I would not be shocked if they do have an advantage. NU for one has the Ryan who they can use to pay for any of their facility needs
Exactly. It's all on me (but first, here's a bunch of excuses)
So he LITERALLY has to be a used-car salesman in addition to his coaching duties. Non-stop gimmicks 24/7...turn it into a real clown-show. Put up billboards with O-linemen in milk-mustaches.
We had a player eat some Gushers on a sideline and he ended up with his face on the box. Minnesota is at absolutely no disadvantage in this situation. There is a world in which this catapults them way ahead but they need to execute.
They already have
This is why we need to get rid of Coyle.
Caleb Williams is on Wendy’s commercials. Yes, that is the direction this is headed if Minnesota wants to be successful.
Yup. And it all originated out of California...a place that wants us to have good FB and men's BB about as much as they want to have a good Pac-12 conference.
Disagree. Minnesota would get behind a curling team if they thought they had a chance to win a gold medal.
Ok that makes more sense. How does thst happen without businesses seeking the athletes out though? I feel like we do a fair bit of advertising selling our players but it also seems like a slippery slope in terms of which players you push out there for those sponsorships or endorsements. Especially when we have this culture that advocates the team or family over the individual. It's almost like we're built to fail in the current environment because we're about the we and not the me. And I think that's what makes us a good program in terms of the pride I have in it but that's not going to work in the short term until some major regulation occurs in terms of NIL. And we need to go back to the old transfer rule where you have to sit out a year. We're done fucked until things change nationally, I fear.
Purdue does have the same problem, and a worse record
If fleck leaves because of this fleck would be absolutely stupid to pay him a buyout to get rid of him when he is quitting voluntarily
We're in bad shape until some rules with heavy handed discipline applied evenly across all programs, no matter the clout, are enacted. I fear we're going to drop off for a significant amount of years and no coach, whether it's Fleck or someone else, is going to fix that particular problem.
There is no one who can come here and out coach money. Look at the entire conference's performance compared to OSU, Michigan, and PSU. They'll harvest the best players from the rest of our teams with NIL money and we'll be fighting amongst each other for fourth place in the conference with a bunch of three stars and underachieving four stars.
It’s improved it for many players I’d bet. Sucks for many of the fans though.
I don’t think he’ll leave on his own accord. Where’s he gonna go? I’m doubtful there are many power 5 jobs that would go after him at this point.
A program like Michigan state is a lateral move to me in terms of ability to win. But in NiL, Michigan state has deep pockets. Last time they hired a guy who had one 5-7 season at the P5 level. I guess fleck is going to have 2 of those maybe.
He can’t directly do NIL.
I would honestly rather drop down if you could guarantee the following teams drop down to form a new G5 with us:
The Vikings gave the U about 6 million dollars a few years ago. I highly doubt Zygi is keen on handing any more cash over simply as a good will gesture.
