Longtime Schneider driver achieves remarkable milestone of five million safe miles

GREEN BAY, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2024--

In a remarkable display of dedication and safety, Greg Swift, a longtime driver for Schneider National, Inc. (NYSE: SNDR), has achieved an extraordinary milestone: five million miles without a preventable accident.

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Although more than 6,560 Schneider drivers have had at least a million safe driving miles with the company, Swift joins only two other drivers in Schneider’s nearly 90-year history in reaching this incredible feat. Today, Swift will cross the ceremonial five millionth mile at Schneider’s corporate headquarters in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The company, a premier multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services, is recognizing Swift’s achievement with a parade, Sound the Horn celebration – a long-standing tradition of sounding a truck horn inside the headquarters building to celebrate achievements – and a $10,000 bonus for his safe and reliable driving (that’s in addition to the years of additional performance pay Swift has earned for his stellar driving record).

To put five million miles into perspective, Swift has completed the equivalent of driving to the moon and back ten times without ever having a preventable accident. Reflecting on his achievement, Swift said, “Reaching five million miles seemed unimaginable. It’s an immense honor to be recognized and to be part of a company that equips us to succeed. Safety is the key to long-term success.”

Swift, who began his career with Schneider 33 years ago after leaving his teaching job, has become a shining example of the company’s core value: Safety First and Always. Currently driving a dedicated route for longtime Schneider customer Georgia-Pacific, he appreciates the reliability and home time his role provides.

“We are in the service business, and professional drivers like Greg are the foundation of our success,” said Schneider President and CEO Mark Rourke. “Drivers who dedicate their careers to safety, who put their customers first and for whom excellence is non-negotiable, leave a legacy for others to follow. Greg is one of those drivers, and I’m grateful he’s been an integral part of our team for so long.”

Swift’s journey from paper maps to advanced GPS and collision mitigation systems highlights the industry’s evolution. Yet, one constant has been Schneider’s commitment to providing the best equipment, technology and processes to ensure driver safety.

“I think the five million miles has done more than just boost my career,” said Swift. “It’s taken my home life, financial life and overall wellbeing to new levels. With a great career and the miles I’ve driven, great things have come along with it.”

Swift offers simple, yet valuable advice to new drivers: plan ahead and manage your time efficiently. His career highlights include driving through stunning landscapes and witnessing infrastructure improvements, but meeting his wife Erica, also a Schneider associate, stands out as a personal milestone.

When asked about Greg’s successful career at Schneider, Erica said, “If Greg could go back in time, he would absolutely choose a career in trucking over and over again. Schneider has provided us both with an immense amount of opportunities and memorable experiences. I am beyond proud of Greg as the third ever driver to reach five million safe miles.”

Fellow associates, driving peers, customer representatives and local safety experts are all looking forward to celebrating with Swift and expressing their thanks for the indelible mark he has made on Schneider’s legacy of safety.

NOTE TO THE MEDIA: Photos, soundbites and video of Greg Swift are available in Schneider’s media kit:https://schneider.com/company/news/media-kit

About Schneider

Schneider is a premier multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services. Offering one of the broadest portfolios in the industry, Schneider’s solutions include Regional and Long-Haul Truckload, Expedited, Dedicated, Bulk, Intermodal, Brokerage, Warehousing, Supply Chain Management, Port Logistics and Logistics Consulting.

Schneider has been safely delivering superior customer experiences and investing in innovation for nearly 90 years. The company’s digital marketplace, Schneider FreightPower ®, is revolutionizing the industry giving shippers access to an expanded, highly flexible capacity network and provides carriers with unmatched access to quality drop-and-hook freight – Always Delivering, Always Ahead.

For more information about Schneider, visit Schneider.com or follow the company socially on Facebook,LinkedIn and X: @WeAreSchneider.

Greg Swift (Photo: Business Wire)

Hours before college basketball crowns its next champion, the future of college sports will be hanging in the balance in a California courtroom.

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's scheduled hearing Monday in a courtroom in Oakland is expected to be the last one before the changes will truly begin under an industry-changing, $2.8 billion settlement of a 5-year-old lawsuit against the NCAA and the nation's largest conferences. Among other things, it will clear the way for schools to share up to $20.5 million each with their athletes.

Wilken already has granted preliminary approval for the settlement. It was unknown whether she will give final approval at Monday's hearing, which is expected to include testimony from some of those objecting to details of the sprawling plan. LSU gymnast and influencer Olivia Dunne is among the 18 people scheduled to testify, though she is expected to appear via Zoom.

The new structure outlined by the settlement, which represents a shift in billions of dollars from the schools into the pockets of athletes, is supposed to go into effect on July 1.

Universities across the country have been busy making plans, under the assumption Wilken will put the terms into effect.

“We're going to have a plan going into July 1, then we're probably going to spend the next year figuring out how good that plan is and how we need to modify it going forward,” said Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin, whose department is among the biggest in the country and includes a Gators men's basketball team playing for the national title Monday night against Houston.

The so-called House settlement, named after Arizona State swimmer Grant House, actually decides three similar lawsuits that were bundled into one. The defendants are the NCAA and the Southeastern, Big Ten, Atlantic Coast, Big 12 and Pac-12 conferences, all of whom have been touting the settlement as the best path forward for their industry.

“It's a huge step forward for college sports, especially at the highest level," said NCAA President Charlie Baker, whose organization continues to seek antitrust protections from Congress. “My biggest problem with the way the whole thing works right now is the schools have been removed from the primary relationship with the student-athletes.”

The most ground-shifting part of the settlement calls on schools from the biggest conferences to pay some 22% of their revenue from media rights, ticket sales and sponsorships — which equals about $20.5 million in the first year — directly to athletes for use of their name, images and likeness (NIL).

Still allowed would be NIL payments to athletes from outside sources, which is what triggered the seismic shift that college sports has endured over the last four years. For instance, Cooper Flagg of Duke reportedly makes $4.8 million in NIL deals from groups affiliated with the school and others.

The settlement calls for a “clearinghouse” to make sure any NIL deal worth more than $600 is pegged at “fair market value." It's an attempt to prevent straight “pay for play” deals, though many critics believe the entire new structure is simply NIL masquerading as that.

Another key element is the $2.8 billion in back damages to athletes who played sports between 2016 and 2024 and were not entitled to the full benefits of NIL at the time they attended schools. Those payments are being calculated by a formula that will favor football and basketball players and will be doled out by the NCAA and the conferences.

The settlement also calls for replacing scholarship limits with roster limits. The effect would be to allow every athlete to be eligible for a scholarship while cutting the number of spots available.

There will be winners and losers under such a formula, though some fear it could signal the end of the walk-on athlete in college sports and also imperil smaller sports programs that train and populate the U.S. Olympic team.

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