B
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36.8%
36.8% -- share of nil budget from commercial sources for Power 4 college athletics programs (2026)
Power 4 college athletics programs source 36.8% of their total NIL budgets from commercial sources rather than revenue-share dollars.
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36.8%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Source
Opendorse
Primary
Tier B
https://biz.opendorse.com/blog/above-the-cap-nil-funding/ ↗
Source Article
Above the Cap: How Schools Are Funding NIL Beyond the $21.3M Limit
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Opendorse
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Methodology
Industry analysis of NIL funding data published by Opendorse
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Industrymarketing
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Power 4 college athletics programs: 36.8% share of nil budget from commercial sources. Source: Opendorse (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/power4-nil-commercial-share-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/power4-nil-commercial-share-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>36.8%</strong> -- share of nil budget from commercial sources for Power 4 college athletics programs<br><small>Source: Opendorse (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/power4-nil-commercial-share-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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