Iowa State playing in Vegas 2025

[alarson]

If the NIL world has taught us anything, it's that extra money is almost always additive and not a replacement. My guess is any extra NIL cash from a 2025 Vegas tournament will be on top of the already-in-place arrangements. Maybe WeWill will be able to re-allocate some cash from basketball, but I bet not much.

I would imagine it'd all be part of the total compensation when they discuss these things after each season. Any school is going to sell the total package they can get there, whether it comes from a collective, a tournament like this, or other outside NIL deals.

But yes, given the market keeps moving upwards, being in a tournament like this is less of a 'this funds half the basketball team' and more 'this helps keep us from falling further behind'

I imagine this is going to be the way almost all the MTEs go to some extent. At least any that want to have any prestige. Probably bowl games as well.

 

[Nor'MidWester]

With the addition of Baylor, there will be 3 B12 teams.

https://www.playersera.com/

According to their website only Baylor is in the 2025 tournament but maybe they haven't updated it yet. Oh nevermind those teams are the new additional teams, sucks we didn't get in the first year. I don't get it, if your team is in the tournament year one you get an auto invite or what? As if A&M need money to pay their players

 

[NWICY]

If the NIL world has taught us anything, it's that extra money is almost always additive and not a replacement. My guess is any extra NIL cash from a 2025 Vegas tournament will be on top of the already-in-place arrangements. Maybe WeWill will be able to re-allocate some cash from basketball, but I bet not much.

Pour it into BB. BB team earned it, let them have it.

 

[Messi]

tldr
the math isnt quite mathing on how each school will receive the reported $1m

 

[Cy Hard]

It's ok, I heard we got a new guy in the AD to collect handle NIL $.

 

[Nor'MidWester]

tldr
the math isnt quite mathing on how each school will receive the reported $1m

It would be cool to have ISU be in a "hard knocks" type of show with behind the scenes. Although if Drive to Survive is any indication it's more fiction than non-fiction.

 

[Messi]

 

[Messi]

 

[Nor'MidWester]

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It's not a tournament? I thought there was as NIL prize for first place?

 

[Messi]

It's not a tournament? I thought there was as NIL prize for first place?

NIL College Hoops Tourney to Launch in Vegas

Eight men’s basketball programs will compete in two separate round-robin tournaments across the three days.

frontofficesports.com

Teams won’t be competing for prize money, but will each have the opportunity for its athletes to engage in more than $1 million in name image and likeness (NIL) opportunities outside of competition, during other events like autograph sessions and community and charity service. Additionally, after the tournaments, another $1 million in total NIL opportunities will be available to players. (None of the NIL money is tied to game competition, per NCAA guidelines.)