Posters

[casbern]

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I could go on this rant all day long, but others have said a lot of what I've wanted to already - like others have said, this just reeks of small-time. Get a donor or something, or charge money - whatever - just get it done.

Let's just hope it's not PFGBest... (too soon?)

[PantherChic]

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Just insane. Wrong. Guess the state fair booth will be lamer than usual.

[Hail Our Panthers]

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It's just embarrassing that this discussion is even taking place - cut down the number printed to save money, and leave it up to the fan to get their hands on one. I don't think the university understands how many people are exposed to UNI athletics through this type of marketing tool - people that wouldn't even care at all otherwise. I have dozens of students come through my classroom every year that follow UNI through the post-season tournaments that wouldn't have given them a second thought without the visual reminding them (and my promoting them). I had 6th grade kids watch the Montana playoff game on TV and talk to me about it the next day that never would have even known one player on the team before walking into my classroom on the first day of school. How many of those kids might consider UNI as a destination for their tuition dollars in the future because of simply being made aware that there are more than two state universities when they are young? This is very short-sighted and bogus - you have to get your name out there to benefit in the long run - basic advertising - and this is just a horrible idea. Give the posters out at one of the last two games? Is he joking? In November? Why even bother at that point? A marketing tool like this is to drum up interest, and you obviously are wasting your time when the season is almost over.

I could go on this rant all day long, but others have said a lot of what I've wanted to already - like others have said, this just reeks of small-time. Get a donor or something, or charge money - whatever - just get it done.

Exactly, even if this thing had given ONE student over the years exposure that lead to his/her attending UNI, how many years of posters would that have made up for? Like 50 years?

[Kyle]

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I wonder if this decision has anything to do with the outsourcing of the printing operations this year.

[williebat]

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It's just embarrassing that this discussion is even taking place - cut down the number printed to save money, and leave it up to the fan to get their hands on one. I don't think the university understands how many people are exposed to UNI athletics through this type of marketing tool - people that wouldn't even care at all otherwise. I have dozens of students come through my classroom every year that follow UNI through the post-season tournaments that wouldn't have given them a second thought without the visual reminding them (and my promoting them). I had 6th grade kids watch the Montana playoff game on TV and talk to me about it the next day that never would have even known one player on the team before walking into my classroom on the first day of school. How many of those kids might consider UNI as a destination for their tuition dollars in the future because of simply being made aware that there are more than two state universities when they are young? This is very short-sighted and bogus - you have to get your name out there to benefit in the long run - basic advertising - and this is just a horrible idea. Give the posters out at one of the last two games? Is he joking? In November? Why even bother at that point? A marketing tool like this is to drum up interest, and you obviously are wasting your time when the season is almost over.

I could go on this rant all day long, but others have said a lot of what I've wanted to already - like others have said, this just reeks of small-time. Get a donor or something, or charge money - whatever - just get it done.

I could not agree more. Lame short sighted just makes you wonder about the leaderships competence. Who makes these decisions anyway?

[panther-state]

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I wonder if this decision has anything to do with the outsourcing of the printing operations this year.

I don't believe so, I was told that we did not use the UNI Printing Services for our athletics posters. Wolverton (or something similiar) maybe? I think it was Wolverton Printing that did our posters

[95UNIGRAD]

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Let's just hope it's not PFGBest... (too soon?)

I almost went back and included that in my post...thanks for saying it so I didn't have to....

[TH1974]

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Pathetic....

[run&blade]

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Think they could partner with hyvee and a soda company and give them away with a case of soda.

[panther1]

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Amateur move not to have those posters...real mistake by the AD. I can't imagine that a bulk printing of posters is that great of an expense per poster??

[PantherChic]

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I emailed John Eby a while back and just today got a reply (says it went to spam folder). Anyway, I stressed how disappointed so many of us were at this decision for posters, talked about the State Fair, exposure, generating excitement, etc. This is what I got in return.

We are not doing away with posters this year, but we are changing the focus of the posters.
The posters will be given out at select games this year. The games the posters will be given out at is yet to be determined, but when that is decided it will be posted online at unipanthers.com and on the UNI Athletics social media sites.
Thank you for your note and for supporting UNI and the Panthers.
Regards,
John Eby

I replied to him with my disappointment again. Not that it does any good. I did ask him for a reason for this decision.

[panther-state]

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Keep it up and keep us posted. I'd really like to hear the logic behind this decision

[PantherChic]

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I will keep it up. Just a strange decision so I hope he elaborates more.

[PantherChic]

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I was also thinking how much the lack of student support in general has been unless it's a big game and thought what an easy way to get the idea of attending games into freshmen's heads - hand them out at registration or have them in the dorm rooms when they check in.
And like someone else said - if there are always a ton left over, wouldn't the first logical step be to just not print so many in the first place? Ugh, I hate it when I don't understand a decision and don't like it.

[casbern]

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