional value for patrons, competing without lowering prices, increased customer retention and repeat visits, differentiation from competitors, access to traveling football fans, national football network, future partnership opportunities, reduced marketing burden, community recognition, patron dollars directed toward your establishment, and market position advantage.

Question 7

How much time does participation require?

Accepted Answer

Most establishments can complete registration in approximately five minutes. After joining, participation requires little to no ongoing effort.

Question 8

Do I need to create promotions?

Accepted Answer

No. Football's Greatest Bars manages the majority of the fan engagement process.

Question 9

Do I have to display the QR code?

Accepted Answer

No. However, displaying the QR code allows fans to participate in Football's Greatest Bars opportunities from your establishment.

Question 10

What happens if I don't display the QR code?

Accepted Answer

Your membership remains active. You simply may not experience the same level of fan engagement as establishments that actively participate.

Question 11

What do I receive after joining?

Accepted Answer

Founding Member number, public profile page, directory listing, interactive map placement, QR code package, onboarding materials, and access to future initiatives.

Question 12

Can I lose my Founding Member number?

Accepted Answer

No. Founding Member numbers are permanent and never reassigned.

Question 13

Can I lose my grandfathered pricing?

Accepted Answer

Only if your membership lapses. Continuous membership preserves your Founding Member pricing.

Question 14

What happens if my business closes?

Accepted Answer

Your Founding Member number remains permanently retired and preserved in Football's Greatest Bars history.

Question 15

Why should I join now?

Accepted Answer

Every year you wait creates an opportunity for another establishment to become the Football's Greatest Bars destination in your market. Joining now allows you to lock in pricing, secure Founding Member status, and establish market position early.

Question 16

Can fans nominate establishments?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Fans are encouraged to nominate football-friendly establishments.

Question 17

Can participating establishments refer other establishments?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Referrals are encouraged.

Question 18

How will I know if the program is working?

Accepted Answer

Future reporting may include fan participation, QR activity, community engagement, patron dollars directed, and repeat participation.

Question 19

Who operates Football's Greatest Bars?

Accepted Answer

Football's Greatest Bars operates under Educational Partnerships to Impact Children (EPIC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating opportunities that positively impact communities.

Question 20

What is the EPIC Community Partner Network?

Accepted Answer

The EPIC Community Partner Network is the wider professional network that sits alongside Football's Greatest Bars. It is open to local businesses, service providers, and independent professionals who want to be discoverable, fund community grants, and be tied into the same opportunity engine that powers FGB.

Question 21

How is being a Community Partner different from being a Founding Bar?

Accepted Answer

A Founding Bar membership is built around your physical venue and the weekly fan experience around live football. A Community Partner profile is built around you or your business as a professional or service provider in the wider community. The two are complementary — most bar owners qualify for both.

Question 22

Can my bar also become a Community Partner?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Your bar can hold a Founding Bar membership and you (or your business) can also become a Founding Community Partner. They are separate listings on separate directories.

Question 23

What does the $25 Founding Community Partner contribution cover?

Accepted Answer

The $25 one-time Founding Community Partner contribution reserves your Founding Number (capped at the first 1,000 partners), creates your public profile, generates your QR code, and locks in lifetime founding status. Founding Community Partners are grandfathered in and never pay annual dues.

Question 24

Where do I sign up to become a Community Partner?

Accepted Answer

Visit /community-partner-network to apply. After your application and $25 contribution are processed, your Founding Number, profile, and QR code are created automatically.