Shama: Medved Making a Difference with Golden Gophers NIL

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Per Shama:

The Name, Image and Likeness effort to generate money for University of Minnesota men’s basketball is positive under new head coach Niko Medved who was hired in March.

Dinkytown Athletes, the entity that creates and develops NIL opportunities for Gopher athletes with businesses and sponsors, is led by co-founder and president Derek Burns. He told Sports Headliners NIL revenue raised for men’s basketball players is “significantly ahead” of a year ago.

This is the third offseason DA has worked on NIL resources and Burns said money available for the 2025-2026 school year is “by far” ahead of previous totals. Like other collectives around the country, DA doesn’t make public the total NIL revenue it has. Such information can create a competitive disadvantage with rival schools, collective executives maintain.

However, it’s believed former Gopher men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson had a seven-figure amount of NIL money last school year, but the total was under $2 million. It could be (based on background work by Sports Headliners) that in Medved’s first year the total will be between $3 million to $4 million. Athletes are paid at Minnesota and elsewhere to make appearances, endorse products or services and appear in advertising.

Medved, who coached Colorado State to the NCAA Tournament three of the last four years, is a Minnesota native. He was a student manager for the Gophers in the 1990s and has a passion for the program that hit hard times under Johnson, partially because of minimal NIL money.

The personable Medved knows a rebuild is in front of him. He’s been using his determination and salesmanship with donors to build up NIL support. Burns said Medved has “been very effective and well received.”

Part of the fund-raising strategy uses donors of means to engage in matching campaigns. Medved wants, of course, to avoid as much as possible not being priced out for players in recruiting against other programs.


Go Gophers!!
 

Shama usually does better than that...not much if any "hard hitting" information, here.

It does confirm Shooters $700,000 is off...Shama between $1 million and $2 million last year.
 

60's Guy said:
Shama usually does better than that...not much if any "hard hitting" information, here.

It does confirm Shooters $700,000 is off...Shama between $1 million and $2 million last year.
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Hold up.....Shooter had bad information?.....You must be talking about a different Shooter....Because there is no way Charlie Walters would ever be wrong about anything he publishes.....accuracy and valid information is the hallmark of his......
 

BleedGopher said:
Per Shama:

The Name, Image and Likeness effort to generate money for University of Minnesota men’s basketball is positive under new head coach Niko Medved who was hired in March.

Dinkytown Athletes, the entity that creates and develops NIL opportunities for Gopher athletes with businesses and sponsors, is led by co-founder and president Derek Burns. He told Sports Headliners NIL revenue raised for men’s basketball players is “significantly ahead” of a year ago.

This is the third offseason DA has worked on NIL resources and Burns said money available for the 2025-2026 school year is “by far” ahead of previous totals. Like other collectives around the country, DA doesn’t make public the total NIL revenue it has. Such information can create a competitive disadvantage with rival schools, collective executives maintain.

However, it’s believed former Gopher men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson had a seven-figure amount of NIL money last school year, but the total was under $2 million. It could be (based on background work by Sports Headliners) that in Medved’s first year the total will be between $3 million to $4 million. Athletes are paid at Minnesota and elsewhere to make appearances, endorse products or services and appear in advertising.

Medved, who coached Colorado State to the NCAA Tournament three of the last four years, is a Minnesota native. He was a student manager for the Gophers in the 1990s and has a passion for the program that hit hard times under Johnson, partially because of minimal NIL money.

The personable Medved knows a rebuild is in front of him. He’s been using his determination and salesmanship with donors to build up NIL support. Burns said Medved has “been very effective and well received.”

Part of the fund-raising strategy uses donors of means to engage in matching campaigns. Medved wants, of course, to avoid as much as possible not being priced out for players in recruiting against other programs.


Go Gophers!!
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Is he saying Ben was not "personable" and "determined" in raising NIL $$? These are the same folks who told us "Poor Ben" was working miracles by going 7-13 two months ago.
 

The article confirms nothing.

"...in Medved’s first year the total will be between $3 million to $4 million. Athletes are paid at Minnesota and elsewhere to make appearances, endorse products or services and appear in advertising."

So which is it? Is the $3 - $4MM just from DTA, other donations, or does it include true NIL services? We believe that many "student athletes" are just receiving pay-for-play revenue, so any guessing (based on background work by Sports Headliners) is just that...A guess. I could also "guess" that if any athlete inks a deal for true NIL, that would be in addition to the dollar amounts stated.

Until there is some official tracking of contracts and amounts promised to be paid, along with the number of years the deal is supposed to run, everyone is just throwing darts.

I love when I read "I am hearing the deal was $XX.XX". From where? It's a joke right now.
 


Unregistered User said:
The article confirms nothing.

"...in Medved’s first year the total will be between $3 million to $4 million. Athletes are paid at Minnesota and elsewhere to make appearances, endorse products or services and appear in advertising."

So which is it? Is the $3 - $4MM just from DTA, other donations, or does it include true NIL services? We believe that many "student athletes" are just receiving pay-for-play revenue, so any guessing (based on background work by Sports Headliners) is just that...A guess. I could also "guess" that if any athlete inks a deal for true NIL, that would be in addition to the dollar amounts stated.

Until there is some official tracking of contracts and amounts promised to be paid, along with the number of years the deal is supposed to run, everyone is just throwing darts.

I love when I read "I am hearing the deal was $XX.XX". From where? It's a joke right now.
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I'm reading this as 3-4 mil in NIL total, plus the revenue sharing on top of that as well. If I'm wrong, I hope someone here tells me!
 

NIL is not what this money is being paid for. It's recruitment money. NIL is a farce. Why do schools allow this ?
 


Unregistered User said:
The article confirms nothing.

"...in Medved’s first year the total will be between $3 million to $4 million. Athletes are paid at Minnesota and elsewhere to make appearances, endorse products or services and appear in advertising."

So which is it? Is the $3 - $4MM just from DTA, other donations, or does it include true NIL services? We believe that many "student athletes" are just receiving pay-for-play revenue, so any guessing (based on background work by Sports Headliners) is just that...A guess. I could also "guess" that if any athlete inks a deal for true NIL, that would be in addition to the dollar amounts stated.

Until there is some official tracking of contracts and amounts promised to be paid, along with the number of years the deal is supposed to run, everyone is just throwing darts.

I love when I read "I am hearing the deal was $XX.XX". From where? It's a joke right now.
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Ya, ya … it is what it is…speculation and a sham explanation for receiving money.
It is every school….none of them are going to say much but Shama is talking to Burns and is confirming the parameters of the numbers he has permission to share.
Versus Charlie just making stuff up.
 




PMWinSTP said:
Awesome, another thread about NIL...
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Money ruins everything.

I was thinking the other day how rare my mom and her sisters are. They've stayed tight through their entire lives and through the death of their parents. Most siblings don't, and it's usually money and property that are the reasons.
 

Bad Gopher said:
Money ruins everything.

I was thinking the other day how rare my mom and her sisters are. They've stayed tight through their entire lives and through the death of their parents. Most siblings don't, and it's usually money and property that are the reasons.
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I believe someone famous once said, "The love of money is the root of all evil."
 




In the transfer portal thread, SplitDecision muses on what would be a person's ideal system for how to treat college players, both financially and otherwise. As I mused in another thread, the NCAA refused to drive the bus of justice and ended up having the bus hijacked by the courts, and here we are in somewhat of a chaotic disaster scenario.

Going back literally decades, I've felt that college players ought to be eligible for work-study wages for their time spent practicing and playing, to the extent the college is able to and chooses to. That includes road trips, and there should be travel expenses for road trips. Playing sports in college isn't easy, and fair compensation--consistent with what other work-study students earn for their efforts--is appropriate. Of course, athletes in some programs at some institutions get scholarships, which some people have considered sufficient compensation, but I never have. The time these men and women spend on their sports basically prevents them from having a part-time job and earning spending money, which everyone needs.

My other ideal is that athletes shouldn't have to go to college to continue their athletic career. College isn't for everyone. High school grads should be immediately eligible for pro and semi-pro leagues, which would probably be more numerous if athletes weren't railroaded into college sports.

This is what I think could have happened and would have worked if the NCAA had been more progressive and less protectionist in the past. People should feel free to shoot holes in this. Obviously, the genie is out of the bottle, and this is all completely hypothetical.
 


Had to make a change, albeit 1 year too late on CBJ. High expectations were applied to Pitino, Smith and Monson yet each replacement was no better than the previous and sometimes worse. Every year, same thing...new coach and or new players are going to revive the gopher's bb team to mid-to bottom b10 dominance. Although CBJ beat the low expectations the result was still no invitation to post-season tournament. Will wait for results...
 

Bad Gopher said:
In the transfer portal thread, SplitDecision muses on what would be a person's ideal system for how to treat college players, both financially and otherwise. As I mused in another thread, the NCAA refused to drive the bus of justice and ended up having the bus hijacked by the courts, and here we are in somewhat of a chaotic disaster scenario.

Going back literally decades, I've felt that college players ought to be eligible for work-study wages for their time spent practicing and playing, to the extent the college is able to and chooses to. That includes road trips, and there should be travel expenses for road trips. Playing sports in college isn't easy, and fair compensation--consistent with what other work-study students earn for their efforts--is appropriate. Of course, athletes in some programs at some institutions get scholarships, which some people have considered sufficient compensation, but I never have. The time these men and women spend on their sports basically prevents them from having a part-time job and earning spending money, which everyone needs.

My other ideal is that athletes shouldn't have to go to college to continue their athletic career. College isn't for everyone. High school grads should be immediately eligible for pro and semi-pro leagues, which would probably be more numerous if athletes weren't railroaded into college sports.

This is what I think could have happened and would have worked if the NCAA had been more progressive and less protectionist in the past. People should feel free to shoot holes in this. Obviously, the genie is out of the bottle, and this is all completely hypothetical.
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I’m convinced that one reason the NCAA didn’t behave more aggressively in working towards a minor league that could have given athletes who had no desire or business being in college was that they feared losing the best players which was their golden ticket. They have now created a system where all but the very best players will go to the mat to keep playing in college, increasing the talent level but not likely improving the game.
 


Unregistered User said:
The article confirms nothing.

"...in Medved’s first year the total will be between $3 million to $4 million. Athletes are paid at Minnesota and elsewhere to make appearances, endorse products or services and appear in advertising."

So which is it? Is the $3 - $4MM just from DTA, other donations, or does it include true NIL services? We believe that many "student athletes" are just receiving pay-for-play revenue, so any guessing (based on background work by Sports Headliners) is just that...A guess. I could also "guess" that if any athlete inks a deal for true NIL, that would be in addition to the dollar amounts stated.

Until there is some official tracking of contracts and amounts promised to be paid, along with the number of years the deal is supposed to run, everyone is just throwing darts.

I love when I read "I am hearing the deal was $XX.XX". From where? It's a joke right now.
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The numbers are coming from the Multi-Year Athlete Selection System (MYASS).

According to MYASS, Player X reportedly got $2M to sign with Harvey Wallbanger University to play for Coach Whatshisnuts.

Every swinging D on the sports journalism planet affiliated with college athletics is attempting to crack the NIL code through speculation and conjecture. Sure is entertaining!
 

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