Bob Nicolls publicly calling out Jordan Williams and Gabe Arnold (Bo related?)

[alex1fly]

4 hours ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Bob has donated well into the 8 figures to Iowa wrestling.  His name is on the wrestling room and he signs all the NIL checks...I don't disagree that he deserves to call the shots, but I just disagree with him doing public callouts of wrestlers on the Iowa messageboards.

Agreed. Talk to the wrestlers in question, sure. Tell message boards you're going to talk to the wrestlers in question, ok buddy.

[1032004]

53 minutes ago, Coastal said:

By far the biggest NIL beneficiary has been a female gymnast.

The second largest was a female basketball player.

This is not true.  

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/highest-paid-college-athletes-via-nil-deals

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/caitlin-clark-nil-deals-money-iowa-nike-sponsors-2024/e58534cadc3b2960663a36cb

[Wrestleknownothing]

55 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

This is not true.  

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/highest-paid-college-athletes-via-nil-deals

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/caitlin-clark-nil-deals-money-iowa-nike-sponsors-2024/e58534cadc3b2960663a36cb

And those are just 2024-25 numbers. Per The Athletic, Caleb Williams' estimated NIL/endorsements for his final 2 seasons was $10 million.

[scourge165]

4 hours ago, BAC said:

These are strange critiques. Of course the study doesn't give raw numbers:  it isn't measuring "what they receive" but rather the variation among groups. Besides, it's one early study. You mention none of the others and cite none of your own, or any article or evidence that race is a non-factor. Your football-specific assertion that the "real determinant" of NIL dollars is which "positions are most valued" and "on-field production," while race is irrelevant, is entirely unsupported and, candidly, astonishingly naive.

"entirely unsupported and, candidly, astonishly navie?"

Or it's entirely supported and it's naive to think it WOULDN'T be position dependant.

When have QBs NOT gotten the largest contracts? 

Who are the top QBs? Arch Manning has had the largest NIL deal the past 2 years and will likely have it the next 2 years. 

https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/mock-drafts/2026

 

Now, without looking, I'd guess the QBs, including Sellers(and Drew Allar) are getting the biggest deals. 4 of the top QBs are white, one is black. 

By far the highest paid...white. Is it because he's white or because he comes from the Manning family? Gonna guess it's the later. 

[Caveira]

1 minute ago, scourge165 said:

"entirely unsupported and, candidly, astonishly navie?"

Or it's entirely supported and it's naive to think it WOULDN'T be position dependant.

When have QBs NOT gotten the largest contracts? 

Who are the top QBs? Arch Manning has had the largest NIL deal the past 2 years and will likely have it the next 2 years. 

https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/mock-drafts/2026

 

Now, without looking, I'd guess the QBs, including Sellers(and Drew Allar) are getting the biggest deals. 4 of the top QBs are white, one is black. 

By far the highest paid...white. Is it because he's white or because he comes from the Manning family? Gonna guess it's the later. 

If true.  Help me understand what’s wrong with that ?

[OMW]

Cooper Flagg's deals with New Balance and Fanatics while he was at Duke were for a reported $28M.

[1032004]

5 hours ago, BAC said:

It seems unlike you to cherry-pick the way that you are here. 

This basic issue is that, while black folks are (and long have been) disproportionately represented in college athletics, and therefore NIL participation, they receive a disproportionately low share of the dollars.  Why are you mentioning only the first part of that equation, and not the second?  

Regarding the first study, yes, "BIPOC athletes are involved with NIL deals at higher rates than white athletes."  But oddly, you omit that BIPOC athletes are "less likely to be involved with more than one deal as opposed to white athletes," which evidences "disparity conditional on race." 

Later data bears this out.  Per one of the other articles linked above:  "According to data from Opendorse, a leading NIL technology company, while 52% of Division I athletes are people of color, they only received 16% of the total NIL compensation between July 2021 and June 2022."  Another examination (here) shows white athletes averaged ~$1,332 per Instagram post, while Black athletes averaged only ~$276 per post.  The differences persist even when you control for social media following.

Reasonable people can debate what other factors contribute to this disparity and whether anything ought to be done about it, but I've never heard anyone dispute there is a clear racial disparity in the distribution of NIL benefits in college athletics. But if you're disputing that, I'd be curious to hear what you're relying on.  

You keep repeating this “people of color only received 16% of the total NIL compensation” line.  There’s just no way that’s true.  It says it’s from Opendorse, which is a website for athletes to try to find NIL deals.  Maybe I’m wrong but I’m going to assume their data is only based on transactions that occur on their site.  The problem with that is that the top athletes don’t need to use Opendorse, so they’re going to be missing the biggest deals from their data.

Speaking of, I’m not aware of better “studies,” but the easiest thing to do would be to look at the top deals.  Maybe this isn’t exact but it’s much better than 3-4 year old data that only comes from transactions on one website:

https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/player/nil-valuations/

1. white football player - $6.8m

2. White football player - $4.3m

3. black football player - $4.2m

4. black basketball player - $4.1m

5. White football player - $3.8m

6. black football player - $3.7m

7. black football player - $3.7m

8. white football player - $3.4m

9. white football player - $3.1m

10. White football player - $3.1m

11. Black football player - $3.0m

12. Black basketball player - $2.8m

13. Black football player - $2.8m

14. White football player - $2.7m

15. black football player - $2.7m

16. White football player - $2.4m

17. Black football player - $2.4m

18. black football player - $2.3m

19. Hawaiian football player - $2.3m

20. black basketball player - $2.3m

So, of the top 20 valued players, 11 are black and if my math is correct, they account for 52% of the total dollars.  Probably worth noting that every white person on this list is a quarterback.

Edit: after further review, updated #19 to Hawaiian

Edited 19 hours ago by 1032004

[BAC]

28 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

"entirely unsupported and, candidly, astonishly navie?"

Or it's entirely supported and it's naive to think it WOULDN'T be position dependant.

When have QBs NOT gotten the largest contracts? 

Who are the top QBs? Arch Manning has had the largest NIL deal the past 2 years and will likely have it the next 2 years. 

https://www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com/mock-drafts/2026

 

Now, without looking, I'd guess the QBs, including Sellers(and Drew Allar) are getting the biggest deals. 4 of the top QBs are white, one is black. 

By far the highest paid...white. Is it because he's white or because he comes from the Manning family? Gonna guess it's the later. 

I express no opinion about what sports or positions impact NIL dollars.  My only point is that there are stark racial disparities at play, where black NIL recipients receive on average far less than white NIL recipients.

Restated, I'm not disputing there's other variables at play.  No doubt NIL dollars vary by sport, by gender, by position, by merit.  What I'm disputing is the assertion that race plays no role.  Obviously it does.

[1032004]

3 minutes ago, BAC said:

I express no opinion about what sports or positions impact NIL dollars.  My only point is that there are stark racial disparities at play, where black NIL recipients receive on average far less than white NIL recipients.

Restated, I'm not disputing there's other variables at play.  No doubt NIL dollars vary by sport, by gender, by position, by merit.  What I'm disputing is the assertion that race plays no role.  Obviously it does.

IMO, as I mentioned earlier the only place that “race plays a role” is with women, which 3 of your 4 earlier links were primarily about. And that’s more due to sexism than racism.

Edited 19 hours ago by 1032004

[ionel]

3 minutes ago, BAC said:

 

Restated, I'm not disputing there's other variables at play.  No doubt NIL dollars vary by sport, by gender, by position, by merit.  What I'm disputing is the assertion that race plays no role.  Obviously it does.

Please show us, for example, how white male basketball players are getting more NIL than black.  

[BAC]

12 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

IMO, as I mentioned earlier the only place that “race plays a role” is with women, which 3 of your 4 earlier links were primarily about. And that’s more due to sexism than racism.

I think you are right that racial disparities are more pronounced among women than men.  That seems an implicit findings of studies from U Mich and Louisville.  It aligns with common sense too (as sex appeal is a driver of NIL money among women, and that has a stark racial component). But I'm aware of no studies that have found no racial disparity even after controlling for other variables, including gender.

I think it's easy to misperceive the data since black athletes are overrepresented in college athletics. Lots of black athletes make lots of NIL money, per your list. But the data shows more money going to white athletes relative to NIL participation, and that among similarly situated athletes, blacks earn less than whites.  

Don't shoot the messenger. I'm not trying to make some political point, nor even making grand allegations of racism.  It's just data.  It's all really just a corollary to my earlier point that there's no check on NIL donors acting in a discriminatory or otherwise obnoxious manner. 

[1032004]

16 minutes ago, BAC said:

I think you are right that racial disparities are more pronounced among women than men.  That seems an implicit findings of studies from U Mich and Louisville.  It aligns with common sense too (as sex appeal is a driver of NIL money among women, and that has a stark racial component). But I'm aware of no studies that have found no racial disparity even after controlling for other variables, including gender.

I think it's easy to misperceive the data since black athletes are overrepresented in college athletics. Lots of black athletes make lots of NIL money, per your list. But the data shows more money going to white athletes relative to NIL participation, and that among similarly situated athletes, blacks earn less than whites.  

Don't shoot the messenger. I'm not trying to make some political point, nor even making grand allegations of racism.  It's just data.  It's all really just a corollary to my earlier point that there's no check on NIL donors acting in a discriminatory or otherwise obnoxious manner. 

Are you aware of any studies that HAVE found a racial disparity?  Because the only “study” you posted was a google survey which found that black athletes had higher expectations of compensation than white athletes.  And your Opendorse data is highly skewed.

Where in my list does it show “more money going to white athletes relative to NIL participation”?   Because blacks were 55% of the list and 52% of the dollars?  That’s hardly under-indexing and impacted by the #1 guy who comes from one of the most famous families in football making 50% more than anyone else.  And to that point like I said, literally every white player in the top 20 was a quarterback, which is similar to what you’d find among the highest paid NFL players.

But yes, a donor could be racist and give disproportionally to white athletes, particularly in non-revenue sports where the players’ value is pretty much just based on what the donor is willing to pay.  Of course, there is no indication this is the case with Nicolls, who if anything has added more diversity to the team with the guys he’s helped bring in.  Buchanan, Teemer, Parco, Bailey, Williams, Endene, Woods…

Edited 18 hours ago by 1032004

[BAC]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Please show us, for example, how white male basketball players are getting more NIL than black.  

Given that it's a majority black sport, the top earners will skew black, obviously.  The question is whether there's a racial disparity in NIL money in relative terms. 

You're talking about a specific sport and specific gender, and I don't particularly feel like combing the academic journals to find a study specific to your request.  If you'd like to, feel free, and share the data.  Would be interesting to see.

Or if you want to do it yourself, my suggestion is you take a respected publication's objective ranking of the top 100 men's NCAA basketball players based on merit, then take a ranking of the top 100 NCAA men's basketball players based on NIL money (e.g. from on3), and then run a regression of the data sets where you isolate race. See if white players earn more on average relative to their merit than black players. Tell us what you find. 

Skimming the on3 list of the mediocre white male BBallers making huge dollars, I'm guessing you might be surprised what your research yields.  But I hope you do it and share it with us.  

[Coastal]

4 hours ago, 1032004 said:

This is not true.  

https://www.si.com/college-basketball/highest-paid-college-athletes-via-nil-deals

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/caitlin-clark-nil-deals-money-iowa-nike-sponsors-2024/e58534cadc3b2960663a36cb

I hope you understand that those are estimates.

[1032004]

4 minutes ago, Coastal said:

I hope you understand that those are estimates.

Well please share your hard data which shows Dunne made “by far” more than Manning.

[ionel]

2 hours ago, BAC said:

Given that it's a majority black sport, the top earners will skew black, obviously.  The question is whether there's a racial disparity in NIL money in relative terms. 

You're talking about a specific sport and specific gender, and I don't particularly feel like combing the academic journals to find a study specific to your request.  If you'd like to, feel free, and share the data.  Would be interesting to see.

Or if you want to do it yourself, my suggestion is you take a respected publication's objective ranking of the top 100 men's NCAA basketball players based on merit, then take a ranking of the top 100 NCAA men's basketball players based on NIL money (e.g. from on3), and then run a regression of the data sets where you isolate race. See if white players earn more on average relative to their merit than black players. Tell us what you find. 

Skimming the on3 list of the mediocre white male BBallers making huge dollars, I'm guessing you might be surprised what your research yields.  But I hope you do it and share it with us.  

Then pick another say offensive and defensive linemen in football. 

[1032004]

2 hours ago, BAC said:

 

 

Skimming the on3 list of the mediocre white male BBallers making huge dollars, I'm guessing you might be surprised what your research yields.  But I hope you do it and share it with us.  

You were the one that made the claim that there was a disparity, the onus is on you to prove it.

But to this point, there are only 5 white basketball players in the top 50 of that list, with the first one not coming in until #28.   2 of those 5 are 6’11 and 7’ foreigners.  I have zero clue about basketball to tell if they’re mediocre, but I did find it interesting that 4 of the players are on 2 teams which I wasn’t aware were really basketball powers: Purdue and Creighton.  Doing a quick search, the #28 guy was the B10 player of the year last year, doesn’t sound mediocre.  Oddly enough it looks like both of the Creighton guys are incoming transfers from Iowa.

[BAC]

4 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Are you aware of any studies that HAVE found a racial disparity?  Because the only “study” you posted was a google survey which found that black athletes had higher expectations of compensation than white athletes.  And your Opendorse data is highly skewed.

Where in my list does it show “more money going to white athletes relative to NIL participation”?   Because blacks were 55% of the list and 52% of the dollars?  That’s hardly under-indexing and impacted by the #1 guy who comes from one of the most famous families in football making 50% more than anyone else.  And to that point like I said, literally every white player in the top 20 was a quarterback, which is similar to what you’d find among the highest paid NFL players.

But yes, a donor could be racist and give disproportionally to white athletes, particularly in non-revenue sports where the players’ value is pretty much just based on what the donor is willing to pay.  Of course, there is no indication this is the case with Nicolls, who if anything has added more diversity to the team with the guys he’s helped bring in.  Buchanan, Teemer, Parco, Bailey, Williams, Endene, Woods…

It sounds like you've decided what you want the facts to be, and have your heels dug in.  I've cited several studies and articles, you've cited none, and refuse to. Just saying "gee that sounds wrong" isn't persuasive. Yes, there's a lot more research out there.  If you're genuinely curious, I suggest jstor.org, though an AI engine can help too. If you find anything saying there's no racial disparity in NIL, I'll gladly eat my shorts.

As for the current NIL "money leaders", you're just throwing it out there without analyzing it for racial disparity. So what's your point? Are we to take your word for it that it reflects no racial disparity, without any cite or analysis at all? 

I don't see how it helps you anyway. Your SI list has the 4 top earners all being white. Disparity?  In the On3 list, out of the top 10, nine are football players -- and of those 9, 6 are white and 3 are black, despite black players being over 50% of top NCAA football programs. Disparity?  And did those 6 white players "earn" it on merit -- that is, are they among the 9 best football players overall?  Not according to an On3 video which has 8 of 9 of the top players being black (here). (Where are the other guys in the NIL list? Waaaaay down.)  Or compare the racial composition of SI's "top 20" list (here) with the top 20 NIL earners from On3.  See the racial difference?

I don't doubt that the white QBs have more social media follows which helps explain the racial disparity, but it's still a racial disparity.  White athletes, on average, get more follows.  Does anyone seriously think Livvy Dunne would have as many follows as she does, and $4M+/year in NIL, if she had the same skill set and personality but were LaTanya Dunne (i.e. black)?  You know the answer. It's a racial disparity. 

I don't know why you're fighting me on this. It seems like you're trying really hard to resist facts that you must know to be true. 

Edited 13 hours ago by BAC

[BAC]

2 hours ago, ionel said:

Then pick another say offensive and defensive linemen in football. 

Um, OK, not sure what you're asking, but sure, do linemen. 

[scourge165]

9 hours ago, Caveira said:

If true.  Help me understand what’s wrong with that ?

Do you lack the ability to pick up on ALL context?

Go back and read the thread, what post did I agree with?

Explain to me where I made ANY inference that there was ANYTHING wrong with that?

Why are you the only one that needs every position explained? 

[1032004]

5 hours ago, BAC said:

It sounds like you've decided what you want the facts to be, and have your heels dug in.  I've cited several studies and articles, you've cited none, and refuse to. Just saying "gee that sounds wrong" isn't persuasive. Yes, there's a lot more research out there.  If you're genuinely curious, I suggest jstor.org, though an AI engine can help too. If you find anything saying there's no racial disparity in NIL, I'll gladly eat my shorts.

As for the current NIL "money leaders", you're just throwing it out there without analyzing it for racial disparity. So what's your point? Are we to take your word for it that it reflects no racial disparity, without any cite or analysis at all? 

I don't see how it helps you anyway. Your SI list has the 4 top earners all being white. Disparity?  In the On3 list, out of the top 10, nine are football players -- and of those 9, 6 are white and 3 are black, despite black players being over 50% of top NCAA football programs. Disparity?  And did those 6 white players "earn" it on merit -- that is, are they among the 9 best football players overall?  Not according to an On3 video which has 8 of 9 of the top players being black (here). (Where are the other guys in the NIL list? Waaaaay down.)  Or compare the racial composition of SI's "top 20" list (here) with the top 20 NIL earners from On3.  See the racial difference?

I don't doubt that the white QBs have more social media follows which helps explain the racial disparity, but it's still a racial disparity.  White athletes, on average, get more follows.  Does anyone seriously think Livvy Dunne would have as many follows as she does, and $4M+/year in NIL, if she had the same skill set and personality but were LaTanya Dunne (i.e. black)?  You know the answer. It's a racial disparity. 

I don't know why you're fighting me on this. It seems like you're trying really hard to resist facts that you must know to be true. 

You didn’t cite several studies, you cited one, if we want to call it a study, it was based on a google survey, only asked about “expectations” and not actual earnings, the “expectations” were opposite of what you claim, and it didn’t have the highest earning sports well-represented.

The other links you posted were just media articles, and were focused on women’s sports.   I agree that there’s a racial disparity in women’s sports.  But the majority of NIL dollars are spent on men’s sports, mainly football and basketball.

I did analyze the data I posted.  55% of the top 20 valued players are black, with them having 52% of the dollar value.  You were the one that kept citing that “51% of NCAA athletes are people of color,” so the numbers are in line with that.  

Speaking of, will you at least acknowledge that your claim of “people of color only get 16% of NIL dollars” is complete nonsense?  That was the main thing I was trying to point out.   If we can agree on that, sure I’ll agree that the % of players on top football and basketball teams that are black is higher than 50%.   But again, the value that the top white football players have is almost entirely driven by being a quarterback.   Again as I mentioned this is very similar to who’s the highest paid players in the NFL, actually looks like based on last year’s salaries the top 20 NFL salaries are more skewed toward whites than NIL valuations:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-25-highest-paid-players-2024/694fb43f95a9784f4724647d

Of the top 21 paid players in the NFL (there was a tie for 20), 11 are white, 10 of which are QB’s.   And NFL teams care way more about winning Super Bowls than social media followers.

[scourge165]

9 hours ago, BAC said:

I express no opinion about what sports or positions impact NIL dollars.  My only point is that there are stark racial disparities at play, where black NIL recipients receive on average far less than white NIL recipients.

Restated, I'm not disputing there's other variables at play.  No doubt NIL dollars vary by sport, by gender, by position, by merit.  What I'm disputing is the assertion that race plays no role.  Obviously it does.

It's not obvious to me. It's obvious to me that POSITION and marketability plays a role. 

People tried to do this with Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark, suggesting Clark got paid because she was a "pretty white girl." Someone then pointed out that'd be like saying Larry Bird got deals because of his good looks. But even then, that'd make more sense as it was Boston in the 1980s. 

 

No, sports is a meritocracy now. It's just like the NFL. Running Backs aren't making less because they're primarily black, they're being paid less because the position has become undervalued. 

 

These schools want to keep the best players. If Jerimiah Smith, a guy who'd probably be a top 3 WR in the NFL RIGHT NOW...wasn't good, he wouldn't be getting ~5M in NIL. But he's a freak WR. He's like a mix of Julio Jones and Calvin Johnson.

The ONE area I can't speak with as much confidence would be Women's niche sports. We all know why Livvy Dunne getsa paid. Are there Black Gymnasts who are as attractive and as high profile that aren't? I don't know. I know Simone Billes and Serena Williams made a massive amount of money in endorsements(and continue to). 

[scourge165]

6 hours ago, BAC said:

It sounds like you've decided what you want the facts to be, and have your heels dug in.  I've cited several studies and articles, you've cited none, and refuse to. Just saying "gee that sounds wrong" isn't persuasive. Yes, there's a lot more research out there.  If you're genuinely curious, I suggest jstor.org, though an AI engine can help too. If you find anything saying there's no racial disparity in NIL, I'll gladly eat my shorts.

As for the current NIL "money leaders", you're just throwing it out there without analyzing it for racial disparity. So what's your point? Are we to take your word for it that it reflects no racial disparity, without any cite or analysis at all? 

I don't see how it helps you anyway. Your SI list has the 4 top earners all being white. Disparity?  In the On3 list, out of the top 10, nine are football players -- and of those 9, 6 are white and 3 are black, despite black players being over 50% of top NCAA football programs. Disparity?  And did those 6 white players "earn" it on merit -- that is, are they among the 9 best football players overall?  Not according to an On3 video which has 8 of 9 of the top players being black (here). (Where are the other guys in the NIL list? Waaaaay down.)  Or compare the racial composition of SI's "top 20" list (here) with the top 20 NIL earners from On3.  See the racial difference?

I don't doubt that the white QBs have more social media follows which helps explain the racial disparity, but it's still a racial disparity.  White athletes, on average, get more follows.  Does anyone seriously think Livvy Dunne would have as many follows as she does, and $4M+/year in NIL, if she had the same skill set and personality but were LaTanya Dunne (i.e. black)?  You know the answer. It's a racial disparity. 

I don't know why you're fighting me on this. It seems like you're trying really hard to resist facts that you must know to be true. 

Lets START by remembering these are ESTIMATED deals. We found out after Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark, the greatest women's CBB player of all-time was making less than the "Bayou Barbi." 

 

Now, my issue with this list;

You're taking a YouTube video that is ranking the 10 BEST players in the NFL draft.

Look at the ranking of the 10 BEST every year...and then look at the Mock Drafts. You'll have as many as 4-5 QBs going in the top 10 picks. 

BEST and Most important are very different... but this guys list is also just AWFUL. 

This is just a lazy list off ChatGTP but who are going to be the highest paid?

 

1-QBs from the The top programs(or at least the most well funded program...UT is the #1 Athletic Dept in the Country in Revenue).
LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Miami, Tennessee, Clemson...the typical powerhouses. 

2-The BEST of the BEST at other positions. And when I say these are just estimates, I know Kayden Proctor, the LT from Alabama is at LEAST in the top 10. 

 

You remember what Matt Rhule said about the poor QB play at Nebraska? "If you want me to go out and get a good QB, I'm going to need at least 2M or he's going to go somewhere else."

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Overall Top QBs to Watch — Preseason Rankings

1. Cade Klubnik (Clemson)

• Topped Athlon’s and PFF’s preseason lists, praised for his growth, efficiency (87.7 PFF grade in 2024), and ACC championship-leading play. reuters.com+15athlonsports.com+15on3.com+15pff.com

2. Arch Manning (Texas)

• Huge potential, elite pedigree, showed flashes in relief roles. Expected to take full reins in 2025. Ranked #1 by Athlon in pre-spring and #2 by Joel Klatt. athlonsports.com

3. Drew Allar (Penn State)

• Powerful arm, improved accuracy (to ~66.5%), delivered 3,327 yards & 24 TDs. Ranked #5 by Athlon and #2 by On3. on3.com

4. Sam Leavitt (Arizona State)

• Transferred from MSU, led ASU to CFP with 2,885 yards, 24 TDs, and dual-threat upside. #3 on On3 and #4 by Joel Klatt. saturdaydownsouth.com+4on3.com+4on3.com+4

5. Garrett Nussmeier (LSU)

• One of only six 4,000-yard passers returning; threw 4,052 yards & 29 TDs. Ranked #3 by On3 and praised for toughness. athlonsports.com+3on3.com+3report.herosx.com+3

6. Carson Beck (Miami)

• Transferred from Georgia, threw for 3,485 yards & 28 TDs. Ranked #4 by Athlon and #7 by On3. on3.com

7. Nico Iamaleava (Tennessee)

• Big frame with arm strength and mobility; dual-threat upside noted by On3 (#10) and Athlon’s top-15. nypost.com+15on3.com+15athlonsports.com+15

 

 

Nico Iamaleava is a clown. He tried to force Tennessee into paying him more and ended up stuck in the portal and I think he ended up at UCLA. And this list by the time the draft comes will DRASTICALLY change. 

Sanders was high on this list last year. Right behind Travis Hunter. 

 

This list is bad as Nussmeier is the favorite to go #1 as Arch Manning is expected back and is leaves off the QB from South Carolina...Lanoris Sellers or something like that...a Jalen Hurts type QB with a better arm(as a College QB). 

But Miami has UGA transfer Beck. 
Drew Allar at PSU has been one of the top prospects since HS.
Clemson QB Cade Klubik

Arch Manning since he was one of the most highly pursued QB in CFB History...

 

THOSE are going to be the guys who get the most NIL money. It was Caleb Williams two years ago. 

 

That you think this is about a social media following... I mean, I don't know if you're a CFB fan, but that's ridiculous. 

 

7 hours ago, BAC said:

Does anyone seriously think Livvy Dunne would have as many follows as she does, and $4M+/year in NIL, if she had the same skill set and personality but were LaTanya Dunne (i.e. black)?  You know the answer. It's a racial disparity. 

No...I don't. I think it's a ridiculous question, but again, that's a NICHE sport, but...what Women have dominated endorsement deals for the last 20 years?

The Williams Sisters and Simone Billes. So...I guess I do know the answer. Yes. They would. 

Who was the top paid Women's athlete 3 years ago? The year Caitlyn Clark, the VASTLY superior Basketball player but less attractive athlete or Angel Reese? Angel Reese...she was making 1.5M despite the fact she is...so bad at anything but rebounding. 

Dunne is a COMMPLETE outlier. Lets go to last year;

 

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Top Earners

1. Arch Manning (QB, Texas)

   • NIL valuation: $6.5–6.6 million marketwatch.com+15pasionfutbol.us+15shutelaw.com+15businessinsider.com+1madaboutcollegesports.com+1.

2. Shedeur Sanders (QB, Colorado)

   • NIL valuation: $5.1–6.5 million (most consistently around $5.1M) marketwatch.com+13afrotech.com+13sportingnews.com+13.

3. Travis Hunter (CB/WR, Colorado)

   • NIL valuation: $5.7 million, with some sources listing $3.1–3.7M salujalaw.com+9pasionfutbol.us+9madaboutcollegesports.com+9.

4. Quinn Ewers (QB, Texas)

   • NIL valuation: $4.5–4.8 million nypost.com+15pasionfutbol.us+15topcelebz.com+15.

5. Cooper Flagg (F, Duke basketball)

   • Though not football, often included: $4.3–4.8 million lists.thebiglead.com+10pasionfutbol.us+10madaboutcollegesports.com+10.

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Other Notable Football Players

• Jalen Milroe (QB, Alabama) – ~$2.2–2.3M reddit.com+6topcelebz.com+6shutelaw.com+6.

• Cam Ward (QB, Miami) – ~$1.9–2.7M foxnews.com+15jagranjosh.com+15topcelebz.com+15.

• Dillon Gabriel (QB, Oregon) – ~$1.7–2.5M si.com+2jagranjosh.com+2topcelebz.com+2.

• Nico Iamaleava (QB, Tennessee/UCLA) – ~$1.9M reddit.com+5topcelebz.com+5si.com+5.

• Carson Beck (QB, Georgia) – ~$1.9–2M madaboutcollegesports.com+6topcelebz.com+6reddit.com+6.

• Jaxson Dart (QB, Ole Miss) – ~$2.1M si.com+2topcelebz.com+2sportingnews.com+2.

• Drew Allar (QB, Penn State) – ~$3.1–3.6M reddit.com+2pasionfutbol.us+2foxnews.com+2.

• Garrett Nussmeier (QB, LSU) – ~$3.7M afrotech.com+15foxnews.com+15businessinsider.com+15.

 

 

So #1 QB from the MANNING Family.
#2 Black QB from the Sanders family(but also from Colorado which doesn't have the money the top programs have). 
#3-The first non-QB. Travis Hunter. Why? Because he was the best player in CFB last year. 
#4-The starting QB for Texas.
#5-the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft and one of the most hyped Basketball prospects in years(domestically, Wemby was up there with LeBron in the last 20 years). 
#6-Black QB from Alabama
#7-Black QB from Miami
#8-AsianQB from Oregon
#9-Samoan QB from UT...who cost himself money.
#10-Carson Beck...who was lured away by Miami(who has the largest NIL collective). 
#11-1st Rd draft pick Jaxson Dart
#12-Drew Allar QB PSU-The #3 overall recruit and a top 5 projected draft pick
#13 Garrett Nussmeier QB LSU and the projected TOP PICK in the draft. 

 

 

This should be obviously by now.

 

This year... who are the top?

 

 

Manning remains #1(3rd straight year). 
Beck, who'd led UGA to SEC Title Games and the CFB playoffs took the money from Miami

Jeremiah Smith, a FRESHMEN last year at WR
DJ Lagway, a guy who sat behind Graham Mertz last year
LaNorris Sellers, another FRESHMEN who is in the top 5.

 

So #3, #4, #5 are black. 

 

 

If you really don't think this is a meritocracy... you're living in the past. This isn't the 1960s Alabama team refusing to play Black CBs. 

This is a multi-billion dollar industry. These programs...and the people running it WANT TO WNI. 

 

You're going to see this change year to year. 

Why was Carter Starocci and Gable Stevenson the highest paid Wrestlers? BECAUSE THEY WERE THE BEST(well...Gable ended up losing, but you get the point). 

 

 

 

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Also...this;

https://www.reuters.com/sports/report-uncs-rj-davis-uscs-juju-watkins-have-most-nil-deals-2025-04-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

 

JuJu Watkins has been hyped up like Clark. So the most NIL are a black woman from USC and a black CBB from NC.