Between the two major revenue sports, football and basketball, we have always been more of a football school.
Now it’s official. We cannot compete to retain our roster in hoops. That really sucks. I have always loved Gopher basketball and am mourning its loss.
But football is where we have more fan interest and a better chance to compete. We have done a good job retaining our football players with NIL.
Bucky is the only player we’ve lost over money and that was a few years ago now.
Our football NIL efforts have been promising and we’ve been able to hold our roster together.
I urge everybody to support football as much as possible. I personally have gone to giving all of my DTA money to football because that’s where we have a chance to compete.
Someday things may get better. Someday there will be direct pay to the players and multi year contracts. At that point we may be able to resurrect our hoops program. I hope that day comes sooner than later.
Until then, we are a football school. Period.
Now it’s official. We cannot compete to retain our roster in hoops. That really sucks. I have always loved Gopher basketball and am mourning its loss.
But football is where we have more fan interest and a better chance to compete. We have done a good job retaining our football players with NIL.
Bucky is the only player we’ve lost over money and that was a few years ago now.
Our football NIL efforts have been promising and we’ve been able to hold our roster together.
I urge everybody to support football as much as possible. I personally have gone to giving all of my DTA money to football because that’s where we have a chance to compete.
Someday things may get better. Someday there will be direct pay to the players and multi year contracts. At that point we may be able to resurrect our hoops program. I hope that day comes sooner than later.
Until then, we are a football school. Period.
