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Beerman
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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.
Posted: 02/25/2026 at 03:44 PM ET
(In response to this post by CMU Hokie)

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Collegiate Times FOIA request of revenue-sharing agreement denied
The_Stratman 02/24/26 05:15 PM ET
Bad idea - these are private arrangements with a significant non-gov’t $$
CMU Hokie 02/24/26 06:53 PM ET
Revenue Sharing is not NIL
Beerman 02/25/26 03:44 PM ET
Shadow cost of affordability
CMU Hokie 02/25/26 06:56 PM ET
It's $20.5M
Beerman 02/26/26 12:09 PM ET
FOIA obligations don't allow for a "good/no good" judgment by the agency...
One4VT 02/26/26 04:16 PM ET
I don't disagree
Beerman 02/26/26 04:32 PM ET
Very cynical and bad faith then, IMO
One4VT 02/26/26 04:46 PM ET
They can only exempt the parts of the record that identify the individual
One4VT 02/25/26 12:54 PM ET
a FOIA request answer does not prevent “making VT the most attractive …” or
HtownHokie 02/24/26 11:12 PM ET
Which entity signs for grantor or provider of funds?**
tallahasseehokie 02/24/26 08:10 PM ET
South Carolina legislature is working on this same issue.
GreenvilleVT 02/24/26 05:33 PM ET
Sounds like they are right to me.**
reestuart 02/25/26 09:13 AM ET
Apparently North Carolina already exempted this from their FOIA unlike S.C.**
The_Stratman 02/24/26 06:12 PM ET