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Power 4 money desk · House · capacity · booked NIL

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New on the site: NIL 101.

What is NIL? Who pays it? What changed when schools started paying players directly? Are players employees?

Plain-English answers in about 3 minutes. Then look up what your team can actually afford.

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@UncommittedU House desk: Year 2 athlete-pay ceiling $21.58M. Texas has booked $18.0M House spent (live window). Texas capacity $309.4M · Sarkisian $11.1M. Ceiling ≠ spent. https://t.co/ERu7Chov8J

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@RollTideProds Week 5 money board (Starkville): Alabama capacity $214.2M · DeBoer $12.5M / buyout $60.8M · Miss State capacity $140.3M · Lebby $4.37M (House spent empty). https://t.co/Gy6yaGPr1b https://t.co/FZPbuv8oxY

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@walkonredshirts Beamer buyout desk (booked): South Carolina capacity $132.1M · Beamer $8.15M · university-fire buyout $27.9M. Skip the rumor mill. https://t.co/buGfgnASJ6

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@TheSpun Same Coliseum, different checkbooks: USC football spend $74.0M / Riley $11.5M · Oregon $60.8M / Lanning $9.6M. Oregon won 41–27. https://t.co/Xqm9RpOSDI https://t.co/3MOKYxkIDO

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@awfulannouncing Buyout desk (media vs books): CBS has Riley’s fire number around $70M — we haven’t confirmed that figure on-site. Booked: USC football spend $74.0M · Riley $11.5M · capacity $76M. https://t.co/Xqm9RpOkOa

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@SenateCloakroom Senate floor ≠ school ledger. Desk still books the House Year 2 ceiling: $21.58M a school. Texas has actually booked $18.0M House spent (live). Spent lanes stay empty when empty. https://t.co/DxGBZZtFMd https://t.co/ERu7Chp2Yh

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@DanMurphyESPN Coach-pay desk: Booker’s $5M coach-cap / buyout-limit amend just failed on the Senate floor. Existing ink stays. House Year 2 athlete ceiling on our books: $21.58M. Riley’s booked USC pay: $11.5M. DeBoer’s Alabama: $12.5M. https://t.co/DxGBZZt7WF

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Senate’s teeing up the Protect College Sports Act tonight.

Desk still books the House Year 2 ceiling: $21.58M a school.

The bill’s pitch (CBS): stack that with a ~$22.5M retention fund and $5M for Olympic/women’s sports — up to ~$50M on the hook.

Not law yet. House still has to show up.

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@AsaMont2027 Congrats on the Arkansas offer! Athletics desk: ~$130.5M capacity; House Year-2 ceiling ~$21.6M school-wide.
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@QuinceyClay23 @RossDoug21 Congrats on the Oregon offer! Ducks desk: ~$157.9M capacity.
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@Maalik27Moore @CoachStingley @CoachSattUC @CoachJohnsonJr @Dre_Muhammad @AllenTrieu @TomLoy247 @247Sports @TractionAp @FW_NorthSideFB Congrats on the Cincinnati commit — Bearcats desk: ~$74.2M capacity.
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@ClaryGrayson Congrats on the Virginia commit — Cavaliers desk: ~$101.7M capacity.
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Week 5 GameDay watchlist starts in Starkville.

#7 Alabama @ #16 Mississippi State · Sat 10/3 · Davis Wade · ABC

Show hasn’t locked yet — early money board.

DeBoer $12.5M chair vs Lebby $4.4M.
Bama’s FY2025 football spend: $81.5M. State: $37.6M.
Capacity: $214.2M vs $140.3M.

Same SEC check, very different wallets.

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@UWHuskiesWire Weekend money desk: Washington capacity $122.7M / Fisch $7.6M · Minnesota $148M / Fleck $7.9M. https://t.co/XSB8XlvwpP https://t.co/fQ0nGZomZf

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@On3 @mattderrick Pay-to-keep desk: Mississippi State capacity $140.3M · Lebby $4.37M · House spent empty on the books. https://t.co/FZPbuv7QIq

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@Cardboard_Cop Buyout desk (skip the rumor): FSU capacity $99.6M · Norvell $10.3M · fire overhang ~$49.2M (daily-prorated). https://t.co/OXzHq7SyGn

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@BrennonChapman New-deal week desk: Oklahoma capacity $72.6M · Venables $7.55M · Georgia $187.3M / Smart $13.0M. https://t.co/gtnYDNOTq3 https://t.co/Xb4qAk4qn1

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@TheSpun Coach-pay desk: Colorado capacity $93M · Sanders 2026 TAC $10.0M · desk buyout overhang $33.6M. https://t.co/MdFR0esKy1