A new in-season college basketball tournament is set to offer up to $2 million in NIL deals to participating teams, with Alabama, Duke, Houston, and Kansas among those considering participation. The tournament will guarantee $1 million to be split among players on each team, with an additional $1 million going to the winning team. This initiative marks a significant shift in college basketball as stakeholders explore conducting their own NCAA Tournament.
A new Men's CBB Tournament is offering participants up to $2M in NIL deals, per @FOS 💰🤯 More here: https://t.co/sO61EEoeXD https://t.co/xJ7wuGr6lO
An in-season college basketball tournament paying out $2 million in NIL is coming, per report https://t.co/sTT7MrrqSg
How will college basketball on TV change with NIL tournament payouts? https://t.co/RvUnvFBXjz https://t.co/H2BmOLAEG6
Just starting to truly monetize college basketball and trying to keep these amazing kid athletes in school https://t.co/O9OhrgP1Sp
This is wild: the NCAA will introduce a new tournament next season with NIL deals as payouts 🤯 “The 8-team invitational in Las Vegas will guarantee $1M be split among players on each team—with another $1M to the winning team.” (via @FOS) https://t.co/Z2bUtFcx7t
“As this gets bigger … it’s going to go into March.” @JayBilas discussed the impact of an upcoming tournament that will offer up to $2M in NIL deals 👀 https://t.co/YBlZmbVdJ3
TV VIEWERSHIP BY CONF: 🏈📺 ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, + Main ESPN 2016-23 As conferences, schools, networks, and fans fight out the future of the CFP's slots and its financial allocations... ...this seems relevant: https://t.co/JXEzIRLDOY
Can the stakeholders break away and conduct their own NCAA Tournament? Ladies and gentlemen, it's happening on a small scale. https://t.co/gTIA2QlZlG
From last night: A new in-season college basketball tournament will offer up to $2 million in NIL deals to participating teams. Slated for Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas, Alabama, Duke, Houston & Kansas among teams discussing participating. Read: https://t.co/ilxfMw3gpE https://t.co/Tu2KQRzTMr
I'm told it's 'very early" in terms of @StJohnsBBall participation in this NIL event and nothing is set yet https://t.co/J1UMMh5AAU