Interesting and disgusting at the same time! This seems to be the current hurdle to achieve for the rest of college FB, although the NIKE impact on Oregon’s recent haul of two of ISU’s recent 2023 finalists might hint of even more $$ in an Oregon NIL: https://brobible.com/sports/article/texas-am-nil-deals-2022-season/#l7t1ax9g54l10vq198i
TAM NIL amounts revealed
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Can't remember where I heard it but supposedly Ryan Day told a group of Ohio St boosters it will take $13M per year in NIL money to consistently win the Natty.
Said it before but I'm guessing these wealthy donors will soon grow tired if giving this kind of money to a bunch of 18-22 year old kids and watch them not perform, get in legal issues, transfer, etc.
Said it before but I'm guessing these wealthy donors will soon grow tired if giving this kind of money to a bunch of 18-22 year old kids and watch them not perform, get in legal issues, transfer, etc.
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$3.3 million for the entire football team? That honestly seems lower than I thought it would be. That's less than $40k per scholarship player. Obviously it's not evenly distributed, like that, but I guess I was expecting it to be more.
Paying players an average of $40k a year for their time and efforts on a college football team is quite honestly a bargain.
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Agreed. Especially considering their coach makes twice the value of his entire team's NIL deals for his annual salary. ($7.5 million)
I don’t understand Saban decrying NIL deals when he was the one who motivated A&M to go big when he spoke at a Texas high school coaches convention last summer. He put it out there that his new QB had a million dollar NIL deal, then the kid went out and won the Heisman. I think Saban loves the idea of NIL as long as Bama is in the lead.
He wasn't decrying NIL so much as he was sending a signal to his boosters to pay up.
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This. That entire drama was about Saban drumming up more money from his boosters.
He was bagging on aggy for using NIL as recruiting inducements and rightfully so.
Just the straight cash, you throw in the scholly, clothing and other perks and it probably doubles.
I wonder if it will change much for the non-premiere schools. They already get all the best players and so paying for it won’t change that much. You may have situations, at our level of financial means, that affect us somewhat. Overall, we are looking for the three stars that are under rated, with an occasional four star mixed in. Character is key to our success. I‘m not saying we shouldn’t be competitive, but we will be more than fine.
I just get the feeling that somewhere down the road, these schools are going to get nailed with regulation because the mechanisms that they develop make players an employee in all but name. Government already tries to do that to businesses with subcontractors that are much farther from employee classification than these guys will be.
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Hard to believe, you’d think a site called “brobible” would be much more respectable.
That was my thought as well. I expected it to be like $15mill for the whole football team. This actually makes me feel a lot better about Iowa State's chances to stay competitive in the NIL era.
We can only hope, otherwise this crap is going to escalate like pro athlete contracts.
Darn right! That's only OK if Bama does it!
The SEC willingness to "push the envelope" (ie break the rules and cheat), financed by ESPN, is the greatest threat to college football.
If the 3.3 million is an actual number, the rumors of these enormous NIL deals is probably not true.
Everybody should watch Pony Express ESPN doc on SMU, it’s on Disney plus and espn plus I think.
It’s mind blowing in the context of NIL making everything they did perfectly legal, but also that the SWC was legitimately a top conference. Just shows how the landscape changes. Even in the 80s winning the SWC was a big deal. I doubt Houston/Cincy is hyper focused on an American title but rather a marquee bowl or cfp bid these past few years.
It’s mind blowing in the context of NIL making everything they did perfectly legal, but also that the SWC was legitimately a top conference. Just shows how the landscape changes. Even in the 80s winning the SWC was a big deal. I doubt Houston/Cincy is hyper focused on an American title but rather a marquee bowl or cfp bid these past few years.
