OSU's 2 top receivers are getting 1 mil this year. School is constantly talking to agents.
In his heart this all bothers him. "the big traditional booster schools" like Texas/USC/OSU/UM/Oregon(Nike) will rule.
He said USC has already committed 30 million to its 2025 roster.
Glad we have an NCAA to make sure kids David Rivers and Donald Royal have pizza money.
Heck, I have a pair of Donald Royal's PONY sneakers that Digger loved. My son bought them as he came door to door in the dorm. The kid needed $20....1986 I think it was.
Replies to: "Son sat with "influential" OSU person"
- Son sat with "influential" OSU person - Girard - 10:56am 1/21/25
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- OSU is the only school that reported their NIL budget - andrewgr - 1:07pm 1/22/25
- It seems like some of the $20 million that ND made off this CFP could go towards NIL - GrandRapidsDomer - 1:17pm 1/21/25
- ND has been ripping off its fans for 3 decades now... [NT] - NDinKentucky - 2:21pm 1/21/25
- NIL is not allowed directly from the school, but it could pay coaches and money is fungible. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 1:27pm 1/21/25
- agreed, but I keep reading schools are involved, why? [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 2:39pm 1/24/25
- NCAA, Power 5 agree to deal that will let schools pay players (2025 - 2026 academic year) [NT]
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- SteveM - 1:41pm 1/21/25
- Well there you go - though recent Title IX ruling needs to be fixed. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:18pm 1/21/25
- Good point [NT] - whatsamataU - 1:52pm 1/21/25
- Helps to have 50,000 students. BUT ND just made a ton of money so there’s that. [NT]
- LanceManion - 12:49pm 1/21/25
- I'm not convinced a big alumni base matters that much, at least for buying championships - andrewgr - 3:16pm 1/22/25
- I thought OSU, Michigan, ASU, Texas had over 80K students (some over 100K) [NT] - KWIRISH - 6:08pm 1/21/25