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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Good morning Hardrockers!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For those of you reading this over spring break, look at you! Being all diligent and stuff! This is a good thing
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black">😊</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For those of you NOT reading this, I totally embrace your decision to not engage with any school related emails during spring break. Personal boundaries are also a good thing
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black">😊</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALAS! Here’s to why I’m reaching out. We have an exciting NIL opportunity for you all as we have partnered with Influxer, a co-licensed NIL merchandise deal to all players. It’s a
free activation, multiple lines of merch will be sold via their e-commerce platform, </span><span style="color:#500050"><a href="http://influxermerch.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">influxermerch.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
and the majority of gross profit (about 20-22% of revenue) will be distributed back to you based on the sales of your individual merch. The deal is non-exclusive so you are free to do this as well as pursue all other NIL opportunities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See attached for more details and use the below link to opt-in. Once the form is filled out, you will be signed up with Influxer and a pdf of the terms and agreement will be emailed
over to you within 2 minutes. Your merch will then be live on the website within 48 hours. If you have any questions, feel free to contact athlete</span><span style="color:#500050"><a href="mailto:merch@influxer.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">@influxer.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#500050"><a href="https://influxermerch.com/pages/student-athlete-signup" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">South Dakota Mines Merch</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#500050">I’ll be sending another email out on Monday with the same information as we look to rollout and be live on Thursday March 20<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy the rest of your break!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seth<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none">Seth Nichols, M.S.</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Athletic Director for NCAA Compliance</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">Hardrocker Athletics</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">South Dakota Mines</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">501 E. Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">605.394.1689 | <a href="mailto:Seth.Nichols@sdsmt.edu"><span style="color:#385E9D">Seth.Nichols@sdsmt.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.sdsmt.edu/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002554;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="268" height="62" style="width:2.7916in;height:.6458in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB93FC.9935C080" alt="South Dakota Mines"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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