Potential Andre NIL Deals

[Frank06830]

Andre Jackson ====> Carpe Dunkin.
No one epitomizes Carpe Diem better than AJ

 

[huskyfever34]

This might be perceived as selfish Husky fandom, but Andre really should return. I fear that he will get buried on an NBA bench his first couple years if he doesn't enter when his game is more refined. NBA teams these days are VERY hesitant to give minutes to wings who hurt spacing bc the other team has no fear of their jump shot. They are mostly considered unplayable at this point. Andre has clear room for improvement that imo would make him ready to start or be first off the bench in the NBA in a year. If he improves as a 3pt and midrange shooter, and improves his ability to drive to the rim within a half court set and finish (or draw fouls) he would likely be a lottery pick. He's a good ballhandler but could get even better with it which will help his driving. He's already awesome in transition, defensively, and has excellent vision. Everyone is dancing around the argument that he should return but he's clearly better off with another year of improvement- having the national media's eyes on him all season touting his leadership and skills will help too. This is all aside from the fact that if we win it again, he could go down as the greatest UConn player ever if he leads us to Back to Back titles as our leader.

 

[superjohn]

I was talking to my wife about this the other day. I was saying we need Dunkin to step up and give some big bags to our athletes.

Commit $5 million per year to UConn athletics NIL fund and they can pick 10 athletes across all sports ($500K each, annually) to be sponsors.

They are a title sponsor of UConn athletics already and obviously are a New England brand (as is UConn). Leverage that relationship, and sweeten the coffee on that advertising relationship if needed.

My wife also reminded me that one of our biggest celebrity fans & donors, the D’Amelio family, has a big deal with Dunkin (the have custom drinks name after their daughters).

Many of the other top programs around the country have a big corporate sponsor providing a big NIL bag. I think Dunkin could and should be ours.

Interesting fact, Dunkin is a Massachusetts/New England brand but the city with the most Dunkin is Chicago and the state with the most Dunkin is NY.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Interesting fact, Dunkin is a Massachusetts/New England brand but the city with the most Dunkin is Chicago and the state with the most Dunkin is NY.

Yeah but we've got wicked more Dunkin's per capitah, 1 per 6448 in Mass vs 1/13,758 in NY.

 

[MDHuskFan]

This might be perceived as selfish Husky fandom, but Andre really should return. I fear that he will get buried on an NBA bench his first couple years if he doesn't enter when his game is more refined. NBA teams these days are VERY hesitant to give minutes to wings who hurt spacing bc the other team has no fear of their jump shot. They are mostly considered unplayable at this point. Andre has clear room for improvement that imo would make him ready to start or be first off the bench in the NBA in a year. If he improves as a 3pt and midrange shooter, and improves his ability to drive to the rim within a half court set and finish (or draw fouls) he would likely be a lottery pick. He's a good ballhandler but could get even better with it which will help his driving. He's already awesome in transition, defensively, and has excellent vision. Everyone is dancing around the argument that he should return but he's clearly better off with another year of improvement- having the national media's eyes on him all season touting his leadership and skills will help too. This is all aside from the fact that if we win it again, he could go down as the greatest UConn player ever if he leads us to Back to Back titles as our leader.

This is more likely to be perceived as boneyard narcissism to think that you need to make your own whole thread to get your opinion out, versus commenting in the other 20 threads where people are discussing Dre.

He has a whole team of advisors/coaches/scouts who are likely helping guide him thru this. Any decision will be educated

 

[jibsey]

Forget about winning #6, we want Andre to get his jump shot NBA ready, he has everything else he needs and that’s why he should return.

 

[huskyfever34]

This is more likely to be perceived as boneyard narcissism to think that you need to make your own whole thread to get your opinion out, versus commenting in the other 20 threads where people are discussing Dre.

He has a whole team of advisors/coaches/scouts who are likely helping guide him thru this. Any decision will be educated

Didn't realize that people thought "in what ways could one of our players improve his game and benefit his long term nba stock" belonged under a thread for "what NIL deals are available and sensible business opportunities for one of our players." Apparently those are the same discussion to you?? This is a uconn fan forum, you could call it narcissism every time one of us says Hurley should have made a different coaching decision than he did since of course he knows better than us. What a pompous response to my thread about how one of our favorite players could develop his game and advance as a successful pro.

 

[McLovin]

Interesting fact, Dunkin is a Massachusetts/New England brand but the city with the most Dunkin is Chicago and the state with the most Dunkin is NY.

Would never have guessed that about Chicago (surprised it’s been around there that long to have that kind of a presence). I have a rule to not have Dunkin south of DC or west of PA.

Dunkin starting opening a lot down here in TN the past few years and every single one in Nashville is terrible.

 

[Khal Drogo]

There is a rather obvious one
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AJAX is a Colgate Palmolive product. The company is headquartered in NYC. Gotta be some UConn grads working there.

 

[CL82]

There is a rather obvious one
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“Cleaning up the boards”

How about:

Or

Jackson National?

 

[upstater]

Interesting fact, Dunkin is a Massachusetts/New England brand but the city with the most Dunkin is Chicago and the state with the most Dunkin is NY.

Yes, a lot of them downstate and in the capital area. Western NY is full of Tim Horton's

 

[Shamon30]

Is dunkaroos still a thing? Lol love to see him slam dunk one of them into frosting

Justin Brown would've had that one

 

[Kolumbo]

NASA - Houston, we have lift off

 

[brihman]

NASA - Houston, we have lift off

What does this mean????

 

[Kolumbo]

What does this mean????

I just saw it on the fb page and they had like 7 photos of Jackson.

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[Shamon30]

Shouldn't the fb page be updated to say 5-time?

 

[gtcam]

Dont get the Aetna one - isn't AllState the ones who say you are in good hands?
Otherwise - good job
I like the AJAX product one - already made and you can use something like "cleaning up the boards or the floor, etc"