NIL Thread

[Patriot8]

I give up.

 

[jessej]

$58k per GMU player??

 

[gmubrian]

Given the rise in popularity of women’s basketball over the last 3-5 years, having them share 10% of the revenue with all the other sports is not going to fly.

I doubt the women’s teams would ask for 50-50, but it seems pretty ridiculous to pay football 75% of all the revenue share and then ask every woman’s sport split up like 5%.

I also wonder how baseball players would feel about this arrangement too.

Edit: I would say the gold standard of this kind of model is from US Soccer where they put all revenue in on giant pot and share it equally between the men and women. This required the men’s players to take a bit of a pay cut, which they accepted.

The Olympics also does this, particularly in gymnastics and ice skating where the women are vastly more popular than the men. I believe tennis has also starting doing this.

Once again, I don’t think you have to go 50-50 between the two big revenue sports and everyone else, but maybe get a little closer than 90-10?

I would be surprised if the women's team generates more than 10% of the revenue from Mason sports. It is REVENUE share after all. The percentages that @Patriot8 mentioned seem like reasonable estimates of where the revenue is generated.

$58k per GMU player??

From the first note on that page:

These estimates assume each school limits revenue sharing to 22% of its annual athletic department revenues. However, a school can elect to share any percentage of its athletic revenues as long as the annual total payout does not exceed the $ 20.5 million tentative cap.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Does the revenue sharing include walk ons or only scholarship athletes?

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

But Stas got his, right? What are we looking at to retain our 2nd-3rd string big man next year who shows promise but may/may not stick around to develop?

I have FOIA don't make me use FOIA

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Fun fact, Mason I believe sold 55-60k tickets last year...I believe at an average of 30-35 or so a pop.

Mason's entire gate receipts last year would be about the pay of vcu's starting five.

Yes I realize there is other revenue other than gate receipts and that's not the whole picture but, just to put actual money and actual (declining) NOVA community interest into actual perspective.

 

[jessej]

Maryland Basketball: Head coach Kevin Willard reveals NIL budget for 2025

There expectations are always high in College Park when it comes to the basketball program, and the 2024-25 season is no different. Third year head coach Kevin

www.si.com

$3M and going up
an average of $230k on a 13 player roster

 

[GunstonsGhost]

I know there is some sort of relationship with CGI Federal and GMU. Last season they recognized a bunch of CGI staff at half time and they all came out on the court. Any idea what that relationship looks like or if we have any other similar types of relationships with other big consulting firms in the area? Certainly NOVA has more potential corporate sponsors than MD. Maybe not as on brand as Under Armor, but still.

 

[jessej]

1) donations to GMU Basketball via GMU are tax deductible
2) donations to the GMU NIL Collective are not

Colorado Is Latest School to Ditch Its NIL Collective

Colorado is hopping on the growing trend of schools closing their NIL collectives as they ready to pay players directly.

frontofficesports.com

 

[gmubrian]

If you want Mason basketball to be the best it could possibly ever be, now is the most important time ever for you to support the program. We are at, possibly, the most pivotal moment in determining the direction our program goes for the foreseeable future.

Some background, some of which is explained in other threads: If the A10 plays its cards right related to the House settlement and revenue sharing, the A10 could leap frog from about the 8th best basketball conference to, in the best of all worlds, the 3rd best behind the SEC and the Big East. The SEC is first because they have the money to fund Football and still fund basketball 100% and have lucrative NIL deals for their players. The Big East is likely #2 because they aren’t distracted with having to fund football. The rest of the P5 conferences and other conferences currently around the A10 level will very likely struggle with funding to football remain relevant at the expense of their basketball programs.

Since the A10 isn’t distracted by football, there is an opportunity to jump into the 3rd spot. If not 3, definitely much higher than our current ranking of about 8.

I hear a lot of reasons why people don’t come to games or support the program. People say just win. We are winning. We just earned a quadrant 1 game and are in sole possession of first place in the A10. Come to the games now.

If you are not donating to the Patriot Club out some sort of protest, now is the time to get over that and join the patriot club with whatever you can afford.

Why? The University and AD see what a pivotal moment our response to the House settlement is. They are doing everything they can to have the strongest response to it. But it needs to be a joint effort with the fans so they know the support is there and their decisions can be more easily justified.

If you can come to games, come to as many as you can. Every fan in a seat and every ticket sold matters. If you can donate to the Patriot Club, please do so. No matter what the amount is, every dollar matters. Now is when your support could have the greatest impact on the future trajectory of Mason basketball.

 

[Mason2006Patriot]

If you want to see more road wins at Dayton, donate to the NIL!!
Support the team!

Join the Mason Player's Club — Patriot Nation Collective

The Mason Player’s Club is a membership organization that connects individual fans with members of the George Mason University men’s basketball team. For an annual fee you will get invites to fun-filled events, unique gear, player meet and greets, photo and autograph sessions.

patriotnationcollective.com

 

[GMU1983]

We are 7th not 8th but good post

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

On the way out the door the Biden DOE Office of "Civil Rights" (which NIL is, of course) said Title IX applies to NIL.

So have fun with that, kids. There goes 80-90% to football and men's basketball...

 

[GSII]

On the way out the door the Biden DOE Office of "Civil Rights" (which NIL is, of course) said Title IX applies to NIL.

So have fun with that, kids. There goes 80-90% to football and men's basketball...

Trans athletes get to double dip or no?

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Trans athletes get to double dip or no?

Not sure...

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

Also FYI if Taurean Green has Title IX charges against him it means Florida has to retroactively vacate it's 2006 crown which means we have to get the boys together and play UCLA

One boys is coach now

 

[Mason2006Patriot]

Mason fans need to donate tons of NIL money to Jared Billups. He does so much for this team

Donate: https://t.co/ddzeLrlL9T

 

[Milt Mudflap]

Mason fans need to donate tons of NIL money to Jared Billups. He does so much for this team

Donate: https://t.co/ddzeLrlL9T

I like the idea of donating directly to the players, but is the collective still active? Everything at that site seems a year plus out of date or a broken link.

 

[gmubrian]

I like the idea of donating directly to the players, but is the collective still active? Everything at that site seems a year plus out of date or a broken link.

Yes, it is still active.