Free tool
NIL Go Threshold Checker
NIL Go requires student-athletes to disclose any NIL deal worth $600 or more. This tool tells you whether a given deal value trips that threshold and what you need to do next.
Background
- NIL Go is the College Sports Commission's reporting platform for NCAA Division I athletes.
- $600 is NIL Go's reporting threshold, not the IRS one: for payments made in 2026 a payer files a Form 1099-NEC at $2,000, and NIL income is taxable either way.
- State HS NIL rules vary — some states have lower thresholds. Use the State Rule Lookup for HS context.
- Cumulative value with the same brand within a year aggregates — a series of $400 deals can still trip the threshold.
Want this baked into your athlete portal?
NIL Innovations's Compliance Center auto-checks every deal against NIL Go + state thresholds at submission time. Athletes get a real-time warning + auto-routed disclosure when they trip the threshold.
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