Most detailed expose yet on what players make in NIL

[Morrischiano]

In College Sports’ Big Money Era, Here’s Where the Dollars Go

On average, $1 million for S.E.C. quarterbacks; guards who earn a quarter of that: The New York Times examined the so-called Black Book, a kind of Zillow for college sports, that details athletes’ expected annual pay.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Morrischiano]

Average BiG team has spent $5.4M a year (data points are from 2021-24).

Average $EC team has spent $14.4M a year (data points are from 2021-24).

BiG Position data (top 50 average at the position)
Ave Big QB- $387k
RB-$220
OL- $343
WR-$328
TE-$98
DL-$196
LB-$178
DB-$167
Special Teams- $57

 

[ru66]

From what you read on message boards , I thought players were getting millions each to be a starting qb .

 

[Morrischiano]

They are in the SEC. The average NIL for QBs in the SEC is $820,000/yr

 

[rutgersguy1]

From what you read on message boards , I thought players were getting millions each to be a starting qb .

From one of the CFB media pods I listen to, they spoke to some rep involved with this stuff and maybe the top qbs in a given year will get 1 million plus but others around 300K like mentioned above.

Also I’ve said this here before, you have to take some of the reported figures with big grains of salt especially when considering the sources.

 

[ScarletKid2008]

Pretty wild a special team player is getting $50k+. Plus scholarship , food, gear , etc.

I’m not saying they don’t deserve it. They do. They work harder and are more dedicated than most adults are in “real” jobs.

But it’s pretty great coin to make while chasing a dream.

Just wish there was more structure and enforceable rules around it all

 

[Morrischiano]

Pretty wild a special team player is getting $50k+. Plus scholarship , food, gear , etc.

I’m not saying they don’t deserve it. They do. They work harder and are more dedicated than most adults are in “real” jobs.

But it’s pretty great coin to make while chasing a dream.

Just wish there was more structure and enforceable rules around it all

Unfortunately I don’t think there will be more regulation. At the end of the day, RU fans will have to support sustained success by contributing to their team in the most competitive conference of college football. There is no white knight donor or congressional law coming to save us.

Pay to play.

 

[tom1944]

Average BiG team has spent $5.4M a year (data points are from 2021-24).

Average $EC team has spent $14.4M a year (data points are from 2021-24).

BiG Position data (top 50 average at the position)
Ave Big QB- $387k
RB-$220
OL- $343
WR-$328
TE-$98
DL-$196
LB-$178
DB-$167
Special Teams- $57

I would think the BIG will have to close this gap with the SEC.

Is Nike allowed to pay every player at Oregon and Under Armor at Maryland?

 

[Brisket and Bourbon]

Unfortunately I don’t think there will be more regulation. At the end of the day, RU fans will have to support sustained success by contributing to their team in the most competitive conference of college football. There is no white knight donor or congressional law coming to save us.

Pay to play.

Pay to play…the very definition of America and American politics!

Equality. 🤭🤭🤭🤭

 

[Morrischiano]

Pay to play…the very definition of America and American politics!

Equality. 🤭🤭🤭🤭

Pay to play…the very definition of America and American politics!

Equality. 🤭🤭🤭🤭

America is the greatest nation on Earth.

 

[NickRU714]

Pay to play…the very definition of America and American politics!

Equality. 🤭🤭🤭🤭

I mean it’s actually “get paid to contribute towards an industry that generates billions”.

Seems pretty reasonable to me personally.

 

[Plum Street]

Not much detail or expose as indicated in the thread title

“There is no universal requirement for athletes to disclose how much they are being paid. Less than a third of the money that student athletes are making is publicly known…”

 

[Morrischiano]

Not much detail or expose as indicated in the thread title

“There is no universal requirement for athletes to disclose how much they are being paid. Less than a third of the money that student athletes are making is publicly known…”

There are 190,000 D 1 athletes. If 30% are disclosing that is still 57,000 data points.

Also, if you don’t think having pay averages at the position level for football and basketball then I don’t know what to tell you.

 

[Plum Street]

There are 190,000 D 1 athletes. If 30% are disclosing that is still 57,000 data points.

Also, if you don’t think having pay averages at the position level for football and basketball then I don’t know what to tell you.

Again, not much detail as I posted

 

[RU-Kidding]

Again, not much detail as I posted

Per Ohio State’s AD in July, their 2024 football roster NIL deals approached approximately $20M. They went all out to buy a championship.

 

[Plum Street]

Per Ohio State’s AD in July, their 2024 football roster NIL deals approached approximately $20M. They went all out to buy a championship.

As they should . As any team should , including rutgers

 

[Fat Koko]

When I skimmed the article and saw women gymnasts earn about $21,000 in NIL, I couldn't believe my eyes. Then I read the details and saw that for gymnastics, the figure is an average of the top 25 earning gymnasts. The #2 earning college athlete across all sports is a women gymnast. This distorts the figure for that sport.

The football figures shown in post #2 are for the top 25 players at each position.

The football bowl subdivision has 134 schools. That means only 25 of 134 FBS starting quarterbacks, or 19%, are included. For offensive linemen, only 4% of FBS starters are included.

Plus, the football figures are averages, meaning they are skewed higher by the highest earners.

The article is informative. However, the numbers listed are in no way indicative of what a median college athlete earns in NIL.

Another resource is NILAssist's data dashboard. The sample set is much larger and users can sort by sport, position, P4 versus G5, and even transaction type, such as autographs and social media.

 

[Fat Koko]

There are 190,000 D 1 athletes. If 30% are disclosing that is still 57,000 data points.

Also, if you don’t think having pay averages at the position level for football and basketball then I don’t know what to tell you.

Check the footnotes in the article. The number of data points, depending on the table, is 10, 25, or 50 - a long way from 57,000.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

College football is popular. NFL is more popular.

The closer college football becomes to professional football.. it may be seen more and more as minor leagues of the NFL.

I do not know that will be a good thing. the billions it generated was because it was college football.. amateur football.

We still do not know what the long-term impact of NIL will be in that regard. What if the NFL expands to 48 or even 64 teams and starts playing on Saturdays too? Would it matter which professional league you follow.. "college" or the NFL?

When the players change as often as they have been? When we see a "college" can buy a championship\.. without something like a draft or salary cap making competition fair between teams?

We shall see where this experiment goes.