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NILnomics is an independent, data-driven newsletter uncovering the real numbers behind college sports finances with sharp insights, clear visuals, and exclusive datasets.
NILnomics is an independent, data-driven newsletter uncovering the real numbers behind college sports finances with sharp insights, clear visuals, and exclusive datasets.
Explore stories, tools, and visuals built from real data to explain the NIL era of college athletics.
Go to the NewsletterReproducible R scripts behind every NILnomics analysis. Built for transparency, reuse, and digging deeper into the business of college sports.
Cleaned and curated NCAA finance data — from revenue breakdowns to sport-specific stats. Ready for charts, dashboards, and your own research.
A growing archive of public records requests and responses from athletic departments across the country. Original PDFs, summaries, and key takeaways.
Read the most recent issue packed with analysis and visuals.
Explore dashboards, CSVs, and scraping code on Kaggle.
Dive into FOIA requests, R scripts, and working papers on GitHub.
NILnomics is a solo project by a higher ed finance professional and researcher who digs into the data behind college sports. Using public records, open-source code, and storytelling, NILnomics helps you understand the financial forces reshaping college athletics.
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