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These are the figures that I saw. No school was close to $20M player spend this year. I'm guessing top schools next year will be around ~$15 million. I'm not sure if any school hits $20 million.

There is no drama outside of this board

I hear there's an ultralight flying of a remote clearing of grass in Hudson tonight headed for Chapel Hill, North Carolina, under the radar. I will continue to monitor and keep everyone advised.

Regardless, doesn't really matter. Go Zips!!

Based off this year's success, I wouldn't be surprised if both schools surpass $25M next season. I can't find any numbers but I'd guess Iowa's roster spend was north of $20M this season Edit: Iowa Swarm collective website is down ATM

HUGE!

7-13 in the big east doesn't seem very 'high major'

Revenue share makes up a huge portion of these budgets, perhaps close to 50% of the overall player spend at these P5 schools. At least in the present state. I don't feel all B1G programs are the same. What OSU or Michigan are able to collect in NIL donations is going to differ from what Nebraska or Iowa can. I guess I don't know what you mean by far and away surpass. If Nebraska has a $10 million roster spend next year and Butler has $9 million I wouldn't view that as far surpassing or be a dollar value that Butler couldn't overcome. If Butler spends $9M I'm not sure how Nebraska could 2.5x it's current figure to get to a number of close to $15M, which is around when I'd say far surpasses. At least under the current parameters. Edit: If we see an increase to the revenue share cap I would be more inclined to agree. I feel an increased revenue share is where B1G and SEC programs could really flex their money. More so than donations.

Wouldn’t it be nice if Coach just sent us all a nice message that he’s staying? Come on Coach, end the drama!

I'm with you 100% on the revenue sharing as I understand schools divide it amongst all sports. I'd think the NIL coffers would be bigger for a litany of reasons. Even at a 3-1 football to hoops donation ratio, I'd still think B1G programs would far and away surpass - it's so hard to determine bc this stuff isn't publically accessible.

Phew, I guess "Samurai Hoops" and "Halal Higgins" weren't great sources. Who could have guessed

A weary ZipsNation looks to Charleston.

Those schools also heavily invest in football whereas Butler doesn't. For every dollar Nebraska is fundraising for MBB they're likely fundraising $2-$3 for FBS football. Butler doesn't need to fundraise as much as Iowa or Nebraska to have a comparable MBB NIL budget as it's making hoops it's primary sport while those others are making it their distant secondary. @Zippy87 shared a post that said Butler plans to have $9 million NIL spend next year, which is more than what Nebraska or Iowa spent on this years MBB team.

Nebraska and Iowa aren’t comparable to Butler in terms of scale: Butler has ~5.8k students Iowa has ~30k students Nebraska has ~ 50k students That’s 5–8x the enrollment, which translates directly into much larger alumni bases and NIL donor pools. I somewhat agree that Butler can make a run, but it’s not operating with anything close to the same structural resources as a B1G program.

I think the MAC should keep midweek games, but handle them smarter. The exposure from being the only games on is real and valuable, and it’s become part of the conference’s identity. That said, it shouldn’t fall on the same team(s) all year. Rotate which teams play those weeknight slots so the burden—and the spotlight—is divided up between week nights and weekends.

Now I don't feel so good

$9 million NIL yet some on this board think it's a mid-major job lol. For comparison it's believed UMass led the MAC with $1.3M-$1.5M spend.

Thanks for sharing. I don't find this all that surprising. Last year Utah State was at ~$850K and this year they climbed to $2.4M per Calhoun. NIL is still relatively new as is revenue sharing. I wouldn't be surprised if we see double digit annual growth for the next several years until we see the market mature.

Thad Matta was getting paid $2.6 million/yr. They might appear poor compared to UConn, but they have a lot more resources at their disposal compared to a mid-major program like Akron or Kent. If a program like Nebraska/Iowa can make a run to the Elite 8 I wouldn't see why Butler couldn't. They might not be able to keep their coach after doing it so it might not be sustainable year over year and certainly not the standard, but they can still get there.

They aren't yet eligible, but it seems they'll change that at some point.