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Iowa's SWARM Collective

I'll add it's called a collective for a reason. There's what, 3K or so of us mostly donating $20, $100, or $250 a month. We need probably double or triple the numbers doing that. Iowa also lacks those one or two donors that have zero issues cutting a $5 or $10 million check yearly for football or basketball or whatever. That is as big of a problem as the number of small donors. I'd like to think Iowa would have more members than they do.
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I think the best use of NIL money, by far, is to keep a proven player for their final year.

Either A, keep them from transferring out their final year for $$$
Or B, keep them from leaving to the NFL a year ealy.
My opinion, you're better off using NIL on proven college talent you have or portal. Unless it's a must get 5-star out of HS. Even then, I have a hard time spending $10 million like Michigan did on a HS QB when you know you could get three or four high quality one year and and done guys, maybe more for that.
 
Dang.
I AM a slacker.
If I was a REAL fan, I bet I could scrounge 50.00/week to donate rummaging in dumpsters and road ditches for cans/bottles.

WHERE ARE MY PRIORITIES??????????
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This is an enjoyable conversation and relative to the talent retention v. acquisition problem in business. The paradox is when you start paying/promoting new employees the same, or more, for acquisition purposes than you are currently paying/placing in a higher pay-band your loyal, productive (especially high-achieving) employees. Overwhelmingly, your exceptionally talented employees start looking elsewhere, as they have been effectively working hard, and smart, for years just to have unproven talent, within the role, within your business, hired at a higher pay band and title.

Harvard Business Review, beyond just the experience of anyone involved in organizations' talent retention and acquisition, has written about this previously. Tenured employees are very acute to this paradox. Why would this unfamiliar environment in CFB be any different in the perception by players and managing your organization's talent?

If this is what IOWA is recognizing, then I would consider it a very smart strategy if they were evaluating the VALUE of talent retention v. acquisition, FOR THEIR ROLES, in THEIR ORGANIZATION, given what THEY KNOW THEIR BUDGET AND PRIORITIES are currently. If an organization were to spend endlessly on everything they want, and not focus on what they need, they would go broke. Conspicuous consumption tempts all consumers and some evaluate accordingly what can be, while others place themselves in a cycle of debt and additional frustration, limiting future opportunities.
 
This is an enjoyable conversation and relative to the talent retention v. acquisition problem in business. The paradox is when you start paying/promoting new employees the same, or more, for acquisition purposes than you are currently paying/placing in a higher pay-band your loyal, productive (especially high-achieving) employees. Overwhelmingly, your exceptionally talented employees start looking elsewhere, as they have been effectively working hard, and smart, for years just to have unproven talent, within the role, within your business, hired at a higher pay band and title.

Harvard Business Review, beyond just the experience of anyone involved in organizations' talent retention and acquisition, has written about this previously. Tenured employees are very acute to this paradox. Why would this unfamiliar environment in CFB be any different in the perception by players and managing your organization's talent?

If this is what IOWA is recognizing, then I would consider it a very smart strategy if they were evaluating the VALUE of talent retention v. acquisition, FOR THEIR ROLES, in THEIR ORGANIZATION, given what THEY KNOW THEIR BUDGET AND PRIORITIES are currently. If an organization were to spend endlessly on everything they want, and not focus on what they need, they would go broke. Conspicuous consumption tempts all consumers and some evaluate accordingly what can be, while others place themselves in a cycle of debt and additional frustration, limiting future opportunities.
My wife should listen to you.
 
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Iowa very much believes in taking care of the guys on the team first. And from there, they'll try to fill needs. You come to Iowa to become a Hawkeye, not just to cash a check. That's the philosophy.
They also have a unique culture that not all players would love. Often better for Iowa to pay to get guys to come back than roll the dice on a portal guy.
 
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