NIL.

Yeah! A school gives you a two year/$4,000,000 contract that you signed and now you want to go free agent. If you wanted that option you shouldn't have signed a two year deal. I'm sure Duke saw he would be more valuable the second year so gave him the big contract in part for that second year value.
I hope they judge sends a message and requires him to give back the first $2 million if he wants to leave. Maybe there's something in the contract language after it all settles out that will allow Duke to void the contract after the portal closes.:p
 
Spending more money doesn't guarantee B1G titles or CFP appearances, obviously. But, I do think that Nebraska needs to, at the absolute minimum, double the current NIL budget if they want to be competitive.
Let's put it this way the top NIL teams in the Big are Oregon, OSU, Indiana, Michigan and Penn St. When is the last time you saw anyone other than these teams in a conference championship game?

When I was in business, I told my boss, the most expensive thing you can have is cheap help. It holds true for college football too.
 
Let's put it this way the top NIL teams in the Big are Oregon, OSU, Indiana, Michigan and Penn St. When is the last time you saw anyone other than these teams in a conference championship game?

When I was in business, I told my boss, the most expensive thing you can have is cheap help. It holds true for college football too.

The part I have in red is not true, but that is only because NIL is so relatively new. I suspect that as we go forward, your assertion of being at the top of NIL spending and being in CCG and at the top of the conference will be more the norm.

Indiana 1x
Oregon 1x (Due to being in the conference for only 2 years thus far.)

Wisconsin 6x
Michigan State 3x
Nebraska 1x
Penn State 2x
Ohio State 6x
Michigan 3x, etc etc etc

Big Ten Football Championship Game - Wikipedia
 
The part I have in red is not true, but that is only because NIL is so relatively new. I suspect that as we go forward, your assertion of being at the top of NIL spending and being in CCG and at the top of the conference will be more the norm.

Indiana 1x
Oregon 1x (Due to being in the conference for only 2 years thus far.)

Wisconsin 6x
Michigan State 3x
Nebraska 1x
Penn State 2x
Ohio State 6x
Michigan 3x, etc etc etc

Big Ten Football Championship Game - Wikipedia
We are talking NIL era. You can remove Nebraska, Wisconsin, MSU, and I think PSU from your chart.
 
We are talking NIL era. You can remove Nebraska, Wisconsin, MSU, and I think PSU from your chart.

In your post you didn't specify NIL era, but I knew that's what you were referring to, which is why I said I suspect the connection between top NIL spending and CCG and CFP appearances will more than likely be the norm going forward.
 
Well the NIL era is only what 4 years old?
Exactly, it hasn't taken long for the money teams to come to the top. Not only in the Big, but if you look at all the playoff teams this year, you will find they all among the top spenders.
 
A little over 10 million.
I'm going to assume this is correct. No reason to believe otherwise. So, of the 10mill, Dylan Raiola was getting 25% of the pot? I understand Coach Matt said he has what he needs now to buy a competitive team. What does the 2026 NIL budget look like compared to the 10mill last season?
 
I'm going to assume this is correct. No reason to believe otherwise. So, of the 10mill, Dylan Raiola was getting 25% of the pot? I understand Coach Matt said he has what he needs now to buy a competitive team. What does the 2026 NIL budget look like compared to the 10mill last season?
Here is a quote I pulled from a KETV article. " we're going to be paying our athletes $20.5 million this year,” Dannen said."

I think the increase is at least partially due to Rhule working the boosters when there were rumors of him being wooed by Penn St and Texas A&M.
 
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