This is actually the 6th recruiting class since the portal and coaches I would think know at this point how to identify players. 5th recruiting class where NIL has been allowed but only the 1st with revenue sharing. A provision in the Score Act is to limit the use of student fees IF your media income is under 50 million but right now there is no limit to using student fees or institutionl money and the cap is to increase to 23 million for 2026-27.
https://www.si.com/fannation/college/cfb-hq/nil/college-p... The question for schools like Ohio what is the best use of resources? Is it for multi-year NIL contracts or bigger signing or performance bonuses for retention? The G6 seems to be sticking toward smaller freshman classes to maximize portal flexibility while the P4 is concerned more about deep NIL pockets for retention. Oregon by even a couple of years had 1 billion in its NIL collectives. In the G6 conferences are beginning to be defined by minimum contributions.
https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-football-n... /
I could see a breakaway SBC requiring a 8 to 10 million annual revenue share for participation in it to place distance on other conferences spending less. For Ohio the media revenue probably wouldn't pay for all of that and could have to soak student fees to meet that type of a rule but its possible.