Someone just posted that NIL is "overhyped." That is the single most hysterical post in the history of many hysterical posts on this board. And that is not hyperbole. There is no develpment in the history of college sports and specifically football and basketball more significant. None. One example that person used was Mick Cronin at UCLA. Cronin has virtually no NIL money. Nor does the football coach there and that is why UCLA is in deep trouble. Unless you have a deep and significant war chest, there is no chance of success in the Power 6. We are talking at a bare minimum of $55,000 for every football starter and probably $75,000 for every basketball starter with the number smuch higher at many places. Higher like the 2.5 million that the Duke qb got to go to ND.,etc. Certainly, there are third parties like Fanatics who can assist the cause and Rutgers basketball is the beneficiary there. Those who protest the most about NIL are firmly in the camp of I don't or will never donate. Fortunately, there are many others who take the opposite approach. If Rutgers did not have a semblance of a war chest in football, then the roster would look dramatically different. Please no one buy into the NIL is not significant false narrative.