P.J. Fleck gets a new contract extension—pending approval from Board of Regents—keeping him under contract until 2030.

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You also need to do something about the stadium. It is 16 years old. It is great but stagnant. Do something with the 3rd deck. A club or premium seating. More suites. More food options and restrooms. Have a massive scoreboard on the other side and enclose the bowl somewhat. You don't need to add tons of seats just have more amenities. You need to step it up and keep up with pier universities.
 

gophernut1 said:
This headline is also true:

Men's Football team brings in $40 million of profits to University but only gives Fleck a meager raise.

or

MN Football coaches still only paid about 15% of revenue that Football makes for the university despite raise.

In the end the Star Tribune picked the headline that would be the most disparaging toward the University and against the football program in general. It actually hinders revenue growth for the University by getting people upset at football spending because to many people think if we spend money there we are taking money from academics - vs realizing that we get way more back from the dollars we spend there vs. what we put into it.

Fleck is helping the U of M out a ton and the academics of the U are better with him being on campus.

For those who want to dig in: https://gophersports.com/documents/2025/1/14/Minnesota_FY24_NCAA_Online_Report_-_FINAL_01.14.25.pdf
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Long way to answer it is a true headline.
maroonfive said:
You also need to do something about the stadium. It is 16 years old. It is great but stagnant. Do something with the 3rd deck. A club or premium seating. More suites. More food options and restrooms. Have a massive scoreboard on the other side and enclose the bowl somewhat. You don't need to add tons of seats just have more amenities. You need to step it up and keep up with pier universities.
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I've been to every gopher game played at the Bank. They have added amenities every year. Still the best college stadium I've been in, hands down.
 

maroonfive said:
You also need to do something about the stadium. It is 16 years old. It is great but stagnant. Do something with the 3rd deck. A club or premium seating. More suites. More food options and restrooms. Have a massive scoreboard on the other side and enclose the bowl somewhat. You don't need to add tons of seats just have more amenities. You need to step it up and keep up with pier universities.
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There are suites and premium club seating. And while attendance has improved, most games still have empty seats. Why add amenities for which there seemingly is no demand?
 

swede2 said:
There are suites and premium club seating. And while attendance has improved, most games still have empty seats. Why add amenities for which there seemingly is no demand?
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Also, the food at Gopher football games is pretty good. Especially with the plaza they added a few years ago.
 



hello-world said:
He’s still underpaid but step in the right direction.

Strib doing their normal rage bait BS:

P.J. Fleck gets contract extension while Gophers athletic department anticipates budget deficit​


They should really be honest and just rebrand themselves as a tabloid.
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Tabloid's deserve more respect than this comment.

This is such non-news. This is the new reality. Coming off a decent season, why take a swipe? Perhaps you missed the memo that when we took our famous stand against the evils of college sports in 1961, the outcome has taken 30 years to start to emerge from, and another 20 years to move out of the category of obsolete programs completely.

In most markets, the headline would be about not paying more, so we can improve the results.
 
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The headline should have stated that Fleck was offered a raise and extension. In the article itself the writer could delve into the pros and cons, i.e. department running a deficit but football provides all the profit, etc.
The headline writer needlessly decided to put themselves on 1 side of the issue. It's things like this that reflect poorly on many media members and why they are struggling. Not sure if they get it or not (and I'm a huge proponent of a free press).
 






swede2 said:
There are suites and premium club seating. And while attendance has improved, most games still have empty seats. Why add amenities for which there seemingly is no demand?
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A lot of stadiums are adding amenities because attendance is lower (across the board). The theory is that you can make more money from the people who are going to the games. Most likely, the folks who would would have been filling in the student sections weren't going to use the amenities even if it were packed.

I have no idea if that's a good business model but I believe that's the theory.
 


I've said it before and I'll say it again, the extension part is pretty meaningless. Almost no head coach is ever going to get close to the end of their contracts.

It's a small raise and some changes to the buyouts. That's it. Not a big deal one way or another.
 



chestrockwell said:
The implication here is that it's Flecks fault and he's overpaid. When reality couldn't be further from the truth.
The fact is the U is run by fools who can't get their fiscal house in order. It's not just the athletic program but it's everywhere.
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Was it in the sports section or front pagish? If it was front page, they are just using the headline to grab readers that aren't well informed about the program like us. The average reader is going to get angry because he's just another overpaid CEO while the masses suffer. Worse yet, he's an overpaid CEO at an institution partially funded by our tax dollars. We know better.

Typical 10% truth & 90% twisting the truth and ignoring other relevant facts to accomplish your end goal.
 

60's Guy said:
"Fleck's salary now tied for 11th in the Big Ten"
The man is underpaid!!
We need somebody to win the lottery, become a Gopher booster and get Fleck's salary and the assistants in the top 5. That would be helpful to the program and deserving.
Then we need some more NIL money....then we could expect to compete for playoff seeds.
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I already solved this problem in another thread. Make Oregon's Phil Knight an honorary graduate so he'll start funding his "other" alma mater. You're welcome! ;)
 

SeaBee_Gopher said:
I already solved this problem in another thread. Make Oregon's Phil Knight an honorary graduate so he'll start funding his "other" alma mater. You're welcome! ;)
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Well, the odds of your solution are probably better than mine. :) BUT, with the NIL payments denial it's going to get more lawyers involved than before.
 


Spaulding!No! said:
Fleck is the reason Coyle is still the AD at MN.
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Fleck is the coach he can hang his hat on. Overall, I think he’s made good coaching choices except for Johnson. Lindsey was a hometown higher that in hindsight he shouldn’t have made. I’ve never warmed to Motzko like previous UM hockey coaches, but others here seemed to have liked the higher.
 

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