The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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TRACKING THE PACK SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025 ■ 11 In doing so, Corrigan hoped that it wouldn't put as much of a financial strain on the everyday fan who attends a football or basketball game. "The one thing we didn't really want to do is look at this whole thing and say, 'You know what, we're going to raise our tickets 30 percent. We're going to put all this on the backs of our fans,'" Corrigan said. "As an administration, we owe it to fans to do everything we can think of … to try to spread this out as far as we can." Corrigan didn't offer specific num- bers on the revenue-sharing plan during his 25-minute question-and- answer session, but he noted that ev- ery program on campus would benefit from added scholarships. NC State can fund up to $2.5 million in new scholar- ships under the House settlement, and the Wolfpack has added nearly $2 mil- lion worth across all its sports. Instead of telling all of NC State's coaches how many new scholarships they were going to receive, Corri- gan gave each program a figure that it could use to the best of its ability. Whether that was adding more schol- arships or a combination of those and Alston Awards, which are education- based stipends, Corrigan left it up to each program to make its own deci- sions. "We trust our coaches. We wanted our coaches to have skin in the game of what we were doing," Corrigan said. "We provided maximum flexibility for our coaches by giving them a num- ber and then allowing them to plug the numbers where they wanted to." Although each program will benefit from the new landscape, it is expected that football, men's basketball and women's basketball will receive the biggest pieces of the revenue-sharing pie at NC State. Corrigan, a champion for Olympic sports in Raleigh, emphasized the im- portance of helping every program to the best of his ability. "We care about everyone's experi- ence as they come through," he said. "Whether you're a women's tennis player, volleyball, cross country, wres- tling, we want you to have the best experience you can have when you're here." ■ A PERCENTAGE OF EVERY HOME SALE GOES TO SUPPORT ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH AND CARE. McKeeHomesNC.com | 910-672-7296 PROUD TO SUPPORT THE NC STATE WOLFPACK Faye eville | Raleigh | Pinehurst | Wilmington NC State Pursues Naming-Rights Deal For Stadium With NC State looking for creative ways to increase its athletics revenue, school officials are seeking a naming-rights sponsorship for Carter-Finley Stadium. The athletics department began its search for a partner last November, using Independent Sports and Entertainment, an agency that specializes in naming-rights revenue generation, to find a company. But as of late August, the Wolfpack had not signed a deal to put any corporation's name on the side of the 59-year-old venue. "There's a lot of interest in it," NC State athletics director Boo Corrigan said in early August. "I was really, really hopeful that we would be able to have something this year. At this point, I don't think that's going to happen. But there has been a great deal of interest. We've been meeting with them on a regular basis." Although NC State has yet to find the right fit, the naming-rights deal could generate a significant amount of income for the athletics department. It's unclear the specific annual value the Wolfpack athletics depart - ment is looking for at Carter-Finley Stadium, but it would likely be more than $2.5 million per year. Georgia Tech signed a 20-year, $55 million deal with Hyundai for its stadium naming rights in 2023. Lenovo, meanwhile, inked a 10-year, $60 million contract to sponsor the home of the Carolina Hurricanes and NC State men's basketball — a venue that hosts more than 60 events per calendar year — last September. Under the terms of the Lenovo deal, NC State receives about 11 percent of that $6 million each year — $600,000 to $700,000 annually. Although putting a sponsor's name on the side of Carter-Finley Stadium isn't what some fans want, the families of the venue's namesakes, Harry C. and Wilbert J. Carter and Albert E. Finley, have given NC State approval to do so. "The Finley Family has always been proud to have been associated with NCSU Wolfpack Football," the Fin - ley family wrote in a statement to The Wolfpacker. "We know that Mr. Finley would want to assist in any way possible to ensure the long-term success of this fine program." With talks continuing, Corrigan believes NC State is positioned to add a quality company on the side of Carter-Finley Stadium in the near future. "Raleigh is such a vibrant community from a corporate standpoint," he said. "I think there's going to be a great opportunity there for us — we just haven't found it yet." — Noah Fleischman