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Message: [QUOTE="EdSaid, post: 4643390, member: 10651"] I agree with you on the validity of the online lists of the amounts of NIL money the student-athletes are making. I think most of the amounts online are disseminated by agents who want to make people think their people are making big money and they use that to attract more student athletes. I'll go on a limb here and say no one on the BY has read a student-athlete's NIL contract. These are multi-national companies giving much of this money out and they have serious marketing departments. I think if a kid gets arrested or says/does something stupid they get dropped. I would guess Paige's NIL money might have been reduced by her being out for the season. I also think Hailey Van Lith lost her Adidas deal the second she left Louisville. L-Ville was an Adidas school before Hailey Van Lith, she might have been the face of the athletic department so they gave her a deal. My guess is her deal was contingent upon her playing basketball at Louisville. I think most of the recent money is coming through NIL Collectives, which are absolutely contingent on that student-athlete playing at that school. CWBB is creating a whole new conundrum with the NIL situation. The top collegiate football and men's bball players get drafted and receive a bonus and big contract far outweighing any NIL money. WCBB, the top 10-15 players, will take a major cut in pay with their $68,000 rookie contract. [/QUOTE]