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Word said:
Providence plays an incredibly weak girls soccer schedule though, so keep that in mind when considering goals scored. I'm not saying she's not a good player, but the teams Providence plays are pretty weak (they're running up the score on some of them) compared to what most of the top players in the state are playing.

I wonder if she's still doing club soccer. I think that would be pretty tough to do if she is concentrating on basketball.
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I’m aware, but I believe she also played ECNL, she’s legit
 


GopherTheJugular said:
Does he own it or something? I've started drinking the beer and it's pretty good, but I'm a light beer guy, so....

Either way, happy to be doing my part.
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He's one of the owners. I have no idea what % though.
 

Five for fighting said:
Outstanding news with Grey Duck. The naysayers are wrong when it comes to NIL potential for the U of M. There are so many resources here along with a large population.

But a a majority of people still are uneducated about the entire NIL process or DTA. I have stated before that I think they should spend a bit on advertising to educate people on who they are and the impact they can have. Once the word is out and people are aware of this, it will be self-sustaining with little need for ads.

Also, each one of us can do our part by simply posting on our social media accounts or pushing Grey Duck on our local watering holes. The potential in this market is huge because of how little competition there is compared to other large campuses across the US.
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For example, I was looking for Duck Duck beer and I had to ask where it is. I guess since so few people buy it, they don't give it a good shelf spot.

But heck, even just keep some in the fridge/garage so when people come over you give them that beer and explain DTA to them.

You're right about getting the word out. I have an older cousin and, while being a Gophers fan all his life, he's not too tuned in to the NIL stuff, dinkytown athletes, etc. Like I've had to remind him multiple times that the U of M can't hand out NIL. So more education is needed.
 

Word said:
He's one of the owners. I have no idea what % though.
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Ok, thanks. I was just surprised that our NIL money might be coming from a hawkeye. But if he's living here and wants to run a business in his spare time, go for it!
 




Michigan State now has 3 Collectives

 




Heard an interview with the CEO of the Iowa collective ("The Swarm") and thought I'd share what he had to say.

*Goals for this year are to raise $1M for men's basketball and $3M for football. Feels that Iowa is solidly in the second tier of Big Ten schools when it comes to NIL. First tier of Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, USC and maybe Nebraska. Did not mention Wisconsin, but seemed to be confident that Iowa is "certainly competitive" with Minnesota and Illinois. (To me, it sounded like he meant that they have better funding, but the word he used was competitive.)

*They put out a call for donations last week (on the same day that Kayden Proctor went into the portal) and raised $100,000 in a day. Acknowledged the NCAA prohibition on using NIL as an incentive to come to your school, but also stated that the reality of the situation is that when the athletes do come to your school, they expect to be paid "their market value" when they get there.

*Praised the hire of Beth Goetz and said she has been a vocal proponent of their fundraising.

*Said that he thinks that Iowa benefits from having just one collective rather than multiple collectives like some schools.

*Stated that the collective has over 3,000 members and gets about $1.2M in annual donations from those members. There are also corporate partnerships (like casinos, beer, vodka, etc.) that generate another $1M per year. Lastly, they have private donors (which he didn't distinguish from members, but I assume maybe means one time donors vs. longer term commitments from members to contribute $X per year). He didn't say how much they get from those private donors.

*Goal is to get to 5,000 members by the end of the year. Noted that only about 400 of the current members are football season ticketholders and sees that population as source for future growth.

*Claimed to have personally originated the idea of a partnership with a beer brand that everyone around the country is now copying.

*Newest things that they have in the works are a bottled water partnership and a travel search site where they earn commissions on bookings through their site (which he likened to Travelocity).
 

I'm going to be the grumpy old man for a moment then drop the subject. Though I understand and support college athletes getting paid, the current NIL stuff is the Wild West with no one in control. I hate it and it is slowly reducing my interest in Gopher (college) sports.
Now, back to your regular programming.
 


GophersInIowa said:
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About fortune 500 companies when they do put money into NIL:


People probably see some commercials and they probably think. Caitlin Clark has a commercial with a Fortune 500 company, or they see another high profile athlete in a State Farm commercial or whatever. That's happening as one offs and I don't know what the details of the compensation for those contracts. But often those contracts are more about visibility than they are about compensation, but that's me speculating as I don't know the details of those deals.

But those are those are strictly ROI (return on investment) campaigns.
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Yup, NIL is a fanboy initiative, there's really no reason for a company looking for ROI to do that kind of thing outside a few random situations.
 



A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
About fortune 500 companies when they do put money into NIL:




Yup, NIL is a fanboy initiative, there's really no reason for a company looking for ROI to do that kind of thing outside a few random situations.
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Smaller companies like Gray Duck get lots of value from these partnerships (marketing and sales). General Mills isn't going to get much out of it.
 

IMO, DinkyTown should set up a partnership with Super America. Have SA give a penny a gallon to DinkyTown for gas bought on game day, or something along those lines. I'd definitely head to a SA over some other gas station.
 

Full Speed Ahead said:
IMO, DinkyTown should set up a partnership with Super America. Have SA give a penny a gallon to DinkyTown for gas bought on game day, or something along those lines. I'd definitely head to a SA over some other gas station.
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For SA, there's no reason to do it. They'd lose money. The overwhelming number of people those days going to SA wouldn't be going because of the deal with DT.

The deals they've made so far are win-win for both sides. Smaller companies getting their name out there and increasing sales.
 

GophersInIowa said:
For SA, there's no reason to do it. They'd lose money. The overwhelming number of people those days going to SA wouldn't be going because of the deal with DT.

The deals they've made so far are win-win for both sides. Smaller companies getting their name out there and increasing sales.
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How would you possibly know that? You don't. SA would get publicity, and IMO become a destination gas stop for Gopher fans even on the days when SA isn't giving up the penny per gallon. Increasing marketshare is huge for gas stations - paying a penny per gallon on just game days is potentially a great ROI on getting that marketshare. Think for example of what Holiday is doing with Cub to drive marketshare, far more than a penny per gallon. By limiting the deal to a small number of days, SA could somewhat track if it's driving more business to their stores and then decide to keep it going.
 

Full Speed Ahead said:
How would you possibly know that? You don't. SA would get publicity, and IMO become a destination gas stop for Gopher fans even on the days when SA isn't giving up the penny per gallon. Increasing marketshare is huge for gas stations - paying a penny per gallon on just game days is potentially a great ROI on getting that marketshare. Think for example of what Holiday is doing with Cub to drive marketshare, far more than a penny per gallon. By limiting the deal to a small number of days, SA could somewhat track if it's driving more business to their stores and then decide to keep it going.
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I don't know for sure but that's my guess. If it increased profit, they'd be doing it already.
 

Full Speed Ahead said:
IMO, DinkyTown should set up a partnership with Super America. Have SA give a penny a gallon to DinkyTown for gas bought on game day, or something along those lines. I'd definitely head to a SA over some other gas station.
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GophersInIowa said:
For SA, there's no reason to do it. They'd lose money. The overwhelming number of people those days going to SA wouldn't be going because of the deal with DT.

The deals they've made so far are win-win for both sides. Smaller companies getting their name out there and increasing sales.
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What someone like SA could do, is create a DTA specific discount card that contributes a specific amount per gallon when used by the customer. It would be no different than their other SA member discount programs except $$ get donated instead of discounted. In that case, I don't typically go to SA now but I would do that as a DTA member.

The same could be done at pretty much any retailer. For example, if some like Caribou or Dunn Bros created a side DTA customer program, I would use it.
 

Full Speed Ahead said:
IMO, DinkyTown should set up a partnership with Super America. Have SA give a penny a gallon to DinkyTown for gas bought on game day, or something along those lines. I'd definitely head to a SA over some other gas station.
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SA/Speedway is owned by 7-Eleven I believe, so not local anymore. Holiday would be the better of the two from that standpoint. At least it has its "corporate" offices here, even though it is owned by a Canadian company.
 


Full Speed Ahead said:
How would you possibly know that? You don't. SA would get publicity, and IMO become a destination gas stop for Gopher fans even on the days when SA isn't giving up the penny per gallon. Increasing marketshare is huge for gas stations - paying a penny per gallon on just game days is potentially a great ROI on getting that marketshare. Think for example of what Holiday is doing with Cub to drive marketshare, far more than a penny per gallon. By limiting the deal to a small number of days, SA could somewhat track if it's driving more business to their stores and then decide to keep it going.
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You should look into the profit margin for convenience gas stations on a gallon of gas. It isn't much. They want you buying stuff inside that is where they make their bones. They would probably prefer DTA makes deals with 7th Avenue Pizza or other food/beverage choices so people go buy those when they get gas.

Not to mention that SA is owned by Speedway which is in Ohio...I doubt they care.
 


So that I can become a better Gopher Fan can someone tell me where DinkyTown is and how that name came about? Through the years I've seen threads with the name Dinky Town in it but never read one.
 


Word said:
en.m.wikipedia.org

Dinkytown - Wikipedia

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Well to any new viewers coming to the GopherHole -

Dinkytown is a commercial district within the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Centered at 14th Avenue Southeast and 4th Street Southeast, the district contains several city blocks occupied by various small businesses, restaurants, bars, and apartment buildings that house mostly University of Minnesota students. Dinkytown is along the North side of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities East Bank campus.

Thank You - "WORD"
GophersHeveTALONS -

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GSUsTALON said:
Well to any new viewers coming to the GopherHole -

Dinkytown is a commercial district within the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Centered at 14th Avenue Southeast and 4th Street Southeast, the district contains several city blocks occupied by various small businesses, restaurants, bars, and apartment buildings that house mostly University of Minnesota students. Dinkytown is along the North side of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities East Bank campus.

Thank You - "WORD"
GophersHeveTALONS -

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To simplify even further, Dinkytown is basically the residential/commercial neighborhood on the NW side of campus. The residential/commercial neighborhood on the SE side is called Stadium Village.
 

Word said:
To simplify even further, Dinkytown is basically the residential/commercial neighborhood on the NW side of campus. The residential/commercial neighborhood on the SE side is called Stadium Village.
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DinkyTown sounds like it has off-campus area with its own bar- restaurants and things to do. How many Gopher students live there?
 

GSUsTALON said:
DinkyTown sounds like it has off-campus area with its own bar- restaurants and things to do. How many Gopher students live there?
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No idea....but a lot.... Some dorms and lots of apartments and rental houses there. Has to be in the thousands.
 


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