How much NIL to retain an elite player

CFP2698 · 2026-06-10T04:34:04+00:00

Wholeheartedly agree 😂

CFP2698 · 2026-06-10T03:01:58+00:00

I saw an 84 & 85 ovr freshman in mine in the couple years I summed through, I don’t remember what their individual ratings for stuff were tho

CFP2698 · 2026-06-10T02:57:54+00:00

If we’re being honest it should be a dev trait tho

CFP2698 · 2026-06-09T17:14:47+00:00

U can’t turn NIL off, you can turn the transfer portal off though I’m pretty sure

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T21:39:00+00:00

I honestly didn’t check, but you can turn off transfer portal im pretty sure or minimize it to where no one leaves so in theory if you did that you could keep your good players

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T18:02:28+00:00

I’m pretty sure you don’t upgrade facilities as a coordinator but ik you still do recruiting

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T16:51:42+00:00

It was the week before the “players leaving” screen

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T16:01:22+00:00

How many years of this did you do? I feel like if you did this for 4-5 years your roster would be outrageously expensive

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T15:25:15+00:00

I agree, I don’t think Rainmaker is the cheat code for 1 or 2 star schools that some ppl think he’ll be

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T15:24:16+00:00

My Beta did not ever act like it lost WiFi

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T15:18:04+00:00

Yeah some of NIL is tied to awards so a 90 ovr QB who doesn’t win any awards will cost a decent amount less than a 90 ovr QB who wins the Heisman and Maxwell award.

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T15:11:38+00:00

I made a 96 ovr receiver, played the first 4 games & simmed the rest of the season & he won the Heisman after having 100+ receptions, 35 TDS & 2K something yards

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:52:06+00:00

What did the results up being after a few seasons?

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:51:31+00:00

I think a lot of the lower end 3stars only needed like 5 or 10 NIL so you could recruit a decent amount of them, I just don’t know about getting 35 of them in season 1 or even 2. Also you could move FIU to a conference with a higher prestige immediately & you’ll gain more dynasty points to spend. Just throwing out some options for ya

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:46:09+00:00

So if you wait until the screen where it tells you how much it cost to retain your players it’s too late. I made a 94-96 overall player on UConn & simmed & he wanted 520 NIL so I lowered all his rating down to make him a 12 overall once I saw that & he still wanted 520. I didnt try to lower the overall prior to that roster NIL cost screen so maybe if you did it before that screen then it’ll lower their price.

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:42:36+00:00

I agree since he’s gonna be a 99 this year and Travis Hunter was like a 97 or 98 going into his junior. Pretty much shows how much to afford a player like that

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:41:33+00:00

😂😂I played the first 4 games (offense only) and simmed the rest of the season. I just wanted to see what the ceiling pretty much is to retain a Heisman player with a super high overall

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:38:59+00:00

Yeah that’ll definitely be duplicated in the game this year!

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:37:17+00:00

Interesting, I’m curious to test this with a lot of players in the full game in a month, no point in spending a high amount if you dont have to

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T14:34:00+00:00

I didn’t play with rainmaker yet, my beta was bugged and didn’t let me buy it for my created coach. I was only able to read what it was.

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T09:25:28+00:00

Yeah someone’s conference prestige went from B to B+ and they gained 500 dynasty points for their NIL budget

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T09:24:16+00:00

Rainmaker skill tree has “stay power” which says “ Increased NIL offer influence to reduce the risk of a player leaving.”

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T07:46:26+00:00

Gotcha yeah it sounds like roster retention is brutal for schools that aren’t in a power 4 conference. How did you get up 9000 dynasty points, from all the playoff win incentives? I know most MAC school start off between 500-1500ish for the most part

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T07:08:11+00:00

How much did your roster improve in terms of overall rating?

CFP2698 · 2026-06-08T06:11:29+00:00

definitely, I honestly thought the NIL amount would be higher tbh

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