Dannen: Quit Whining and Give Me Money

[RikeMiley]

Shatel: In NIL arms race, Troy Dannen won't apologize for revenue push — 'time to turn it up'

Nebraska's among Big Ten's best in facilities, Troy Dannen tells Tom Shatel, but not in NIL, so he won't apologize for NU's revenue push. "Time to turn it up."

omaha.com

https://archive.ph/eGqbc

“We are not flirting with the top of the league when it comes to our player support, whether NIL or rev share or cumulative dollars. Part of our challenge right now is to put us in the same position at the top of the league as we are with facilities and infrastructure and other investments.”

“The No. 1 item on the job description for my job today is ability to generate revenue,” Dannen said. “I will say I do almost feel like we spend more time apologizing for doing the job that athletics requires in 2026.

“If we don’t do our job, our future is severely limited. No one’s doing this because they like having people upset and calling and yelling and threatening. That’s not the way this is done.

“We’re doing it to put the University of Nebraska athletic program in a better position for success. Today the economic piece is much more relevant and prevalent than at any time in our past.

“But let’s not forget. We had suites before anyone else. We were finding ways to generate revenue before anybody else did. Which is why we don’t have debt. In some ways, we went 25 years and rested on that.

“Right now it’s time to turn it up. We didn’t do it because we didn’t have to. Today we have to. There’s a fine line. Depending on where you stand on that line, we either push across it or we don’t push far enough.”

 

[QAnon399535]

Shatel: In NIL arms race, Troy Dannen won't apologize for revenue push — 'time to turn it up'

Nebraska's among Big Ten's best in facilities, Troy Dannen tells Tom Shatel, but not in NIL, so he won't apologize for NU's revenue push. "Time to turn it up."

omaha.com

https://archive.ph/eGqbc

“We are not flirting with the top of the league when it comes to our player support, whether NIL or rev share or cumulative dollars. Part of our challenge right now is to put us in the same position at the top of the league as we are with facilities and infrastructure and other investments.”

“The No. 1 item on the job description for my job today is ability to generate revenue,” Dannen said. “I will say I do almost feel like we spend more time apologizing for doing the job that athletics requires in 2026.

“If we don’t do our job, our future is severely limited. No one’s doing this because they like having people upset and calling and yelling and threatening. That’s not the way this is done.

“We’re doing it to put the University of Nebraska athletic program in a better position for success. Today the economic piece is much more relevant and prevalent than at any time in our past.

“But let’s not forget. We had suites before anyone else. We were finding ways to generate revenue before anybody else did. Which is why we don’t have debt. In some ways, we went 25 years and rested on that.

“Right now it’s time to turn it up. We didn’t do it because we didn’t have to. Today we have to. There’s a fine line. Depending on where you stand on that line, we either push across it or we don’t push far enough.”

They could sell Christmas wreaths or do a football squares fundraiser.

 

[RedMyMind2.0]

No lies detected

 

[RBigredMax1]

Again - I would love for us to be the top in NIL - but to get there we have to beat the teams we have more NIL than … Michigan St., Illinois, and Iowa maybe Washington??? Either way having MN and IA bend us over every year doesn’t bode well for donor support.

 

[LBremser]

Maybe he should also take a look at the spending side. For example, RHULE'S STUPID CONTRACT EXTENSION!

 

[king_kong__]

The #1 job of the AD is to generate revenue

Of course, this has been the #1 job of the AD since we joined the B1G

Winning is far, far down the list of priorities

Yet another thing I’ve been posting about for years and years officially confirmed as fact

 

[TheRealPeliniTheCrutch]

Maybe he should also take a look at the spending side. For example, RHULE'S STUPID CONTRACT EXTENSION!

And the BLOAT in the Athletic Department.

 

[Redscarlet]

Maybe he should also take a look at the spending side. For example, RHULE'S STUPID CONTRACT EXTENSION!

This^^^^

 

[Spinner4]

Maybe he should also take a look at the spending side. For example, RHULE'S STUPID CONTRACT EXTENSION!

And look at the unneeded faculty upgrades. Can't be asking donors to shell out millions for rosters and buildings. Campaigns need to focus on a main major objective and we know where that main objective has been. Not to make the team better!!!

also think it's funny timing of these write ups. Already prepping us for an excuse this season

 

[orclover11]

Shatel: In NIL arms race, Troy Dannen won't apologize for revenue push — 'time to turn it up'

Nebraska's among Big Ten's best in facilities, Troy Dannen tells Tom Shatel, but not in NIL, so he won't apologize for NU's revenue push. "Time to turn it up."

omaha.com

https://archive.ph/eGqbc

“We are not flirting with the top of the league when it comes to our player support, whether NIL or rev share or cumulative dollars. Part of our challenge right now is to put us in the same position at the top of the league as we are with facilities and infrastructure and other investments.”

“The No. 1 item on the job description for my job today is ability to generate revenue,” Dannen said. “I will say I do almost feel like we spend more time apologizing for doing the job that athletics requires in 2026.

“If we don’t do our job, our future is severely limited. No one’s doing this because they like having people upset and calling and yelling and threatening. That’s not the way this is done.

“We’re doing it to put the University of Nebraska athletic program in a better position for success. Today the economic piece is much more relevant and prevalent than at any time in our past.

“But let’s not forget. We had suites before anyone else. We were finding ways to generate revenue before anybody else did. Which is why we don’t have debt. In some ways, we went 25 years and rested on that.

“Right now it’s time to turn it up. We didn’t do it because we didn’t have to. Today we have to. There’s a fine line. Depending on where you stand on that line, we either push across it or we don’t push far enough.”

Fire him now. Football is the revenue maker, football must win to maximize revenue. That is it. Squeezing fans instead of putting a good product on the field is insane. This is what you get by hiring a journalism major to run a half billion a year business.

 

[Redscarlet]

And look at the unneeded faculty upgrades. Can't be asking donors to shell out millions for rosters and buildings. Campaigns need to focus on a main major objective and we know where that main objective has been. Not to make the team better!!!

also think it's funny timing of these write ups. Already prepping us for an excuse this season

You complaining about all the faculty hires he has i’d have to agree with you on this.

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

The athletic departments who Dannen is aspiring to become like are hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.

 

[BobVH5150]

For those of us peasants, it has to be tangible and proven. If we give you the dollar, we want the stale candy bar that tastes like the cardboard box it was sitting in for two years before it was sold. Us poors will tell you, "Win first, then I give you money. Even though we are poor, we are not clueless. We know that the next two years of 7-5 isn't proving anything.
Now lets shift from hypotheticals to real talk. Makes zero sense for a teacher with 25 years in to donate $500 from an 80K a year salary to an ath. dept. who will flip it to a 20 year old kid to cover their 150K salary. Makes no sense to donate 10K a year out of a teacher's savings/inheritance to join Nebraska Leadership Society. Sure, you get to go to Meet and Greets, eat baked alaska, prime rib, smoke rolled cigars, bid on auctions, etc. But that gets you nowhere close to your 10K donation, and its not supposed to.

Value for money spent does not exist for prospective donors in the demographic majority of the fans.

Love the Huskers. Won't do what doesn't make sense.

 

[Scoop123]

Dannen and Rhule seriously need to shut up and win.

It's August, the AD should say how we should demand and expect a better product on the field this year. Do that and the money flows. But no, this clown goes for the money FIRST and ignores the lousy product and season-ending collapses.

This is what poor leaders do. They blame lack of money and point no thumbs. They treat us like idiots - as if we cannot see that we are losing to teams with less money.

 

[but.i.digress]

What was the score of last year's Minnesota game, Troy? Quite a gut punch, eh? What timing! But I digress.

 

[NikkiSixx]

The athletic departments who Dannen is aspiring to become like are hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.

yep.. if we're not careful, Dannen could leave NU in much worse shape than when he arrived.. he's lining his own pockets too.

 

[nu2u]

Dannen = just the next lower step - maybe several steps - on a descending staircase of Nebraska ADs. Jamie Pollard, a stair climber, be available soon.

 

[davecisar]

If nil money equals wins then why is our team losing to teams with less nil money all the time

Running an org means revenue and expenses and Dannon extended and put huge raise in for a 500 leader

 

[jeans1515]

If nil money equals wins then why is our team losing to teams with less nil money all the time

Running an org means revenue and expenses and Dannon extended and p

 

[dinglefritz]

Yawn. Who cares what Dannen says anymore. Win and the money will take care of itself.

 

[steinek11]

He’s not entirely wrong, but he’s prepared to scape goat us too. He’s insulating himself from failing to meet the standard. These are strange times. We have a semi pro team masquerading as a college team of amateurs.

 

[dinglefritz]

He’s not entirely wrong, but he’s prepared to scape goat us too. He’s insulating himself from failing to meet the standard. These are strange times. We have a semi pro team masquerading as a college team of amateurs.

Rhule and Dannen think this is Matt’s best team. Just shut up and prove it.

 

[Claud-Henry Smoot]

 

[Claud-Henry Smoot]

Just do enough to pay for the other sports that are doing as good as ever. Volleyball is the gold standard. Basketball hotter than ever as well

 

[RedMyMind2.0]

If only the fanbase would stop whining. We are a week out of college football

 

[davecisar]

If only the fanbase would stop whining. We are a week out of college football

Yes
The 60 years of sellouts, monetary support and loyal attendance of the fans through thick and terribly thin is the problem- definitely

 

[Thortulz]

With Dannen and the other Higher Ups way of thinking about how to make up revenue, when the sellout streak ends they'll raise ticket prices on the people that do attend the games to make up for the lost revenue of the sellout ending.

 

[RikeMiley]

With Dannen and the other Higher Ups way of thinking about how to make up revenue, when the sellout streak ends they'll raise ticket prices on the people that do attend the games to make up for the lost revenue of the sellout ending.

He complained about that in the article also, he said we're not going to be maximizing memorial stadium revenue after the reseat because I'm letting you peasants have 25% of the seats with no donation requirement, of course it's all like the upper 10 rows around the stadium.

 

[dinglefritz]

Yes
The 60 years of sellouts, monetary support and loyal attendance of the fans through thick and terribly thin is the problem- definitely

Time for the guys to win or shut up. No excuses. We have an experienced O line and QB. Depth everywhere. Just win. Year 4 should be 8 wins.

 

[Spinner4]

You complaining about all the faculty hires he has i’d have to agree with you on this.

His big bosses, there board members have ties to companies that profit at facility upgrades. The faculties are fine. They need to stop acted like it's what's important to fans and recruits. Winning is what's important. We aren't as dumb as they think we are

 

[RedMyMind2.0]

Yes
The 60 years of sellouts, monetary support and loyal attendance of the fans through thick and terribly thin is the problem- definitely

sounds like a you problem

 

[Scoop123]

Rhule's 2-year extension was worth $25 million. I wonder if they took a fan poll, what percentage of boosters/fans would vote to give that $25 million to NIL instead of Rhule? (Assuming it could be donated to NIL for discussion sake).

99%?
90%?
85%?

Yet the moron who gave the MILLIONS extra to Rhule turns around and asks us to pony up more money. They truly think we are the dumb ones here.

 

[Pennsyhuskers]

Maybe we should start by beating teams like Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota who don’t spend more on NIL than we do. Who will give $$millions so we can “compete” with the big dogs when Rhule has proven he can’t beat the mid tier teams?
Nebraska football won’t be able to beat the big dogs, compete for titles, and bring in big bucks until we start winning. Is Rhule the guy? I hope so but I don’t think so. This is a big year. We need to go 9-3 this year. That will be a breakout season. 8-4 means we beat one of the big boys.

 

[Pennsyhuskers]

Time for the guys to win or shut up. No excuses. We have an experienced O line and QB. Depth everywhere. Just win. Year 4 should be 8 wins.

Yes!!

 

[QAnon399535]

Yawn. Who cares what Dannen says anymore. Win and the money will take care of itself.

This state relies on agricultural economy so don’t expect any money

 

[Truewooper]

Sigh. Seems it might be time for another AD firing.

 

[Zeke Husker]

The #1 job of the AD is to generate revenue

Of course, this has been the #1 job of the AD since we joined the B1G

Winning is far, far down the list of priorities

Yet another thing I’ve been posting about for years and years officially confirmed as fact

Sounds like you need a backhand

 

[Zeke Husker]

With Dannen and the other Higher Ups way of thinking about how to make up revenue, when the sellout streak ends they'll raise ticket prices on the people that do attend the games to make up for the lost revenue of the sellout ending.

Just as well be like northwestern and build a new much smaller stadium. For real demolish south stadium then put $ into modernization of what’s left.

 

[king_kong__]

If only the fanbase would stop whining. We are a week out of college football

One week left of the best time of the year to be a Husker fan!

 

[orclover11]

He complained about that in the article also, he said we're not going to be maximizing memorial stadium revenue after the reseat because I'm letting you peasants have 25% of the seats with no donation requirement, of course it's all like the upper 10 rows around the stadium.

The world is being run by talentless hacks whose only quality is the psychopathy that lets them believe that "revenue" is the holy grail. These people really view the experiences of human beings as completely irrelevant in the face of "revenue". Why? Shouldn't the experience of husker fans be of utmost importance to a person being paid by husker fans? Why would he lock in a bad coach to a 100 million dollar 95% guaranteed contract if the future was so important? Can anybody remember when providing a stadium full fans, and a locker room full of players a winning and excellent experience meant something?