Redshirts and the Eligibility Clock: The Five-to-Play-Four Math
The five-year clock, four seasons, the four-game redshirt window, and medical hardship tests — the eligibility math laid out, with the litigated edges flagged.
NIL & The Business
Revenue sharing, the transfer portal, roster limits, and NIL — explained plainly for fans and for the athletes living it. Not advice.
The money and the rules, explained for the people they land on. Revenue sharing, the House settlement, roster limits, the transfer portal, collectives, and the eligibility clock — written plainly, with the arithmetic shown, because these are the pages an eighteen-year-old and their parents actually need. Two ground rules hold across the section. Every rule claim is date-stamped, since this is the fastest-changing corner of college sports and some of it is still being litigated. And where dollars are broken down by position or tier, that split is a clearly labelled illustrative model, not any real school's contracts, which are private. None of it is legal, financial, or eligibility advice: for your own situation, talk to your compliance office.
How to Split $20.5 Million: The Roster-Allocation Math of Revenue Sharing
The revenue-sharing cap is one number; dividing it across a roster is the hard part. An illustrative split of a $20.5M pool by sport and position; not advice.
NIL Collectives, Explained: How the Money Actually Reaches Athletes
What a collective is, how donor-funded NIL deals are structured, and how revenue sharing is reshaping them. Mechanics as of August 2026. Not advice.
The Revenue-Sharing Era, Explained: What the House Settlement Changed for Athletes
Direct school payments, the annual cap, and backpay after the House settlement — what's settled, what's contested, as of August 2026.
NIL for Athletes and Families: A Plain-English, Hype-Free Primer
What NIL is and isn't, how deals and collectives work, and the questions to ask your compliance office. Information, not advice.
The Transfer Portal, Quantified: Entry Numbers, Timing Windows, and Outcomes
How many athletes enter the portal, when the windows open, and what the data says about where transfers actually land.
Roster Economics 101: Scholarships, Roster Limits, and Walk-Ons in the New Era
Roster limits replaced scholarship limits. What that means for walk-ons, partial aid, and roster construction, as of August 2026.