How Middle Tennessee State Added $668,000 to Its NIL Budget ---- For the upcoming season, the Blue Raiders made a new commitment to their football players to gain a financial—and competitive—edge. Backed by newly appointed GM Dana Marquez, MTSU has saved $668,000 by eliminating several alternate uniforms and cutting back from 408 helmets to reinvest into its football program—including NIL. “How are we going to best compete against different positions if we’re sitting here spending money on stuff that really we’re only wearing one time a year?” Marquez tells Front Office Sports. The three-year plan started with cutting two of their uniforms (black and gray) and four of their helmets. “We just went with one color, and we did a game helmet and a practice helmet,” Marquez says. ---- #nil #nameimagelikeness #marketing #BoroBuiltMiddleMade #BLUEnited