Long Beach State NIL Spending — $2M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$2M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Men's Basketball
$1M
Long Beach State is a Big West program without football.
Basketball and baseball are the primary NIL investments. The Long Beach/Los Angeles market gives LBSU athletes exceptional commercial NIL access. Baseball is a historically strong program.
The $2M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: Long Beach 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 $1M.
Long Beach State is estimated to spend $2M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #229 nationally among Division I programs.
Long Beach State competes in the Big West at the Lower-Tier level.
Men's Basketball is Long Beach State's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $1M in estimated 2026 spending.
Long Beach State's $2M NIL budget can be compared against every Big West program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Long Beach 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.
Create a free account to share intel, analysis, and insights on this program's NIL situation.
Joe Burrow threw 60 touchdown passes during LSU's 2019 national-title season.
Stack Long Beach State against any other program — side-by-side NIL spend by sport.
Compare Now
Free Weekly Newsletter
Every Sunday — top stories, transfer portal moves, NIL headlines, and the week's biggest plays. No spam, just sports.
Delivered every Sunday. Unsubscribe anytime.