NIL Thread

[Patriot8]

I give up.

 

[jessej]

$58k per GMU player??

 

[gmubrian]

Given the rise in popularity of women’s basketball over the last 3-5 years, having them share 10% of the revenue with all the other sports is not going to fly.

I doubt the women’s teams would ask for 50-50, but it seems pretty ridiculous to pay football 75% of all the revenue share and then ask every woman’s sport split up like 5%.

I also wonder how baseball players would feel about this arrangement too.

Edit: I would say the gold standard of this kind of model is from US Soccer where they put all revenue in on giant pot and share it equally between the men and women. This required the men’s players to take a bit of a pay cut, which they accepted.

The Olympics also does this, particularly in gymnastics and ice skating where the women are vastly more popular than the men. I believe tennis has also starting doing this.

Once again, I don’t think you have to go 50-50 between the two big revenue sports and everyone else, but maybe get a little closer than 90-10?

I would be surprised if the women's team generates more than 10% of the revenue from Mason sports. It is REVENUE share after all. The percentages that @Patriot8 mentioned seem like reasonable estimates of where the revenue is generated.

$58k per GMU player??

From the first note on that page:

These estimates assume each school limits revenue sharing to 22% of its annual athletic department revenues. However, a school can elect to share any percentage of its athletic revenues as long as the annual total payout does not exceed the $ 20.5 million tentative cap.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Does the revenue sharing include walk ons or only scholarship athletes?

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

But Stas got his, right? What are we looking at to retain our 2nd-3rd string big man next year who shows promise but may/may not stick around to develop?

I have FOIA don't make me use FOIA

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Fun fact, Mason I believe sold 55-60k tickets last year...I believe at an average of 30-35 or so a pop.

Mason's entire gate receipts last year would be about the pay of vcu's starting five.

Yes I realize there is other revenue other than gate receipts and that's not the whole picture but, just to put actual money and actual (declining) NOVA community interest into actual perspective.

 

[jessej]

Maryland Basketball: Head coach Kevin Willard reveals NIL budget for 2025

There expectations are always high in College Park when it comes to the basketball program, and the 2024-25 season is no different. Third year head coach Kevin

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$3M and going up
an average of $230k on a 13 player roster

 

[GunstonsGhost]

I know there is some sort of relationship with CGI Federal and GMU. Last season they recognized a bunch of CGI staff at half time and they all came out on the court. Any idea what that relationship looks like or if we have any other similar types of relationships with other big consulting firms in the area? Certainly NOVA has more potential corporate sponsors than MD. Maybe not as on brand as Under Armor, but still.

 

[jessej]

1) donations to GMU Basketball via GMU are tax deductible
2) donations to the GMU NIL Collective are not

Colorado Is Latest School to Ditch Its NIL Collective

Colorado is hopping on the growing trend of schools closing their NIL collectives as they ready to pay players directly.

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