Cal State Northridge is a Big West program with a developing NIL operation.
The Los Angeles San Fernando Valley location gives CSUN athletes exceptional commercial NIL access.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL DeskCal State Northridge NIL Spending — $3.1M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$3.1M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Men's Basketball
$2M
Cal State Northridge is a Big West program with a developing NIL operation.
The Los Angeles San Fernando Valley location gives CSUN athletes exceptional commercial NIL access.
The $3.1M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: Cal State Northridge's direct revenue-share allocation and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors. We compile it from publicly disclosed contracts, collective funding announcements, athletic department reporting, and cross-referenced industry valuations, with Men's Basketball the largest single-sport allocation at $2M.
Cal State Northridge is estimated to spend $3.1M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #192 nationally among Division I programs.
Cal State Northridge competes in the Big West at the Lower-Tier level.
Men's Basketball is Cal State Northridge's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $2M in estimated 2026 spending.
Cal State Northridge's $3.1M NIL budget can be compared against every Big West program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Cal State Northridge's NIL budget combines two sources: the school's direct revenue-share allocation (capped at roughly $20.5M industry-wide following the House settlement) and third-party collective deals funded by boosters, alumni, and corporate sponsors.
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