Terms of Service

The NIL Standard publishes independent, model-driven estimates of college athletes' NIL market value, along with related editorial analysis. Our valuations are estimates produced by our own methodology. They are not actual contracts, salaries, payments, or reported deals, and they are not provided, reviewed, or endorsed by any athlete, school, collective, conference, or the NCAA. Where a figure reflects a publicly reported deal, we attribute the source on that player's profile. The NIL Standard is an independent publication and is not affiliated with the NCAA or any university, conference, team, or athlete.

Our valuations are for general informational and editorial purposes only. They are not financial, legal, contractual, or professional advice, and they may differ — sometimes substantially — from any amount an athlete is actually offered, paid, or worth. Do not use our figures as the basis for any financial, contractual, recruiting, negotiation, or other decision. If you need advice for an actual decision, consult a qualified professional.

The Site and everything on it are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied — including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or fitness for a particular purpose. NIL is a young and opaque market with limited public data; while we work to keep our estimates and information reliable, we can't and don't guarantee they are correct or current.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, The NIL Standard and anyone associated with it will not be liable for any damages arising out of or relating to your use of, or reliance on, the Site or its valuations. Your use of the Site is at your own risk.

The valuation model, the valuations, the written analysis, and the design of the Site are the property of The NIL Standard. You're welcome to read, share links to, and quote briefly from the Site with attribution. You may not scrape, copy, republish, or commercially reuse the model or substantial portions of the content without our permission.

Team names, school names, logos, athlete names, and athlete images that appear on the Site are the property of their respective owners. They are used here for identification, reference, and editorial commentary only, and their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by those owners. If you own rights in material that appears on the Site and want it addressed, see “Reporting a concern” below.

If you're an athlete, parent, agent, or program representative and you want to correct, dispute, add to, or remove a valuation, we have a direct channel for that at /verify (high school recruits and their families should start at /see-your-number). You can ask us to replace your individual number with “Private” or request a fuller removal, and we honor reasonable requests.

To report a copyright, trademark, privacy, or other concern about material on the Site, email legal@thenilstandard.com. Tell us what the material is, where it appears, and the basis for your concern, and we'll review it and respond. (We publish our own editorial content rather than host user-uploaded material, so this is a direct contact channel, not a formal DMCA-agent designation.)

We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the “last updated” date above. Continuing to use the Site after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Questions about these terms: legal@thenilstandard.com.

Pro is an annual subscription to the paid features described on the Pro page at the time you subscribe. The price is $199 per year. Founding members, who reserve before launch, pay the founding rate of $149 per year, and that rate stays locked for as long as the subscription continues without a break. Prices are in US dollars and exclude any applicable taxes. Everything that is free on this site stays free; Pro adds to it and never takes from it.

Before launch you can reserve Pro at the founding rate by putting a card on file. The first charge is made on the launch date; until then you can cancel at no cost from your account page, and nothing is charged. Founding members get early access to Pro 3 days before launch. Stripe, our payment processor, shows a reservation as a free trial on its pages, receipts and invoices; that label means only that nothing is charged before launch.

Pro renews automatically every year, at the then-current rate, until you cancel. The renewal date is the anniversary of your first charge (for a reservation, the launch date). You can cancel at any time online from your account page under Manage billing; cancelling stops the next renewal and keeps your access until the end of the paid year. We send a reminder at least 30 days before each renewal. If the price changes, we give notice between 7 and 30 days before the new price applies; a founding member's rate does not change while the subscription continues.

A subscription is one seat for one person's personal use. You may stay signed in on at most two devices at a time; a third sign-in signs out the oldest. You may open the paid panels of up to 400 distinct players per sport in any rolling 30 days; opening a player again within the window does not count again. You may not share your account or its sign-in codes; access Pro by automated means or scrape it; redistribute, resell or publish paid values; or use paid data to build models or datasets. Those uses need a data license: see our Data Use & Citation Policy.

Every figure on this site, free or paid, is The NIL Standard's independent estimate of annualized NIL market value, not a reported deal, contract or payroll disclosure. The 2027 outlook is a model: it is published as a range with a stated confidence, it does not model transfers or portal arrivals, and it changes as roster and production data arrive. Nothing on the site is financial, legal or wagering advice, and no figure is a basis for a contract, recruiting, negotiation or betting decision. Part A, sections 1 and 2, apply to Pro.

Before launch, a reservation can be cancelled at any time and is never charged. Within 14 days of any annual charge we refund it in full on request, provided your account opened 25 or fewer player outlooks in that billing period (for founding members the count starts at early access). Billing errors are always refunded. After 14 days there are no partial refunds: cancel to stop the next renewal and keep your access until the end of the paid year. A refund ends the subscription and your access. The full policy is at /refunds.

We may suspend or end a subscription that breaks these terms, for example by sharing an account, automated access, redistributing paid values or building models on them. We will tell you by email where we reasonably can. No refund is owed for a termination for breach. You can end your subscription at any time as described under Automatic renewal.

We may change this Part. We will email the address on your account before a change takes effect and show the new effective date at the top of this page; a price change follows the notice period in B3. Using Pro after the effective date means you accept the change; if you do not accept it, cancel before that date.

Pro is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Part A, section 3, applies to Pro.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to Pro is limited to the fees you paid us in the 12 months before the claim arose, and we are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue or data, even if advised of their possibility. Part A, section 4, applies to Pro.

This Part is governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising out of it is brought in the state or federal courts located in Georgia, and you consent to their jurisdiction.

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