Friendly Reminder: Not all of the NIL Reports are True

By: bar1990
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on May 10, 2022, 9:03 AM | 4 comments

So, a few days ago, Will Baizer (well known Texas blogger) tweeted this:

Now, if you spend way too much time following college football (like me), or you're a Longhorns fan, you would've gotten the joke: Joseph Ossai is a former Texas player who was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals. Oseph Jossai is a fictional person (hence the joke).

Well, because the internet is the internet, a lot of people didn't get the joke (/didn't take 30 seconds to google the name). Including some professionals:

So, I share this with you to (a) laugh at the stupid people (especially the professionals) who couldn't be bothered to check this, but also (b) remind everyone that 99% of players (save for your Reggie Bushes, your Trever Laurences, etc) won't be getting anything close to 'NFL Money' for college ball.

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HokieAlum6144's picture HokieAlum6144 | 1 month 3 weeks #

The scary ones are the NIL reports that each O line guy (for example) will get at least 10-50k guaranteed each year with million/billionaires lining up to fund self sustaining endowments for these positions.

bar1990's picture bar1990
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| 1 month 3 weeks # ^

They were probably already getting a similar amount under the table pre-NIL 🤷‍♂️

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Chris's picture Chris
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| 1 month 3 weeks #

A friend of mine started an NIL firm last summer and he has maintained that many of these reported figures are wrong. The Tennessee thing for Iamalaeava is real, but a good many of these reports of huge bags and such are exaggerated or fictitious.

bar1990's picture bar1990
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| 1 month 3 weeks # ^

I'm not a lawyer or an accountant, but it would be interesting to see tax returns for collectives. I'm sure something like that will leak in the next year or 2, and that will give us some insight into how much athletes are actually making a some schools.

My guess is that you have:

  • <50% of 5-stars (so 15ish kids from each class?) who will average $1M for their entire college career
  • ~100 players making high 6-figures/year
  • ~500 players making low 6-figures each year
  • ~1000 players making $10k-75k/year
  • The rest making under $10k/year

If we assume that each team has 85 scholarship players:

  • The 'Bluebloods' and ' Nouveau Riche' (about 15 teams) have 1275 players
  • The 'Tier 2 schools' (about 25 teams that care deeply about football - VT, NCst, WashU, Wiscy, etc) have 2125 players
  • The remaining P5 + Top G5 schools (about 25 teams - UVA, Memphis, Oregon State, etc) have another 2125 players
  • The remaining FBS teams (about 55 teams) have another 4675 players

Let's assume those top 15 players will all go to a top 15 program. The next 600 players will probably pick a top 40 school based on wherever they can get NFL readiness training, playing time, and like the coach (just like they do today). The next 1000+ players will probably make the same choice, just without interested from the top 15-25 teams.

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