The New Era of College Athletics: Student Athletes' Buying Potential

In 2025, the landscape of collegiate sports is changing. The NCAA's new revenue share payments are redefining the entire economic ecosystem of student athletics. At Payment Labs, we created a platform specifically for the unique needs of paying student athletes. We considered all the challenges that schools will face to be able to simplify the entire process. And we know a thing or two about sports payments as we are the number one payment platform for athletes in sports competitions. Companies like X Games, the Association of Volleyball Players, and the Association of Pickleball Professionals trust us to handle their payout process.

The NCAA revenue sharing & NIL estimates for 2025 are staggering. Think about $1.6 billion suddenly flowing directly to student athletes. It’s a testament to their value to institutions, sports, and even the national sports entertainment landscape. Economic empowerment is now set to transform young athletes into commanding immense buying power potential.

To grasp the magnitude, let’s explore what this spending power could look like:

• Feeding the World: 297 Million Big Macs, enough to feed every college sports fan and provide a second burger for half of them.
• Paradise Training: 16 private Caribbean islands, each conference with its training paradise, complete with 10 luxury yachts.
• Space-Age Facilities: 320 trips to space, sending every March Madness starting lineup to space, with enough left over to launch eight private satellites tracking game performance.
• Environmental Impact: By planting 160 million trees, these athletes can make a global environmental change, creating forests larger than Manhattan and offset college sports' carbon footprint for half a century!

Student athletes will soon have immense buying power. Whatever they choose to purchase, schools will need to distribute the funds to them. Payment Labs, built specifically for athletes, is the best platform for compliantly and quickly distributing all that revenue.

The Payment Labs Difference

We understand that with this spending power comes unique challenges. Our platform allows for:

• Complete regulatory compliance for schools, including automated tax collection and IRS remittance
• Fast and flexible payment options for student athletes, including international student athletes
• Affordable pricing, with low flat-rate fees

The NCAA revenue share is preparing to transform college athletics, and Payment Labs is here to guide schools through the process.

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