STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WHTM) — Ohio State Head Coach Ryan Day set the bar for NIL support at $13 million; James Franklin wants “more than the numbers you’ve heard.” The Penn State football coach says that if his program wants to compete in the current landscape of college football, the Nittany Lions boosters and supporters need to be ready to match the other Power Five teams. How far is Penn State from being an elite college football program? Day explained to Buckeyes boosters to keep current players happy and in the Ohio State program, the program would need $13 million for incentives, sponsorships and appearance fees. It was one of the first times a current FBS coach was willing to publicly state a cost associated with the new NIL era. When the NCAA reversed course on the Name-Image-Likeness to allow college athletes to profit on appearances and sponsorships, it threw…
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