In an attempt to stay tapped into all things NIL, I’ve sorted through and gathered some interesting NIL-centered news items today. The title of each section will redirect you to the initial article, as I did not translate all of the columns into this page. Just the best cliff notes.
I will continue adding more news as the week unfolds! Please feel free to link any informative or interesting NIL articles in this thread!
1. Texas Tech football players see NIL contracts hit their inbox (Lubbock Journal)
When it comes to contract negotiations for players in the new revenue-sharing era, Joey McGuire stays out of it. He gladly defers to James Blanchard, the football program’s general manager; Antonio Huffman, associate athletics director for football administration; and Quintin Jordan, director of football operations.
“My role is I know what is going on, I give my input, but I am not in those meetings, McGuire said in June. “If you are my player, I want to keep it as pure a coach-player relationship. Whenever you get in there and it becomes business and the money part of it, I allow James (Blanchard) to handle it. He does that.”
“He’s very businesslike, and emotion doesn’t come into it. Emotion comes into it with me, and that’s usually not a good thing, so I stay out of it.” McGuire said.
“I know what the meetings are going to be like whenever they go in there,” McGuire told the Avalanche-Journal in a June 10 story.
“I know the number. We talked through it, and then Antonio is the main go-between. He has been the main guy whenever it came to the Matador Club as far as contracts and everything like that, but he’s the main go-between between compliance and our administration and the revenue sharing.
“And then Quintin’s kind of the guy that checks all the numbers. His background is in that, and so we kind of take all three of them and then my final say.”
Tech athletics spokesman Matt Dowdy said Blanchard is the direct point of contact with football players and their agents. Jordan oversees the football program’s revenue-share cap.
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4. Ohio State and Nebraska General Manager salaries revealed + Top 14 Salaries (Web)
In last week’s column, Michigan’s Front Office Full Staff Spend was reported as $833,000. Three weeks ago’s column had Texas A&M’s Front Office Full Staff Spend at $980,000
– (Ohio State) General Manager Contract – $900k (here)
– (Nebraska) General Manager Pat Stewart – $800k (here)
Running List of 2025 General Manager Salaries (reportedly)
1. Michael Lombardi, UNC General Manager ($1,500,000 in 2025)
2. Chad Bowden, USC General Manager ($1,000,000 in 2025) – (Up from $300,000)
3. Mark Pantoni, Ohio State General Manager ($900,000 in 2025) – (Up from $325,000)
4. Austin Thomas, LSU General Manager ($850,000 APY) – (Up from $425,000)
5. Courtney Morgan, Alabama General Manager ($825,000 in 2025)
6. Pat Stewart, Nebraska General Manager ($800,000 in 2025)
7. Jim Nagy, Oklahoma General Manager ($750,000 in 2025)
8. Brandon Harris, Texas General Manager ($600,000 APY through 2026) – (Up from $264,000)
9. Marshall Malchow, Oregon General Manager ($550,000 in 2025)
10. James Blanchard, Texas Tech General Manager ($525,000 APY)
11. Billy Glasscock, Ole Miss General Manager ($425,000 in 2025)
12. Jordan Sorrells, Clemson General Manager ($390,000 in 2025) – (Up from $315,000)
13. Sean Magee, Michigan General Manager ($360,000 in 2025)
14. Derek Miller, Texas A&M General Manager ($200,000 in 2025) – (Up from $175,000)
*Notre Dame, SMU, and Penn State GM Salaries were not available
**Georgia, Arizona, and Tennessee currently do not have a GM (Heupel’s reason)
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5. SEC teams brace for roster reckoning (Arkansas Gazette)
Florida Gators Coach Billy Napier and his brethren have been bracing for a roster reckoning spurred by the House v. NCAA antitrust settlement and NIL.
The landmark legislation went into effect Tuesday, but sweeping changes remained on the horizon, not yet at the doorstep.
With fall camp scheduled to start at month’s end, Napier’s roster stands at 117 players — a dozen above the proposed future limit of 105.
“When we got the job, there were certain parameters around how you build your roster. We proceeded that way,” Napier said at the SEC spring meetings on May 28 in Destin. “I really like the group that we have. We’ve been fortunate to keep that group intact for the most part. But if we’ve learned anything, it’s very fluid.
“So, play by the rules this year.”
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