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NILnomics is a data-driven newsletter uncovering the real numbers behind college sports finances with sharp insights, clear visuals, and exclusive datasets.

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[Playmaker Recruiting @PlaymakerRecrut]

What a great article about the new revenue share agreement and the SEC meeting.

At the end of the day an proposed SEC separation has a simple goal, give the SEC more money to spend to rebuild their competitive advantage.

[Jerod Jones @jones_jerod]

@NILnomics @flugempire This is incredible!

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

Our (w/ @NILnomics) Athletic-finance maps just grew. Now with 200 D1 schools with full MFRS line items now (was 192). It's free, go search for your program!
E.g., Navy: $79M athletic budget, 96% self-gen. FIU: $50M, 30% self-gen. Same conference tier, completely different funding models.
There's a lot more where that came from! :)
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[Big Ten information and news @Genetics56]

Nice work. There are conversations taking place to see if they can somehow tie revenue share to revenue and not the averaged out process they have today.

I'll come back to this topic once the court stuff is done in California for the MMR part of this.

[NILnomics @NILnomics]

Full breakdown — with charts, conference-by-conference data, and a cap projection through 2035 — in this week’s NILnomics.

Link below 👇

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[NILnomics @NILnomics]

The SEC breakaway debate has generated wall-to-wall coverage.

Governance. Enforcement. Power politics.

Nobody is talking about the salary cap.

That’s what this week’s NILnomics covers. 🧵

[NILnomics @NILnomics]

In a transfer portal era where compensation is the primary recruiting differentiator, that’s not an abstraction.

It’s a structural competitive disadvantage that compounds with every passing year under the current formula.

The SEC has already done the arithmetic.

[NILNewsstand @NILNewsstand]

Today, Greg Chick of @NILnomics and I are hosting a live NILNewsstand Pro discussion at 2pm EST.

We’ll break down:
→ Why programs like Alabama are investing heavily in roster infrastructure
→ What MMR partners actually do behind the scenes
→ How multimedia rights connects to athlete compensation
→ Where college athletics is heading next

Plus audience Q&A and a rapid-fire “Buy or Sell” segment.

Exclusively for NILNewsstand Pro members.
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[NILnomics @NILnomics]

Full analysis with visualizations for all 10 FBS conferences in this week’s NILnomics.

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[NILnomics @NILnomics]

@OhioStateFB generates $267M in revenue. @RFootball generates less than 44% of that — in the same conference.

Ordinal rankings tell you who leads. They don’t tell you by how much.

I built a conference-by-conference breakdown of every FBS athletic department. A thread. 🧵

[NILnomics @NILnomics]

Indiana won the CFP title from the financial middle of the Big Ten.

Financial scale matters over long competitive horizons. It isn’t deterministic in any single season.

But the programs at the top of these charts begin the next decade with a structural head start.

[NILnomics @NILnomics]

@TheZagaholic @profgoose @BattleCattleFan Apologies. We are unable to retrieve MFRS data for every school. More information here

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