(02-23-2023 10:47 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(02-23-2023 12:50 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(02-22-2023 01:47 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  I have no idea where all this money comes from/what it generates...

What, by far, is the biggest source of money in sports? There's your answer.

Hint: it's not media rights, ticket sales, or alumni donations.

I'm sorry but I'm not following.

My ask/question is that I don't see that TV revenue (perhaps the largest user of players NIL) is being diverted from the schools to the players.... or ticket sales money is being diverted... or jersey sales by the schools or what have you. I see individuals and consortiums simply 'buying' athletes... often with little or no use of their NIL in return. I don't mean 'never', but if a guy is being paid $1mm/yr, I'd expect to see his name or image in public spaces with some regularity... and I don't. I think I've seen ONE such example. Example, I'd expect to see Matress Mack doing a commercial with some UH players in exchange for money.

So other than buying players.... what is this for, and why aren't meaningful chunks of NIL monies coming from the TV (or other) revenue who quite obviously and repeatedly use their NIL? If you want to say the schools should pay NIL out of the TV deal they've struck, that's fine.... but they aren't doing that... in fact it would be against NCAA rules for them to do so.

ETA, the collective you... not you personally, WRC.