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NIL Go deal flow

College Sports Commission data, plotted from launch on June 11, 2025 through April 30, 2026. Every chart on this page is built from the four primary documents linked below.

Q2 2026 quarterly reportView source PDFs
Cleared deals
26,556
$242.35M total value
Not cleared
1,153
$56.17M total value
Clearance rate
95.84%
of all submitted deals
In arbitration
21
across 3 proceedings
Section 01 / Deal clearance

Clearance rates

Clearance rate over time
Cumulative clearance rate at each reporting snapshot
96.87%cleared
Oct '25
3.13% rejected
97.06%cleared
Dec '25
2.94% rejected
96.73%cleared
Feb '26
3.27% rejected
95.84%cleared
Apr '26
4.16% rejected

Rejection rate has risen from 3.13% to 4.16%. The not-cleared value grew 5.6× while cleared value grew 2.8× over the same period.

Cleared vs. not cleared deals
Stacked cumulative totals — cleared vs. not cleared
Not cleared & arbitration growth
Not-cleared count and value both accelerating
Section 02 / Resolution speed

Resolution trends

Resolution timeframe trends
Both timeframes declining as deal volume increases
24-hour resolution
45%↓ 8pp from 53%
7-day resolution
66%↓ 8pp from 74%
Section 03 / Deal value & volume

Cumulative growth

Total deal value ($M)
Cumulative since platform launch
Average deal size
Not-cleared deals average ~5× the size of cleared deals
Period deal activity
Volume and value within each reporting window — labeled by the actual date range covered

Note: the first reporting window covers October 2025 only (1 month). Subsequent windows cover 2 months each. Bars are not equal-duration and should not be read as a like-for-like volume comparison without normalizing for window length.

Section 04 / Platform adoption

Registered users

User growth since launch
Registered users across all categories
Student-Athletes
39,551
+19% since launch
Representatives
5,326
+39% since launch
Institutions
1,343
+7% since launch
Section 05 / Primary documents

Source reports

Original CSC NIL Deal Flow Reports
Every chart on this page is built directly from these primary documents. New reports will be added here as the College Sports Commission publishes them.

Source: College Sports Commission NIL Deal Flow Reports · NIL Go launched June 11, 2025