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SeaBee_Gopher said:
Just wondering, how does this type of thing affect jersey sales in the future? Who wants to buy a player’s jersey when they could just leave the next year? Wouldn’t that make you more likely to buy generic team merchandise or nothing at all? In the past, if they were good young, you could pretty much guarantee they’d be thought of as a Gopher forever. This also lowers the value to local advertisers. Why invest in a local player that people love now, but hate when they leave? All this player movement should actually weaken individual player NIL, right?

This skews things even more towards large wealthy donors funding whole teams vs. individual NIL deals from smaller employers, right? Look who’s dominating NIL right now - Oregon, Indiana, Miami, Texas Tech, etc. This really is starting to look like MLB and I’m not sure that’s a league investors would want to emulate.

People naturally want to attach to certain players. That connection is important for fan loyalty and teams want that. There will be changes made to NIL and the portal because it’s not good for business as currently constructed. The only question is when.
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GophEnEspaña said:
A lot of attention for a kid who wasn't even the best safety on the team.
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If you take out all the tax related posts the thread would get a lot shorter..... :)

But it isn't surprising that Koi's transfer is getting this kind of attention. He was a really highly rated local kid that committed here. Fans got really invested into him and are hurt by or angered by him leaving.
 


MNVCGUY said:
If you take out all the tax related posts the thread would get a lot shorter..... :)

But it isn't surprising that Koi's transfer is getting this kind of attention. He was a really highly rated local kid that committed here. Fans got really invested into him and are hurt by or angered by him leaving.
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Once the ink hits the contract and this is finalized, we'll probably start hearing some locker room scuttlebutt on contributing factors.
 

Arminius said:
Order a Darrell Thompson jersey...you'll never regret it! 💪
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Not a bad idea.

College careers are short.....even if Koi had stayed he had what 1, maybe 2 seasons left here....

In the grand scheme of things Koi will be remembered for the way he burst on the scene as a freshman and unfortunately for him his sophomore season will be remembered for the Cal game where he was a disaster.

In terms of all-time Gophers he won't have much staying power beyond he next couple years.
 

Panthadad2 said:
Once the ink hits the contract and this is finalized, we'll probably start hearing some locker room scuttlebutt on contributing factors.
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Probably....but like Bucky Irving it is pretty clear he is chasing the money and the spotlight. Tough to fault a kid for that in this current age of college athletics.

Oregon can afford to overpay for a player like Koi, we most likely can't.
 

Spaulding!No! said:
Now I remember. Yes, Bucky Irving left and a few of us said the best rb just left and then it was back and forth about Mo and some other rbs. In the end, Bucky proved to be the best of the lot. Koi is the best safety we had and he is gone.
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The problem wasn’t the talent difference between Bucky and Mo, the problem was the difference between Bucky and our third rb option.
 



MNVCGUY said:
Probably....but like Bucky Irving it is pretty clear he is chasing the money and the spotlight. Tough to fault a kid for that in this current age of college athletics.

Oregon can afford to overpay for a player like Koi, we most likely can't.
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Money sure, spotlight won’t be on him at Oregon.
 


Arminius said:
Order a Darrell Thompson jersey...you'll never regret it! 💪
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Good advice. Don't jump on the bandwagon and buy the jersey of the hot new kid, because he might be gone next year! Buy an established Gopher great jersey or the jersey of a senior...with no previous Jr college experience.😜
 

SeaBee_Gopher said:
Good advice. Don't jump on the bandwagon and buy the jersey of the hot new kid, because he might be gone next year! Buy an established Gopher great jersey or the jersey of a senior...with no previous Jr college experience.😜
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LeCaptain jersey would look nice. Or Anthony Smith.
 









Slim Tubby said:
That's the correct answer but then we'd have over 2 million Gopher football jerseys in MN with "Johnson" on it. That has to hurt the resale value.
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Valid point.

And then those of us trying to make inappropriate jokes with that name on there a ... and nobody gets it :(
 


MNVCGUY said:
Not a bad idea.

College careers are short.....even if Koi had stayed he had what 1, maybe 2 seasons left here....

In the grand scheme of things Koi will be remembered for the way he burst on the scene as a freshman and unfortunately for him his sophomore season will be remembered for the Cal game where he was a disaster.

In terms of all-time Gophers he won't have much staying power beyond he next couple years.
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Time will tell, but I actually think Koi will be remembered as the kid that chose the Gophers and then turned his back on them.
 


gopherbadgerman said:
Like Bucky?
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Not a lot of similarities between the two except they were both Gophers and transferred to Oregon.

Koi was the overwhelming fan-favorite, from Minnesota, and was the face of the program who wore the captain patch on his jersey.

Bucky Irving was an exciting back-up that split time with Trey Potts and Ky Thomas. He was a freshman from Illinois that Gopher fans were all excited to see progress. Not to mention, his loss didn't sting near as much due to Mo Ibrahim coming back from injury.
 



MNVCGUY said:
Probably....but like Bucky Irving it is pretty clear he is chasing the money and the spotlight. Tough to fault a kid for that in this current age of college athletics.

Oregon can afford to overpay for a player like Koi, we most likely can't.
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I would have said money and a chance at a natty.

EDIT: a few posts latter it seems you clarified you were saying "the spotlight" meant a chance at a natty. Not the wording I would have used, but OK
 


GopherGrit said:
What was the messy part?

The author did a poor job of explaining or linking back to the title in any substantive way, that I could tell.
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Sounds pretty "messy" to me:

"He was marketed as a homegrown star; he played into it, and it's now all gone seemingly overnight. The social media reaction in Minnesota has not been kind to Perich. Popular accounts like Barstool Gophers have made fun of the former hometown hero, and many of the comments have gotten very negative."
 

Slim Tubby said:
Sounds pretty "messy" to me:

"He was marketed as a homegrown star; he played into it, and it's now all gone seemingly overnight. The social media reaction in Minnesota has not been kind to Perich. Popular accounts like Barstool Gophers have made fun of the former hometown hero, and many of the comments have gotten very negative."
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Fanbase angry and hurt that a star player is leaving for another program.

That's a normal and expected reaction, I would think.

There very well could be some kind of mess behind the scenes, but so far no one has suggested what it could be.
 

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