What KU Football Cannot Overcome.
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I looked it up! Here are some of the NIL budgets by school.
Guess who is first? Yep. Texas is paying their football players $73.8 million this season. Who is second? Of course, Texas A&M at $62.2 million. Both schools benefit from large oil revenue trusts.
Miami, Oregon and LSU are next. Then USC, and Ohio State (surprising at "only" $54 million). Where did Indiana come from you ask? Well, they are playing their players $53.4 million this year. Their coach obviously knows how to spend it for results.
The first Big 12 team in the NIL payouts is #9 Texas Tech at $52 million, paid mostly by a former player who made a fortune in oil and has bought his way into chairman of their board of regents. Tennessee @ #10 is paying out $51 million.
So . . . of the Top Five in NIL, 3 are SEC teams. The Big Ten has four of the top ten NIL teams. as does the SEC.
Surprisingly Alabama is only at #15 at $47.2 million followed by Kentucky at $47.0 million. Go figure! And Notre Dame is at $46.4 million followed by Georgia at $46.4. Obviously Georgia and ND are doing more with less. UK is way under performing.
The next Big 12 team is #22 Houston at $39 million. Clemson is at $36.1 million. (Dabo doesn't believe in the transfer portal.) Make note: #19 Misery is spending $45.6 million for its players this year. (Almost as much as ND.)
West Virginia is the next highest ranked Big 12 team -- ranked at #29, spending $35.3 million. (Where do the hillbillies from a poor state get the $$$?) And, where is Kansas University? (Surprisingly, IMO) #30 at $34.5 million. (Note: The Slavers are spending $11 million more than the Jayhawks. That buys a lot of talent!)
Conclusion # 1: There is no way 'Hawk fans can expect to compete with the likes of the big spenders who have twice the players budget.
Conclusion #2: Texas Tech should be ranked #1 in the conference every year. They are significantly outspending all other conference schools.
Conclusion #3 KU, virtually tied for third in conference NIL spending, should be performing better than it's record the past two years.
Conclusion #4 You have seen the ruin of college football. This cannot be sustained. If it's not fixed, only a handful of teams from B10 and SEC will compete every year.Question #1 Is Lance performing based on his NIL budget?
Question #2 Was our timing bad to spend so much on a new stadium when funds are needed to pay players now? Or, is there more to it?What do you think Jayhawks? Different conclusions? Answers to my questions! I look forward to your thoughts.
Rock Chalk!
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@JoJoAndMe where’s ksu? Thx
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@crimsonblu22 #44 @ $29.6 million.
Google 2026 NIL Rankings by School
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Wouldn't exactly trust google for this especially if just looking at the AI results. Having been around the area a ton, Michigan's budget is likely second to almost none.
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Michigan is #14@ $47.6 million. See for yourself. If you find other information, please post it.
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I'm sure these numbers are being crunched by every university, but Google reports Texas's football revenue for 2025 was $298 million with a net profit of $107 million. But, all the other Texas sports programs lost money, so the sports department shows a loss for the year. NIL funds come from a different pocket, but man oh man, $300 million of gross revenue. From a different source, Google reports KU's football revenue at 37 million for 2025. Say it ain't so, Joe. Like a new born pup running with the big dogs.
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Yeah those numbers aren’t public. That’s why we get polls of what front office types think programs are spending and very few actual numbers reported.
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It will be interesting to see how long this goes on before some sort of regulations are put in place. I wouldn’t trust this info 100% but the athletic just released a similar list. The trouble is we know for a fact teams like Texas, Michigan and Ohio state are probably spending north of 50 million on rosters. While a team like Kansas is probably spending 10-15 million. Eventually it’s gonna take away some of the parity in the sport. Everyone but the Big 10 and Sec are gonna turn into the minor leagues in a sense. Heck one could argue they already have.
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@kjayhawks2.0 KU number is slightly over that but not by much... Of course the coach combo we have and the stadium chews into things but still.
Athletic article is good, it is at least educated guess stuff.
Some change is coming if the Save College Sports thing happens.
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Here are some numbers from "The NIL Standard." These are NIL for football only:
Texas $48.9 mil
LSU $42.7 mil
Oregon $42.3
Ohio St $38.0 mil
Ole Mis is at $35.0 mil and Indiana is at $33.0 mil
In the Big 12 Tech is $35.9 mil and Houston is at $26.9 mil
Kansas is ranked 11th in the conference, spending $19.7 mil -
@JoJoAndMe Those kind of numbers will ruin college sports. It's sickening that an organization that drove people nuts for their strictness in maintaining the amateur status of athletes has let it go so far to the other extreme.
