Southern Indiana is an Ohio Valley program that recently completed its transition to Division I.
Basketball receives the primary investment. The Evansville market gives athletes decent commercial NIL access.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL DeskSouthern Indiana NIL Spending — $1M Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$1M
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Men's Basketball
$700K
Southern Indiana is an Ohio Valley program that recently completed its transition to Division I.
Basketball receives the primary investment. The Evansville market gives athletes decent commercial NIL access.
The $1M figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: Southern Indiana'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 $700K.
Southern Indiana is estimated to spend $1M on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #303 nationally among Division I programs.
Southern Indiana competes in the Ohio Valley at the Lower-Tier level.
Men's Basketball is Southern Indiana's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $700K in estimated 2026 spending.
Southern Indiana's $1M NIL budget can be compared against every Ohio Valley program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Southern Indiana'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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