How much NIL is in college baseball?

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freedom fighter said:
Seems like 3-4 million could make a big difference?
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I don’t know the answer but it’s obviously a small fraction of what goes to profit producing sports like football and basketball. Considering that a baseball roster is splitting 11.7 scholarships, I assume most of baseball NIL goes to filling the gap to give the “stars” a full ride. I’d assume top portal transfers and top recruits may command some material $$ on top of that but would be surprised if any one player is receiving any life changing money.
 
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With the upcoming '24 class, we may need some more baseball NIL as several signees are highly rated and a threat to go pro...
 
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My son is a freshman baseball player in high school right now. I am hoping the scholarship limit changes by the time he is going into college! I played college soccer and the scholarship limit for us was ridiculous as well. Something has to change for some of these sports. Especially baseball with the exposure being at an all time high now. At the bigger P5 schools I feel like its getting closer to being a money maker
 
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taylorvol said:
I don’t know the answer but it’s obviously a small fraction of what goes to profit producing sports like football and basketball. Considering that a baseball roster is splitting 11.7 scholarships, I assume most of baseball NIL goes to filling the gap to give the “stars” a full ride. I’d assume top portal transfers and top recruits may command some material $$ on top of that but would be surprised if any one player is receiving any life changing money.
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We're going to see these athletes classified as employees and not students in the next 5 years. That will change everything.
 
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Doctrippin said:
We're going to see these athletes classified as employees and not students in the next 5 years. That will change everything.
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The recent change allowing athletes to transfer every year (without sitting out a year) will lead to even more chaos. Good luck watching players grow and develop. NIL $$$ will play even a larger role moving forward. I’m not sure it’s good for college athletics.
 
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preacherman20 said:
LSU spent $10 million last year. They are rumored to be close to it again. Less than $1 million will struggle competing with $10 million.
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I think it was rumored that LSU gave Chase Burns a million to leave us. Anyone else hear that?
 
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ksgovols said:
Juniors that are draftable are going pro anyway. NIL or not. That's how college baseball works. You get them for 3 years and they go pro if they are draft material.
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I'm talking about our #2 rated incoming freshman class of '24...We have a few in the top 75 that will be tempted to go pro if NIL is not good enough...
 
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If they are drafted in top 75, historically 99.9% will go to MLB. It will be interesting if some of the big time programs with deep pockets will change that with their NIL $$$$. Personally, I think it will remain close to a lock that they go to MLB but there will always be outliers with the L$Us of the world.
 
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malibuvol said:
I'm talking about our #2 rated incoming freshman class of '24...We have a few in the top 75 that will be tempted to go pro if NIL is not good enough...
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But that's always the case. Depending on the round they're projected. In baseball in particular where the kid goes pro out of high school or waits 3 years, I don't see a lot of value in throwing NIL dollars to persuade him not to be drafted unless it's in the higher rounds where it doesn't make sense to go pro anyway. Use that money on the transfer portal rewarding the kids we have signed.
 
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taylorvol said:
True but NIL impact is targeted for high profile / high impact transfers like Amick, Peebles, etc. See LSU last year.
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As it should be. But you're not going to get juniors to stay (or come on board) if they can be drafted in the top 5 or 6 rounds. I agree 100% the NIL money should be for transfer portal guys. High schoolers that can go in the top few rounds are out of NIL reach.
 
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preacherman20 said:
Not what you would think. But it is more equitable across the board than other sports.
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Was hoping the NIL would take care of most weekend players getting equal to a full ride. Of course I love college baseball so I wish the NIL money was spent more equitable.
Heres a question you may know better than the average fan. If someone wanted to donate NIL money, can they legally have a say in where that money goes? Or is it a big pot of Spyre money they divide as they see fit? Thanks
 
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a vol n tears said:
Was hoping the NIL would take care of most weekend players getting equal to a full ride. Of course I love college baseball so I wish the NIL money was spent more equitable.
Heres a question you may know better than the average fan. If someone wanted to donate NIL money, can they legally have a say in where that money goes? Or is it a big pot of Spyre money they divide as they see fit? Thanks
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Call the Baddour guy at Spyre and ask him. simple
 
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a vol n tears said:
Was hoping the NIL would take care of most weekend players getting equal to a full ride. Of course I love college baseball so I wish the NIL money was spent more equitable.
Heres a question you may know better than the average fan. If someone wanted to donate NIL money, can they legally have a say in where that money goes? Or is it a big pot of Spyre money they divide as they see fit? Thanks
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Send it directly to the kid You want to have it. No need for Spyre to take a cut.
 
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txbo said:
Send it directly to the kid You want to have it. No need for Spyre to take a cut.
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Even with NIL, I don’t think the NCAA (or the tax man) will allow an individual to just give money to a student to play for “their” team. If that were possible, a multi millionaire could just become the owner of a college team.
 
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a vol n tears said:
Even with NIL, I don’t think the NCAA (or the tax man) will allow an individual to just give money to a student to play for “their” team. If that were possible, a multi millionaire could just become the owner of a college team.
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Neither the NCAA nor the IRS can tell you how to spend your money…. BTW, I’ve done exactly what I suggested.
 
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