Cuban/Mellencamp drops $60M on IU football
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Check out the honorary captains in last night's game:
---> Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber was an honorary captain for Indiana and watched the game from the Hoosiers' sideline.
He's earned $99,989,866 so far in his 12 year career.
He is set to earn $30M next season.
---> Former Oregon and Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart was the Ducks' honorary captain.
He earned $51,125,506 over his 11 year career.
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---> Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber was an honorary captain for Indiana and watched the game from the Hoosiers' sideline.
He's earned $99,989,866 so far in his 12 year career.
He is set to earn $30M next season.
---> Former Oregon and Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart was the Ducks' honorary captain.
He earned $51,125,506 over his 11 year career.
Indiana 56-22 Oregon (Jan 9, 2026) Game Recap - ESPN
Expert recap and game analysis of the Indiana Hoosiers vs. Oregon Ducks NCAAF game from January 9, 2026 on ESPN.
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Why don’t you put what all of our players in the NFL have earned?Check out the honorary captains in last night's game:
---> Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber was an honorary captain for Indiana and watched the game from the Hoosiers' sideline.
He's earned $99,989,866 so far in his 12 year career.
He is set to earn $30M next season.
---> Former Oregon and Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart was the Ducks' honorary captain.
He earned $51,125,506 over his 11 year career.
Indiana 56-22 Oregon (Jan 9, 2026) Game Recap - ESPN
Expert recap and game analysis of the Indiana Hoosiers vs. Oregon Ducks NCAAF game from January 9, 2026 on ESPN.
All American at Indiana going to be making $30M a year. What's $400-500K a year to him to pay for one starting stud OL player? Payback to the school that changed his life, his kid's life and on and on.Check out the honorary captains in last night's game:
---> Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber was an honorary captain for Indiana and watched the game from the Hoosiers' sideline.
He's earned $99,989,866 so far in his 12 year career.
He is set to earn $30M next season.
---> Former Oregon and Carolina Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart was the Ducks' honorary captain.
He earned $51,125,506 over his 11 year career.
Indiana 56-22 Oregon (Jan 9, 2026) Game Recap - ESPN
Expert recap and game analysis of the Indiana Hoosiers vs. Oregon Ducks NCAAF game from January 9, 2026 on ESPN.
The SWARM CEO has tried to get Iowa NFL players (current & former) to donate; he said he has not had any luck because they never got paid when they were in college. I can understand their point.
Point being Schwarber never made any NIL money either. We have no ideas whether he’s contributing or not. So why put his financials up?
NFL income doesn’t last long. Taxes take a huge chunk. Agent takes a chunk and career is over before you know it.
you need billionaires not millionaires with only a 5-10 year window to make money.
He's worth 100's of millions; he plays baseball yet is on the IU sideline. I just thought it was interesting.
My apologies for wasting your time & mentioning it.
60 Minutes interview
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IU football featured on 60 Minutes
The historic rise of IU football under head coach Curt Cignetti reached even greater heights Sunday evening when the program was featured on iconic CBS news magazine show 60 Minutes. Correspondent …www.thedailyhoosier.com
Sickening college sports are turning into the minor leagues of baseball
Some excerpts from the linked article:
Cignetti returned the praise to Indiana’s biggest donor.
He and Cuban are three years apart in age and were born in the same hospital in western Pennsylvania.
“If Mark Cuban wanted to give $10 million, that would be like me donating $10,000,” Cignetti said. “But we’re glad that he’s involved. If he keeps doubling his donation, it’ll be big one day.”
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Cignetti returned the praise to Indiana’s biggest donor.
He and Cuban are three years apart in age and were born in the same hospital in western Pennsylvania.
“If Mark Cuban wanted to give $10 million, that would be like me donating $10,000,” Cignetti said. “But we’re glad that he’s involved. If he keeps doubling his donation, it’ll be big one day.”
Mark Cuban's financial support has helped transform Indiana's football program
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and Hoosiers alum, understands the significance of Indiana football's rise.
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The one in Marion I used to go to as a kid is now The Freeze, and is the closest thing you get. Others in the CR area turned into Parlor City’s but they’re less like the classic Tastee Freeze.
Pretty sure his comment was laced with sarcasm….if not, as someone pointed out earlier- we have major issues ahead…
guessing she gives to the WBB program, but I haven't seen anything public about it
We could all sell World's Finest chocolate and donate it to NIL. But I prefer to do my part and drink Swarm beer.
Cry me a river. I made $50 million in 10 years but all I have now is $35.
You never collected $35 after taxes and agent fees. Former players that never made a dime from NIL already donated their services to their college. The schools and coaches got very fat off that free service.
you need billionaires to fun NIL or companies that can use it as advertising.
Schools used the funds to finance 24 sports programs at the school. Is that getting fat?
Or to spend on facilities for athletes..is that getting fat?
IMHO, we have a lot of pro football players who are doing very well financially. They need to step up more
Ashton Kutcher doesn't donate to athletics or at least it's not listed. He does donate to the U of I Hospital and to various charities around IC.
Someone else. on here. posted a list of famous and rich people in or from Iowa, like 8 or 9 names. Not one of them donates to athletics.
Tom arnold does not donate to the U of I. He donates some to Iowa Falls CC and a few other things and that's it.
Ashton went heavy into tech companies around the time of 2 and a 1/2 Men. Maybe a little before. He started up 1 of his own, I think, and invested heavily into others. I guarantee you, he isn't poor.
If we are going to get any big NIL donations I guarantee you they aren't coming from the acting, music industry. The golfer that went to Drake but loves Iowa FB? Donates his money to......you guessed it. DRAKE!
If we want big NIL we need to hit up the medical, legal communities. Lawyers, Dr.'s, Anesthesiologists, Surgeons, Corp. law, etc. Hands and knees if we have to.
Sorry, I think HyVee just signed a deal with ISU. Or could be Caseys but I think it's HyVee.
The Moon family donated $10 million to U of I athletics in 2021. They help fund KF's salary, The Will and Renee Moon Excellence Foundation and they helped fund the North End Zone remodel.
