11 pieces of termiNIL analysis on NIL explained.
Collectives still pay athletes, but every deal over $600 now clears the NIL Go review, and collective pay doesn't count against a school's $20.5M cap.
October 17, 2026 ExplainertermiNIL tags every valuation none, low, medium or high based on snap count, not talent. Here's what each tier changes about the number and why.
October 6, 2026 ExplainerA practical framework agents can use to value an NIL client: position market rate, grade and snaps, audience size, and termiNIL's confidence tier.
October 3, 2026 ExplainertermiNIL prices the average college football player at $224K in NIL value — but the median is just $103K. Here is why the mean overstates a typical player.
September 29, 2026 ExplainertermiNIL's model repriced one backup quarterback 112% higher in a single day. Here's why ungraded players swing hard and graded ones barely move.
September 26, 2026 ExplainertermiNIL prices unproven recruits from recruiting profile and team context, not production — the same model that values Ohio State's Julian Sayin at $6.24M.
September 22, 2026 ExplainertermiNIL's top quarterback has 227K followers; the No. 2 has 718K. Social reach is one of six pricing factors, and it is not the biggest one.
September 19, 2026 ExplainertermiNIL prices the median FBS quarterback at $585K — nearly three times the next-highest position and close to eight times the group median elsewhere.
September 18, 2026 ExplainerRevenue sharing is a school's direct, capped payroll to athletes. NIL is uncapped third-party licensing income. Here's how the two actually work, and who pays whom.
September 15, 2026 ExplainerNIL lets college athletes license their name, image and likeness for money. Here's what that means, how much is in the market, and how termiNIL prices it.
September 12, 2026 ExplainerHow NIL valuations actually work: the six-factor bottom-up model that prices all 14,094 FBS players, why top-down budget estimates fail, and what a valuation cannot tell you.
August 19, 2026