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It looks like they will be able to afford paying NIL through their collective,
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Schools in Virginia are now able to directly pay athletes.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39967961/virginia-law-allows-schools-pay-athletes-nil
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Especially one that will stick around for a few years like Rubin did.
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I miss Steve's BBQ. That was the first place I ever had BBQ. He said we could bring in a keg as long as we shared it with him.
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UNT needs to hire the people who put this together.
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The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about homecoming is the parade. Is that still cancelled?
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3 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:
With the athletics department recently posting a Director of Marketing and Fan Engagement position, I thought this would be a good time to revisit some of the ideas we had - you know, us! The people who don't get paid to think of these things. Maybe we can help the new guy/gal out.
This thread is for ideas other than the inevitable "Just win, baby." comment!!
Some thoughts I had:
- Bring back the homecoming parade. The student interest/sustainability is BS. And also, pick a game that'll make the mostly unengaged alumni say, "Wow, this is good football. Our defense doesn't look like the worst in the country. I'm going to come back." Gotta be September 28th vs. Tulsa this year (November 9th vs. Army should be a higher attended game anyway).
- Promote the skills and productions of other student organizations at games. Organizations who may be made up of students who don't normally like sports. Have student musicians/bands perform national anthems or halftime, have pregame art galleries, screen Media Arts film festival winners at halftimes.
- Do whatever it takes to stabilize the Greek presence at football/basketball games. Extend tailgate season to weekend conference home games in basketball, move them inside when it's cold. Incentivize RA's to have their floors/dorms out at games.
- Run campus buses strategically to provide transportation to games.
- Go back to putting bus trips together for away games in the area (SMU, UTA, etc. etc.).
- Have a ticket center in the UNT Union/bookstore, somewhere almost all students visit daily, plus almost every visitor. Signage everywhere on campus promoting games. Students should never not know "when the next game is."
- Start a mailing campaign offering four free tickets to every household in Denton, Wise, and Cooke Counties (possibly even Collin and Grayson Counties since there are no major universities there either). Not sure what the cost of this would be, but the combined population of these five counties in 2020 was 2,216,730. So you could start with the promotion for football, at least expand it to men's/women's basketball, then depending on the cost even expand it to the other three spectator sports, although "supplies" will be even more limited for those sports. Or go county-by-county year after year. Hopefully you get several hundred or a few thousand new sales leads out of this. The next year, send the mailers out to only the households who didn't take advantage while trying to sell tickets to the people who attended. Rinse and repeat for 3-5 years.
- Until we can regularly fill up our student section, extend the free ticket program to Denton high school (or Denton County high school) students, maybe limiting to a certain number per school. Have each high school get their own tailgating area. This may be tricky from a liability standpoint though? If a high school kid wants an alcoholic beverage I'm sure he/she'll have no problem getting it. Work with some of the local community colleges to provide the same opportunity for football - like NCTC and Collin College.
- Loosen up media credential ability while we continue to get little coverage. Allow/encourage local Denton high school newspaper/video production/photography organizations to be a part of North Texas game days.
- Beyond our basic First Responder days, Parents weekends, work with the closeby districts who have education foundations to have "Gainesville ISD Day" or "Decatur ISD Day" at DATCU/the Super Pit where part of each ticket purchased goes to their foundation. Or could be an elementary/middle school PTO.
- Every TV in a public space on campus should be playing our away games for any sport. Arrange watch parties for the dorm TV's.
- Like student emails allows students to access Microsoft programs for free, extend this to Disney bundles (Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+).
- Showcase our university by operating our facilities as premier venue options. We're not getting any premier concerts after all the new venues that have been built around the area since 1974, or even 2013. But DATCU should be hosting a higher-class playoff football game every Friday/Saturday it's available till the state championship. Same with the Super Pit.
What else?
Not sure what else, but I like all of your ideas.
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Does anybody remember FactCheck. It sounds like his kid is on here.
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On 2/21/2024 at 11:18 AM, UNTLifer said:
Finally figured out rojomojo is. Prove me wrong
Never too small to make a difference.
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2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:
I have it narrowed down.
That is greatness!
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27 minutes ago, MCMLXXX said:
Thread shifts to focus on Craig James in 5,4,3,2..
It all ready did.
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My tv schedule says TBA. So prolly.
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I am guessing muscle memory, BB used to sit here.
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If the students want to get out on the floor, they should have at it. Let them be excited to about beating smut. This could be a turning point in the attendance.
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It looks like a hand warmer.
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The Texans rookie QB , C.J Stroud, gave at the Platinum level. Platinum is between 50K and 100K.
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I read the Ohio State coach said it would take 13 million and this year that is what he got.
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4 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:
Reports are out there that Ohio State is spending 13 million dollars on its 2024 roster -
https://gridironheroics.com/ohio-state-buckeyes-nil-13-million/#google_vignette
https://www.on3.com/nil/news/ohio-state-shows-nil-teeth-with-massive-transfer-portal-success/
I know some argue that we need to stay at the "top division," but the reality is that most of the schools in FBS will not be able to compete.
Damn that is a lot of money.
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Have you been looking at hunting gear?
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50 minutes ago, SMU2006 said:
The P5 is history yes. Its really a P2 with the Big 12 and ACC a step below. Ultimately there will be a separation by the members of these conferences from the G5. It is inevitable. Rest of the conferences (including the AAC) will be siphoned off and will comprise the new Division 2.
Man , one post,, two posts and on and on and on. Richard Crainium keeps coming back.
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Remember the Golden Rule. He with the most gold rules.
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A-Scott Projected to OU
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Good find, i wonder if most have something like this.