How Much Are College Football Players Really Making? Position-By-Position Breakdown - FOX Sports
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It’s been a heck of a week for the College Football Playoff selection committee. As much as we all like to argue about the rankings — and the first batch released on Tuesday brought plenty of consternation — this week felt particularly questionable. For those who aren’t as familiar with the process, I went down to Dallas earlier this month to participate in a mock selection exercise that mimics the CFP’s own process. Give it a read if you haven’t already. It’s a good parallel for how this will continue to play out over the next month. But enough about that. Let's get into some numbers! If there’s one complaint I hear from every corner of college sports almost weekly, it’s the lack of information and transparency about what people are paying athletes. Behold! We actually have data to discuss. The College Sports Commission — the entity created out of the House settlement that’s responsible for effectively vetting athlete compensation — released a new-look database on Friday that revealed revenue share and third-party NIL payment information. "Everyone, to some degree or another, has probably been flying blind as far as what the market is actually bearing," CSC Head of Operations and Deputy General Counsel John Bramlette told me. "People have tried to construct reports about that — and very, very valiantly. But we felt like if there was a way that was legal, equitable and under the various legal considerations where we could present information that would be useful to everybody — schools and student athletes — we felt like it was a good opportunity to do it." The data provided is admittedly a bit dense, so I did my best to simplify it and make it a little more digestible, while also diving into a few of the numbers that stood out. Here’s a sampling of the median payment…
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