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Miami is in the very top area for talent in the country.  It's amazing that even that isn't enough w/o the right HC.

Are there any hard numbers when it comes to NIL today?  I know $30 million was floated around for Texas A&M when we had that recruiting class, which I thought was ridiculous and false. I’ve heard it was closer to $5 million total. I also seem to remember it was supposed to be made public, but the University hasn’t been transparent about it. None of them, not just A&M.

No they keep it hidden pretty well.  Since it's a private contract between a private company and a private citizen, and the university athletic departments technically aren't supposed to have anything to do with it, then I don't think anyone can be compelled to make the dollar amounts public.  Anything you see is just a guess.

Are there any hard numbers when it comes to NIL today?  I know $30 million was floated around for Texas A&M when we had that recruiting class, which I thought was ridiculous and false. I’ve heard it was closer to $5 million total. I also seem to remember it was supposed to be made public, but the University hasn’t been transparent about it. None of them, not just A&M.

Well NIL isn't supposed to be a university expenditure, so I'm not sure how they would bear the responsibility for publicizing the numbers. 

The idea of NIL was to allow athletes to profit from their NIL, i.e. getting spots in commercials, maybe doing ads for local businesses, etc. Profiting from their fame. The idea was that like Olympic athletes, they're not "paid to play", but they're not barred from making money off who they are. This whole "NIL collective" thing was just some bullsh!t end-around to get to pay for play. 

Well NIL isn't supposed to be a university expenditure, so I'm not sure how they would bear the responsibility for publicizing the numbers.

The idea of NIL was to allow athletes to profit from their NIL, i.e. getting spots in commercials, maybe doing ads for local businesses, etc. Profiting from their fame. The idea was that like Olympic athletes, they're not "paid to play", but they're not barred from making money off who they are. This whole "NIL collective" thing was just some bullsh!t end-around to get to pay for play.

True but ultimately there's no way to avoid it, without it being illegal discrimination against a specific class of citizens.

Legally there never should have been ANY rules against it, as ownership of one's own NIL is a personal right that no government or other organizing body like the NCAA, ever had any authority to abridge.

Due to university compliance issues, I'd assume the universities know, and then any compliance officers from the state or NCAA would also be made aware.

But since the contracts themselves are private, they can't publicly disclose those details.

I'm not so sure every athlete is going to disclose every bag of money they receive regardless of the wishes of the coaching staff.

especially if there is a question of how that particular bag of money might be perceived by the NCAA or just public opinion 
whether it's a "contract" or a handshake, if it's private, there's no reason to disclose it to the university

"hey, the new QB recruit is driving a new sporty car.  So what, NIL."

unless its a bag of money from a source that the university might not be proud to be a supporter

keep it on the down low

and if it's reported through NIL it's gonna be taxed
nobody likes paying taxes

somethings are just better not reported