Curious as I see a number of football players stating their recommitment (still very weird to me) and their partnership with DinkyTownAthletes. Do BB have the same opportunities or does DTA just work with the football team.
ThanksAll teams.
My guess is almost all significant donations to DTA are donor restricted to the sports they want. Yours and my t shirt purchases and nickel and dime donations are available for anything but probably a relatively small portion of the total.at this point, I don't think anyone knows for sure what the distribution of the money is like. I know that DTA mentioned the Volleyball program in its big Fall matching-funds donation drive, so VB is clearly getting something.
but as to how much Football receives versus other sports, including Men's hoops, I don't know. and I don't know - but I suspect - that a 3rd-party organization like DTA is not subject to an open-records or FOI request - while a public university like MN would be subject to such a request.
Basketball gets something. but we don't know how much and we don't know what % of the total funds goes to basketball.
I think that stating their recommitment is more of a plug for DTA and encouraging people to continue to contribute that.Curious as I see a number of football players stating their recommitment (still very weird to me) and their partnership with DinkyTownAthletes. Do BB have the same opportunities or does DTA just work with the football team.
In one word, well technically seven NoThere's a lot of "I would assume", "We don't know", "I would guess" and the like regarding this subject. Wondering when, or even if, there will ever be a completely transparent accounting on how much and where this money goes. Not to mention if these organizations (individuals) will ever publicize the general reasoning and formulas used to determine how and why all these donations are distributed. Why do I get the feeling that the folks in the middle of all this would really rather that the general public remains ignorant on exactly how it works at the program we're rooting for.
Ben gets paid by DTA?But Minnesota's NIL is so awful they can't afford anyone better than Ben Johnson...
No. But the implication from some is that the job sucks so bad because of NIL that no one else would possibly want it. Not even Johnny Tauer.Ben gets paid by DTA?
Mine was a rhetorical question, snarkily suggesting maybe "get" would've been a better word choice than "afford"No. But the implication from some is that the job sucks so bad because of NIL that no one else would possibly want it. Not even Johnny Tauer.
Fair enough. But it's the same implication. Our NIL sucks. The only way we can get someone decent is to massively overpay and we can't afford to. Poor Gophers etc.Mine was a rhetorical question, sneakily suggesting maybe "get" would've been a better word choice than "afford"