Cuban/Mellencamp drops $60M on IU football

uihawk82

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Well Tom Arnold is a has been celebrity that did quite often. We need big money CEO / owner / tech guys

Any med school grads invent something worth billions?
I cant remember his name, maybe Noyce, but maybe we can convince the Grinnell grad who worked on early IT chips and helped found Intel. He donated a bunch to build a science building at Grinnell,

Maybe he or his survivors could adopt Iowa.
 

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Bielema on NIL

The world that has been created through NIL, revenue share and the portal that we operate in now has erased the limitations to a certain level,” Bielema told The Athletic on Saturday, a few days after his Illini defeated Tennessee in the Music City Bowl. “I know this: Before I came here, we’d never beaten an SEC team in our history, and we’ve now beaten two back-to-back (in bowl games).”

The reality is this, there were some very famous, very successful coaches that were having a lot of success when the NIL was illegal,”

Before NIL and the portal became so prolific, Alabama and Georgia — the SEC’s two biggest heavyweights — stockpiled talent. That is much harder to do now.

We flipped a kid from Alabama on signing day,” said Bielema. “When has that happened? When it’s equal, it’s everybody’s game, man.”
That's what the guys in Busin with the boys are saying. The SEC has been paying players for years and now it's a level playing field.
 
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Lifetime supply of chili dogs from the local Tastee Freeze.
 

WeBeHerkin

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They say wealth will be made by kiddies playing with AI, so maybe an Iowa kid will develop something with it that will make them a billion.
 

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The Kehl family has a suite and the casino has always had a tent with food and beverages set up in th we parking lot for tailgating their party members.
 
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OnlyTheObscure

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Neither one is anywhere close to being multi-billionaires like Cuban and Mellencamp. Not. Even. Close.
Kutcher has double the money that Mellencamp has if you believe Google.

doesn’t matter we are splitting hairs over $100 or $200 million.

guys like Cuban have billions.
 
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Kutcher has double the money that Mellencamp has if you believe Google.

doesn’t matter we are splitting hairs over $100 or $200 million.

guys like Cuban have billions.
My bad there. I swear I had read that John was worth $1.5 billion. Most not have fact checked my internets source. 😅
 

The Big Z

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Neither one is anywhere close to being multi-billionaires like Cuban and Mellencamp. Not. Even. Close.
Mellencamp is not even close to being a billionaire. He’s worth around 30 million, not chump change by any means but nowhere near a billionaire.
 
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HawkBall23

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Alright guys I've had the idea for a long time but I'll finally bite the bullet. Me and my 14" hog will sign up for OnlyFans and I'll donate 95% of my income to Iowa's NIL. I really don't want to put myself out there like this but I don't see any other way we can compete.
Kinda weird that people get off on watching a guy play with a little piglet.

But hey, no kink shaming here.
 
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The last Tastee Freez in Iowa was in Davenport; it closed in Jan, 2012.






 

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Top 10 Wealthiest People in Iowa (Estimated Net Worth & Sector)

  1. Harry Stine — Seed genetics & agriculture — ~$9–10+ billion
    • Founder and owner of Stine Seed Company, Iowa’s richest person and only billionaire resident. Wikipedia
  2. Dennis Albaugh — Crop protection & agribusiness — ~$1.5 billion
    • Founder and chairman of Albaugh LLC, a major global agricultural chemicals firm. Wikipedia
  3. John Ruan III — Transportation & logistics (Family business leadership)
    • Leader of Ruan Transportation Management Systems; family known for long-standing transportation and financial services presence in Iowa. (Estimated wealthy figure, not official Forbes ranking.) helix.thealphacompany.net
  4. Richard Kinseth — Hospitality industry
    • Founder of Kinseth Hospitality Companies, which owns and manages numerous hotels. (Listed in local rich lists; exact net worth varies.) helix.thealphacompany.net
  5. Krause (Kum & Go executive) — Retail/c-store chain leadership
    • Associated with the Kum & Go convenience store chain; wealth tied to Midwest retail holdings. (Listed as top wealth contributor in some reports.) helix.thealphacompany.net
  6. John Pappajohn — Venture capital & investments
    • Noted investor and philanthropist; prominent in startup and venture communities across Iowa. (Recognized for wealth and influence.) helix.thealphacompany.net
  7. Denny Elwell (regional business owner) — Local industry
    • Mentioned in regional discussions of wealthy Iowans though estimates are lower (well below billionaire status). (Community sources; approximate placement.) Reddit
  8. Hubbell Family — Real estate & historic wealth
    • Long-standing influential family with historical wealth in property and development around Des Moines. (Included as notable wealth holders, though not a precise net worth.) Reddit
  9. Knapp Family — Financial/real estate holdings
    • Another Des Moines-area family historically tied to banking and real estate with longstanding wealth. (Listed among influential affluent families.) Reddit
  10. Blumenthal/Willis Families — Business & philanthropy
    • Regional affluent families frequently referenced among influential wealthy circles in central Iowa. (Not publicly ranked by net worth but recurrently noted.) Reddit

Kyle Krause is a UI alum, but he's too busy losing millions on a soccer team in Italy.

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WeBeHerkin

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Mellencamp is not even close to being a billionaire. He’s worth around 30 million, not chump change by any means but nowhere near a billionaire.
Sell that song catalogue and he gets up there quite a bit. He hasn't sold out yet.