Part III of The Price of College Sports examines the Protect College Sports Act, S. 4668, and what federal rules on NIL, agents, transfers, eligibility, athlete welfare and antitrust could mean for college athletics.
Indiana football is no longer trying to compete with fewer resources. New estimates put the Hoosiers’ 2026 roster budget at $36–40 million. The bigger question is how Curt Cignetti turns that investment into sustained success.
College athletics didn’t suddenly become a business when NIL arrived. Part I of The Price of College Sports traces how decades of spending, legal challenges, NIL, the transfer portal and revenue sharing created today’s financial model.
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