U AD: Golden Gophers in Good Spot in Rev Share, NIL

[BleedGopher]

Per Shama:

“I feel like we have put ourselves in a position where we can be very competitive with our peers in the Big Ten and be able to compete at the highest level,” he told Sports Headliners recently.

There are places like Michigan, Ohio State, and Texas Tech, where exorbitant amounts of money via revenue sharing and NIL reportedly pay football and men’s basketball players, but compared with all its peers in the Big Ten, Coyle is convinced the Gophers are not an “outlier” in being able to compete for player talent in those sports and others.

“…We are in a very competitive spot in terms of rev share dollars for our sports. Our coaches are not running here (to his office) sayin, ‘Oh, my gosh, I need more rev share money.’ They’re very competitive to our peers in the Big Ten. And that makes me feel good because we’re giving them a fighting chance.”

Relative to NIL, Coyle said “fans have been awesome” in helping fund that initiative that pays players for endorsements and personal appearances. Again, comparing with peers, Coyle said in NIL the Gophers are “very, very competitive too.”

David Shama's Minnesota Sports Headliners

Go Gophers!!

 

[bonin21]

Complete BS. They're nowhere close and won't be.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Complete BS. They're nowhere close and won't be.

 

[GoldRush]

Complete BS. They're nowhere close and won't be.

How much have you donated?

 

[USAF]

Complete BS. They're nowhere close and won't be.

Another great bonin take...

 

[Some guy]

Who are the peers in the big ten and who aren’t would be a good follow up question

 

[caliGopher]

Follow up questions? Follow up questions? We don't need no stinking follow-up questions.......

When Mediocrates speaks, we repeat.

If we can understand him.

What Coyle doesn't say says more than what he does.

"Coaches don't come running in asking for more revenue share..."

but are they asking for more money overall? Revenue sharing is a defined pool of money. Asking for more of that is a zero sum game.

Or is it that they're all smart enough to know how badly you've failed at fundraising and the question would be pointless?