Detroit Mercy is a Horizon League program without football.
The Detroit metro market gives Mercy athletes solid commercial NIL access from one of the Midwest's most important automotive and tech markets.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL DeskDetroit Mercy NIL Spending — $1.3M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$1.3M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Men's Basketball
$1M
Detroit Mercy is a Horizon League program without football.
The Detroit metro market gives Mercy athletes solid commercial NIL access from one of the Midwest's most important automotive and tech markets.
The $1.3M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: Detroit Mercy'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 $1M.
Detroit Mercy is estimated to spend $1.3M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #265 nationally among Division I programs.
Detroit Mercy competes in the Horizon at the Lower-Tier level.
Men's Basketball is Detroit Mercy's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $1M in estimated 2026 spending.
Detroit Mercy's $1.3M NIL budget can be compared against every Horizon program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Detroit Mercy'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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