The playing field when it comes to earning NIL dollars might be swaying in favor of the Illinois football program.
In the current iteration of Name, Image, and Likeness, it is essentially that whoever has a rich donor base can bring in the most NIL dollars. With the second installment of the college football game, College Football 26, teams like the Illini have a chance to chip away at trying to equal the playing field.
In an article by Matt Liberman of Cllct, he published the payout tiers for the College Football 25 game that came out last season. Those tiers are now gone. That was just the plan on how to pay the programs in the first season of the game.
College Football 26 is going by a play-and-pay setup. According to the article, all programs in the FBS have opted in, and each team will receive NIL money based on the number of times that team is played in the game.
The article lays out in more detail a scenario that could play out. In Layman’s terms, the more people play with a team, the more money that team receives. This means that Illinois football fans literally have potential NIL dollars in the palm of their hands.
Liberman also mentions in the article that the game’s creators haven’t explained how they are tracking the number of times a team is used, but that they do have the ability to track that now.
With a new structure for teams, Illinois football players can also make more money from College Football 26
Last year, Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer was paid to help promote the College Football 25 game. In addition, whoever opted into the game received a copy and $600. That is now changing, too.
According to the article, players could see over double or triple that amount of money based on how valuable they are to the brand.
I could see a few Illinois football players cashing in on this deal. Altmyer is the biggest name on the team, and he is one of the best quarterbacks in the best conference in college football. He will have some money coming his way. It will be interesting to see how the details are ironed out, too. There are some question marks, but one thing is for sure. Players are going to get more money, and I am here for that.
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