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I don't know if NIL is a "concern," but we are not near the top-10 schools in terms of NIL. This is a big part of what makes this year so impressive.

That list isn't very accurate. Oregon at #19? No way. And keep in mind something like half of our collective is going towards bball.

IU appears to be doing fine with NIL, and for guys like Mendoza I wouldn't be concerned. But we aren't some super NIL-flush program right now.
The IU NIL figure is pretty accurate. They mention that Oregon is probably low, particularly with Phil Knight in play, but not sure how much of his money is going toward NIL and not the university athletic fund (2 separate entities).
Ballo was reportedly $1.2 million. The rest of the team collectively? Probably $3 million total?
 
The IU NIL figure is pretty accurate. They mention that Oregon is probably low, particularly with Phil Knight in play, but not sure how much of his money is going toward NIL and not the university athletic fund (2 separate entities).
Ballo was reportedly $1.2 million. The rest of the team collectively? Probably $3 million total?
Bball is about $6M.
 
Right. That’s part of my point.

We spent around $4M on our roster this year. The big programs spend $10-20M. We’ve got more NIL for the ‘25 roster, how much more I’m not sure, but we have a ways to go to the top programs. We can’t say NIL isn’t a concern.

To be clear I don’t think anything is wrong, we have made huge progress.
I believe IU has enough NIL to keep their current roster intact most years and the necessary funds to land the productive players from the lower conferences that appeal to Cig. I believe in certain instances we can come up with the money for a splash transfer or two when needed ie Fernando Mendoza or someone like that. No I don't believe IU will ever directly compete with the Ohio State's or the Michigan's of the world in the portal every year but IU has more than a competitive NIL base that should only grow stronger with consistent results.

That and if IU plans on allocating the necessary rev share money football will always be in good shape.
 
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I believe IU has enough NIL to keep their current roster intact most years and the necessary funds to land the productive players from the lower conferences that appeal to Cig. I believe in certain instances we can come up with the money for a splash transfer or two when needed ie Fernando Mendoza or someone like that. No I don't believe IU will ever directly compete with the Ohio State's or the Michigan's of the world in the portal every year but IU has more than a competitive NIL base that should only grow stronger with consistent results.

That and if IU plans on allocating the necessary rev share money football will always be in good shape.
That's how I see it. I assume we'll allocate rev share 75-80% to FB like most schools, and that will be very helpful to close the payroll gap since the rev share is capped. If we can inch our FB NIL to be top-15 or 20 over the next few years, that plus rev share should put us in a pretty nice spot competitively. 13 months ago I could not have dreamed of being in such a position.
 
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