Since several threads seem to have devolved into speculation about rev share and NIL and other payments to players and there have been calls for "evidence", here's a thread to post published stories that relate to hockey schools and their payment efforts.
Maine:
https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2026-03-23/umaine-launches-fund-to-directly-pay-student-athletes?fbclid=IwVERFWAQvmqZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe4rnYbPFHuhH_X-P9kMZ4WIykg3Rtfec5LcEqJ_zQkAwoFcHR3ZoV0TVCSaI_aem_jnziwQ-6DxHC2DUQqnmFIw
Thanks for the thread. I'll post what I can find. As for the above article about Maine, sounds like very little paying of players is happening at the moment.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/48288787/inside-impact-nil-revenue-sharing-college-hockey
Stories like this one are why I find this topic so frustrating. Thousands of words, yet almost no information. Not a single hard number in the entire article. ESPN couldn't even confirm the McKenna number? As usual, half the quotes in the article are from college administrators saying they have no idea what other schools are doing.
The quote from Pecknold comports with my own understanding of the situation: a bunch of smaller schools are endeavoring to pay players to stay competitive with the Big 10, but they just don't have the money. So the coaches plead with the school to divert money from other sources, or plead with donors to step up. These same donors were already keeping the program afloat, and now they're asked to donate even more. Sounds hard to pull off in practice...
Quote from: BearLover on Today at 02:42:39 PMhttps://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/48288787/inside-impact-nil-revenue-sharing-college-hockey
Stories like this one are why I find this topic so frustrating. Thousands of words, yet almost no information. Not a single hard number in the entire article. ESPN couldn't even confirm the McKenna number? As usual, half the quotes in the article are from college administrators saying they have no idea what other schools are doing.
The quote from Pecknold comports with my own understanding of the situation: a bunch of smaller schools are endeavoring to pay players to stay competitive with the Big 10, but they just don't have the money. So the coaches plead with the school to divert money from other sources, or plead with donors to step up. These same donors were already keeping the program afloat, and now they're asked to donate even more. Sounds hard to pull off in practice...
Great - they beat me to it. This is Part 2 of my report. Next week. But it will probably frustrate you just as much. No one wants to say what they are doing on the record. Neither you or I will probably ever get real numbers. I can only tell you what I can glean from talking to a couple dozen people. That's as good as it will get. But it is real.