Wagner is a NEC program with FCS football.
Men's basketball receives primary NIL investment. The Staten Island/NYC market gives Wagner athletes exceptional commercial NIL access.
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The Sideline Staff·NIL DeskWagner NIL Spending — $700K Est. 2026
Estimated NIL Spend
$700K
2025–26 est.
Top Sport
Men's Basketball
$500K
Wagner is a NEC program with FCS football.
Men's basketball receives primary NIL investment. The Staten Island/NYC market gives Wagner athletes exceptional commercial NIL access.
The $700K figure above combines two sources permitted under the House v. NCAA settlement: Wagner'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 $500K.
Wagner is estimated to spend $700K on NIL in the 2025–26 athletic year, including revenue-sharing allocations and third-party collective deals. This ranks #354 nationally among Division I programs.
Wagner competes in the NEC at the FCS level.
Men's Basketball is Wagner's top NIL-funded sport with approximately $500K in estimated 2026 spending.
Wagner's $700K NIL budget can be compared against every NEC program and all 357 Division I schools on The Sideline's NIL Tracker.
Wagner'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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