NIL is getting out of control in college football

[Denver2]

Most players aren't getting millions, there's only a few select players getting that kind of money. Most aren't even getting a decent salary. I found this with a chatGPT search.

For instance, NCAA data from 2024 indicated that the average NIL earnings for football and men's and women's basketball players were nearly $38,000, but the median earning was only $1,328, highlighting significant disparities.
AP News

Below is the full article where that came from.

When 2025 arrives, so will the end of the amateur athlete in college sports

That’s better and makes sense. Thanks for the information.

[Sibster]

Oh, those things are important?  Then take some of those millions you've been paying coaches and administrators for decades.  Take some of the money from the millions upon millions you are spending on locker rooms and training facilities and stadium suites.

The actual players in the game deserve the money.  Everyone else is a distant second.

How about getting a free education, free room and board, the best tutoring for free, free meals, free nutritionists, free personal trainers, free private gym, the best coaches for free, free health care, free exposure to market your talents on TV, yada, yada, yada.  Not to mention, for lack of better words “priority points” over kids without athletic talent, but in most cases more academically qualified when it comes to getting into school.


The entire system is absolutely broken. I have never seen so much entitlement in all of my life. You just have to almost laugh.

[Spider-Dan]

All of those things have determinable dollar values, likely under 100k/year combined.  

The one exception is "free marketing," which is only useful so far as it helps you make money.  But guess what else helps you make money?  Getting paid.

[masterfins]

I think for some players it's the chance to make a lot of money, get rich, and support their families; because they probably wouldn't succeed in professional sports.  But for those that could succeed in pro sports it hurts them by jumping from one system to another and they don't get the coaching that could help them advance.