Duke’s basketball NIL is eight times more Than UNC’s..:.

[IDUNK4HEELS]

Numbers you ask Duke is at 24.5 million to Carolina’s 3 million. I have always been good in math and even Steven Wonder can see that a ton of 5 star players can be promised big time money with such a large war chest.

Yes blame the difference of NIL on Coach Davis or better yet President Trump. Please now understand what the truth is before going overboard with unwarranted criticism

 

[gkss]

Good information. Has made a difference I’m sure. The question for us is if we are on an equal playing field as far as NIL dollars as our competitors, is Hubert Davis in the top tier of coaches that North Carolina deserves? Talent alone will only go so far. I’m concerned that not only has our product on the court has been sub par, but the coaching has been sub par as well. I am not witnessing “The Carolina Way” in our play. I support our coaches and hope they turn it around, but I’m very skeptical of our coaching philosophy- which I have not even identified under Hubert. We have to be very careful that we not let apathy take over. We are the Blue Blood of college basketball! Period. Any season we don’t reach the sweet 16 is a disappointment! I expect regular trips to the final four and more natty’s! Is Hubert Davis the kind of leader to take us where we deserve with an equal playing field in regards to NIL? We shall see- I’m not convinced. As always, Go Heels!!

 

[RoseHeel]

I'd ask for a source before I ask for number.

 

[RP12]

Numbers you ask Duke is at 24.5 million to Carolina’s 3 million. I have always been good in math and even Steven Wonder can see that a ton of 5 star players can be promised big time money with such a large war chest.

Yes blame the difference of NIL on Coach Davis or better yet President Trump. Please now understand what the truth is before going overboard with unwarranted criticism

Hubert’s use of the players on the roster is a fireable offense in and of itself.

 

[Bubspub88]

Is the 24 M what dook is paying or the sum of what the players are earning? The reason I ask is that Flagg's gatorade deal is 4M. Does dook get credit for that being part of their NIL $? I thought he worked that out independently of dook. I am not being argumentative just not clear on exactly how the NIL stuff is really done.

 

[Oak ridger]

Where did this Dook number come from? As a private college, they don't have to release any payola information.

 

[gunslingerdick]

Numbers you ask Duke is at 24.5 million to Carolina’s 3 million. I have always been good in math and even Steven Wonder can see that a ton of 5 star players can be promised big time money with such a large war chest.

Yes blame the difference of NIL on Coach Davis or better yet President Trump. Please now understand what the truth is before going overboard with unwarranted criticism

That is startling. I'd like to see where you got that info. Is there a link?

With that said, take the talent gap out of the equation and it's still easy to see that the current team has no direction. So I won't just chalk up our poor performance to low NIL numbers. We have at least "some" talent. We have more talent than Georgia Tech. We have more talent than Pitt. We have more talent than Boston College. What are those schools NIL numbers? We struggled with all 3.

NIL needs to be fixed. Hubert has done a terrible job coaching. Two things can be true at the same time.

 

[GoNtheDistance]

NIL valuations and NIL collective funds being paid are totally separate. for example, Dooks best player has a deal with brands like New Balance and Gatorade that are worth more than any of our players combined. That’s more a reflection of his individual value, not what Dook itself is actually paying him. If we had better players, new balance and others would be paying them big sums as well.

 

[DaveChapelle]

It already was made public that UNC football only got $4 million for NIL this past season. So I don't think anyone should be surprised UNC basketball's NIL was less than $4 mill.

Bacot made most of his NIL money through actual endorsements, not direct payments from the Carolina NIL collective. RJ Davis makes most of his money through actual endorsements, not direct payments from the Carolina NIL collective.

The problem is, direct pay for play from NIL collectives is how programs recruit now. Recruits and transfers don't want to hear "you could make X amount of money over time wearing our jersey if you have a good agent that can get you endorsements." They just want a big check written to them before they ever put on the jersey. UNC's NIL funds were sparse last offseason and the impact of that was felt across multiple sports at UNC during '24-'25.

 

[TarHeelFanJ]

i guarantee Duke’s NIL isn’t 24 million…that’s more than the entire Ohio State football team (20 mil) which was the largest in college football this year

 

[DSouthr]

That is startling. I'd like to see where you got that info. Is there a link?

With that said, take the talent gap out of the equation and it's still easy to see that the current team has no direction. So I won't just chalk up our poor performance to low NIL numbers. We have at least "some" talent. We have more talent than Georgia Tech. We have more talent than Pitt. We have more talent than Boston College. What are those schools NIL numbers? We struggled with all 3.

NIL needs to be fixed. Hubert has done a terrible job coaching. Two things can be true at the same time.

Yeah, thanks for the numbers ID, I as well would like to better understand where those numbers come from, are those numbers rock solid official fact or passed down conjecture.

But what if these numbers are right, if so they sure bring in to question of did UNC actually did have the NIL money to compete for the higher level talents. I just find it really hard to believe that Hubert, knowing full well that if we don't get a big time center from the last portal that this season was going to be a sheit show that could well cost him his job. Heard from Hubert as well as guys he recruited that Hubert was coming in wel behind the NIL number but selling that they would make up for that on the back end by the stage and spot light they will get as a UNC player. As we say in the south, that dog don't hunt...