BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M athletes can step onto the tallest podium as champions of name, image, and likeness compensation this year, having earned $17.5 million more than athletes at the University of Texas. KBTX obtained that data via an open records request for the period from July 2, 2024, to July 1, 2025.

However, before the band strikes up the “Aggie War Hymn” as champagne bottles pop, the title comes with a huge caveat: comparing NIL numbers across programs statewide is mostly impossible.

Every program across the state has a different interpretation of what data is subject to open records laws and how that data is presented in what is released. NIL Revenue Totals by KBTX

Over the past two years, KBTX has penned open records requests to all of the public Football Bowl Subd

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