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None of the usual names really interest me that much. The guys with ties to the U are either not established enough, or just simply not that impressive. Barr doesn't do a whole lot for me, and outside of him I haven't really heard too many names. Sack up Coyle, give Nightingale whatever it takes to get him here and give him the support ($$) he needs to right this ship.
 

GopherPete said:
None of the usual names really interest me that much. The guys with ties to the U are either not established enough, or just simply not that impressive. Barr doesn't do a whole lot for me, and outside of him I haven't really heard too many names. Sack up Coyle, give Nightingale whatever it takes to get him here and give him the support ($$) he needs to right this ship.
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Nightingale makes more than Bob does right now. You’re not outbidding Michigan state (not to mention he has a 2mil buyout)
 

Why on earth would Nightingale want to come here and have no NIL money. Some people this this is the U hockey program of 30 years ago.
 

Coyle and the administration either invest in hockey, or we get left in the dust. Brining in some unestablished coach is going to leave us in the exact same situation.
 

I have a question regarding NIL for hockey. We are the State of Hockey and have produced hundreds of NHL and college hockey players. You would think that of all our Gopher sports, hockey would be the one that's easiest to get NIL for. Aren't there Gopher hockey alums out there that have gone on to successful careers in business? Or Gopher NHL players (current or retired) that have a few bucks they would like to give to the program?

It baffles me that we don't have money flowing into our hockey program.
 


GopherJack said:
I have a question regarding NIL for hockey. We are the State of Hockey and have produced hundreds of NHL and college hockey players. You would think that of all our Gopher sports, hockey would be the one that's easiest to get NIL for. Aren't there Gopher hockey alums out there that have gone on to successful careers in business? Or Gopher NHL players (current or retired) that have a few bucks they would like to give to the program?

It baffles me that we don't have money flowing into our hockey program.
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Been discussed many places. I think what hinders most NIL is across the university for a couple reasons.

1. We are very conservative in terms of legislation and “playing by the rules” in terms of what gets through the NIL portal. This has been the major hang up on getting the Golden Helmet Collective (Gopher hockey specific NIL group) up and running, which has recruited numerous of the alumni you’re talking about. I think this is the biggest hang up is the University’s approach to compliance
2. We, as a state/University, lag drastically behind our peers in terms of general NIL donations/funds, probably in part because of this feeling like “what’s the point” and that we need a “big fish” to do the donating. While that helps, we also have a massive alumni base and you’re going to do better just getting the average Joe to donate 100-1000 a year than wait for someone to donate over a million in perpetuity. It’s on the U and NIL collectives to figure out how to do this and incentivize donors (ffs this is much easier than they’re making it out to be with licensed, player specific material/jerseys/etc) but the U enjoys putting up more road blocks than helping.
3. Related to above, there is a pull in multiple directions for money with professional sports (would you rather donate to NIL or have a 10 game wild ticket package?).


There are, reportedly, many Gopher hockey alumni who want to donate back to the players (per the GHC) as well as numerous businesses. Some good comments on it on Gopher Puck Live and their podcasts
 

upnorthkid said:
Been discussed many places. I think what hinders most NIL is across the university for a couple reasons.

1. We are very conservative in terms of legislation and “playing by the rules” in terms of what gets through the NIL portal. This has been the major hang up on getting the Golden Helmet Collective (Gopher hockey specific NIL group) up and running, which has recruited numerous of the alumni you’re talking about. I think this is the biggest hang up is the University’s approach to compliance
2. We, as a state/University, lag drastically behind our peers in terms of general NIL donations/funds, probably in part because of this feeling like “what’s the point” and that we need a “big fish” to do the donating. While that helps, we also have a massive alumni base and you’re going to do better just getting the average Joe to donate 100-1000 a year than wait for someone to donate over a million in perpetuity. It’s on the U and NIL collectives to figure out how to do this and incentivize donors (ffs this is much easier than they’re making it out to be with licensed, player specific material/jerseys/etc) but the U enjoys putting up more road blocks than helping.
3. Related to above, there is a pull in multiple directions for money with professional sports (would you rather donate to NIL or have a 10 game wild ticket package?).


There are, reportedly, many Gopher hockey alumni who want to donate back to the players (per the GHC) as well as numerous businesses. Some good comments on it on Gopher Puck Live and their podcasts
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That's a lot of words to say we're fucked
 

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