This should be pinned to the top of the board for a period of time. Iirc, remember people were complaining and rightfully so that they had to spend like $1000 before they could designate a sport. Never thought they'd drop it to any amount. This has to be a flood gate opener for the women's program. I'd like to know breathed this into existence. They deserve a pay hike. It's critical for this to happen to the women's program now.
Here's why!
It's behind a paywall. May need to disrupt loading. This is an extensive article regarding NIL.
How NIL money is paid to college athletes
Hot takes:
"What we found
The Post used public records laws to request NIL records from 56 public universities in major college sports conferences. Though most schools refused to release any information, reporters ultimately obtained and analyzed records encompassing $125 million in deals from 14 Division I public schools.
The result is an unprecedented look into the first three years of the NIL economy — a period of financial chaos, legal confusion and secret deals in the fierce competition for top players. The documents, which provide details on roughly 22,000 individual NIL transactions, reveal:"
"How booster “collectives,” run mostly by men, distribute the majority of NIL funds to athletes in men’s sports."
"In records that categorized NIL income by sport or gender, only 18 percent of the total value of all payments went to women."
"The women’s team disclosed $435,000 from NIL, the records show, while the men’s team reported $4.8 million.
At the 12 schools that provided NIL data categorized by sport or gender, men outearned women $92 million to $19 million. At Texas A&M, 98 percent of all money earned from disclosed NIL deals from July 2021 to February 2024 went to men’s sports, according to the records."
"With more limited NIL opportunities, the women of college sports have had to find other ways to raise their income."
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