Revenue Sharing is not NIL
Revenue Sharing is official Virginia Tech dollars. There's a capped amount that the school is permitted to share with the athletes that make the revenue streams profitable. We should probably assume that VT is sharing the maximum permitted amount with our athletes in total, so the only question is the precise distribution of how many dollars and to which players. "Shadow costs" aren't really a thing in this case.
NIL is where the private entities come into play. Those aren't subject to FOIA, and those are where the real abuses almost certainly lie.
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Collegiate Times FOIA request of revenue-sharing agreement denied
-- The_Stratman
Feb 24, 2026 at 05:15 PM ET
The_Stratman
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02/24/26 05:15 PM ET
Bad idea - these are private arrangements with a significant non-gov’t $$
-- CMU Hokie
Feb 24, 2026 at 06:53 PM ET
CMU Hokie
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02/24/26 06:53 PM ET
Shadow cost of affordability
-- CMU Hokie
Feb 25, 2026 at 06:56 PM ET
CMU Hokie
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02/25/26 06:56 PM ET
FOIA obligations don't allow for a "good/no good" judgment by the agency...
-- One4VT
Feb 26, 2026 at 04:16 PM ET
One4VT
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02/26/26 04:16 PM ET
Very cynical and bad faith then, IMO
-- One4VT
Feb 26, 2026 at 04:46 PM ET
One4VT
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02/26/26 04:46 PM ET
They can only exempt the parts of the record that identify the individual
-- One4VT
Feb 25, 2026 at 12:54 PM ET
One4VT
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02/25/26 12:54 PM ET
a FOIA request answer does not prevent “making VT the most attractive …” or
-- HtownHokie
Feb 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM ET
HtownHokie
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02/24/26 11:12 PM ET
Which entity signs for grantor or provider of funds?**
-- tallahasseehokie
Feb 24, 2026 at 08:10 PM ET
tallahasseehokie
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02/24/26 08:10 PM ET
South Carolina legislature is working on this same issue.
-- GreenvilleVT
Feb 24, 2026 at 05:33 PM ET
GreenvilleVT
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02/24/26 05:33 PM ET
Sounds like they are right to me.**
-- reestuart
Feb 25, 2026 at 09:13 AM ET
reestuart
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02/25/26 09:13 AM ET
Apparently North Carolina already exempted this from their FOIA unlike S.C.**
-- The_Stratman
Feb 24, 2026 at 06:12 PM ET
The_Stratman
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02/24/26 06:12 PM ET