I wonder how many of the NCAA basketball players in the tournament are millionaires.

[Ptah]

[Ptah]

2. Many are not.

[NoRethugFriends]

7. Almost all are not

No, the vast majority of NCAA tournament basketball players are not millionaires. While Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals and new revenue-sharing models have created "March Madness millionaires" at the top of the sport, these high earners represent a very small percentage of the total tournament field.

[Ptah]

8. You are probably correct.

I find it interesting that just a few years ago, paying players was cause for big trouble.

[RandySF]

3. International student athletes are not allowed to collect NIL.

That’s a terms violation of their student visas.

[Ptah]

4. I did not know that.

[RandySF]

5. I don't think it applies to making money in their home countries.

All the foreign college basketball players I’m familiar with are affiliated with a pro club and/or national team.

[RandySF]

6. Only a relative handful.

[msongs]

9. imagine your play services are free while a few team mates are rakin it in nt

[LessAspin]

10. Ice Capades

With the recent Winter Olympics just concluded I remember when Figure Skaters would tour the Country in the Ice Capades to capitalize on the buzz just created for the sport and make money. Now most of the top Olympic athletes are millionaires.

NCAA football has a large percentage of the millionaire college athletes. Which is not surprising since most college athletic departments rely on the money football brings in..

*NIL valuations are from On3.com, which calculates the optimized NIL opportunity for athletes relative to the overall NIL market and projects outcomes over the next 12 months.

1. Texas QB Arch Manning ($6.8 million)

https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/player/nil-valuations/