Cleveland State is a Horizon League program without football.
Men's basketball under Daron Schoenrock receives the primary investment. The Cleveland market gives CSU athletes solid commercial NIL access.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL DeskCleveland State NIL Spending — $1.4M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$1.4M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Men's Basketball
$1.1M
Cleveland State is a Horizon League program without football.
Men's basketball under Daron Schoenrock receives the primary investment. The Cleveland market gives CSU athletes solid commercial NIL access.
The $1.4M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: Cleveland State'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 $1.1M.
Cleveland State is estimated to spend $1.4M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #259 nationally among Division I programs.
Cleveland State competes in the Horizon at the Lower-Tier level.
Men's Basketball is Cleveland State's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $1.1M in estimated 2026 spending.
Cleveland State's $1.4M NIL budget can be compared against every Horizon program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Cleveland State'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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