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Pony up Vol fans.Originally Posted by GAC
Reds Fan Since 1971
They'll gladly pay it, especially now that they're doing so well. My guess is that this will spread to many other schools who'll copy what UT is doing
Would UK fans pony up if they could replace their QB with a guy like Nico Iamaleava?
Last edited by Sea Ray; 09-17-2024 at 11:13 PM.
I gotta start catching some IU games. What they've done so far is impressive. If they really do have some really good players, I sure hope they can hang onto them in the coming years. I worry about teams like them nowadays with the portal and all
Playadlc (09-18-2024)
Agreed. However IU has more football NIL money than people realize. Cignetti doesn't take this job if he didn't already know this.
Not trying to get way ahead here, but I think IU has finally found the guy in Cignetti.
There's no surcharge on me watching a game on my 75" screen in the comfort of my living room, and where concessions are much cheaper.
The argument was .... "These universities are raking in millions in profits off the backs of these athletes. So there's no reason why they can't afford to pay them."
They. Not me. They're the ones making the unreal profits, yet they still aren't paying are they? Isn't that what the cooperatives like 1870 (OSU) are for, that "deflects" any direct cost to the universitie's bottomline (pockets)?
So No. You add a 10% surcharge onto my ticket price for NIL, and I'll never go to another game again. They always find a way to pass the buck onto the working stiff in the end.
Last edited by GAC; 09-18-2024 at 09:16 AM.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
Congrats to Tennessee for ushering in a new level of greed into college sports. They should be very proud.
I could care less what UK does. About the only college sports news I see now is here on RZ. I am barely following it.
Reds Fan Since 1971
GAC (09-18-2024),Ky Fried Redleg (09-21-2024)
OK. I am a bigger fan than you are ‘cause I follow it much more closely. Although I will state for the record that I’m not a season ticket holder anywhere
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It is crappy what Tennessee is doing, but they are just the first. All major programs will start doing this. Weird times in college sports, especially football.
With that said, is this legal per the NCAA rules or is Tennessee just saying "F the NCAA, sue me"?
What would you say.....ya do here?
To be fair, the Vols are just the first of many. IMO, the attitude of these colleges is - "Why should we have to pay this cost when it can easily be passed onto a fanitical fanbase that will gladly pay it?"
I was looking at OSU ticket prices for various games. For Michigan? An endzone seat was $500-$600. In the middle of the field but high up with the pidgeons? $1200/ticket.
I'm scouting a couple other games, and prices for a moderate seat is unreal. And you now want to put a 10% NIL surcharge on? KM....
You're not gong to see Taylor Swift for cryng out loud!
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IMO. If the cooperatives are legal, then I don't see how this surcharge isn't. They're telling you upfront what it is for.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
I think maybe, just maybe the college football gods have finally smiled on long suffering Hoosier fans.
I'm not sure why this is controversial. If players are going to get paid, of course the fans/alumni are going to pay for it one way or the other. I appreciate Tennessee being up front about it. If Xavier did the same for basketball tickets, I wouldn't complain when I buy seats. Part of the cost of 2024 college athletics. I'd never in a million years make a donation to a collective to just give money to athletes while getting nothing in return. I'd just take that money and give it my own college athlete child. But if I get a ticket to the game included as part of my "donation", no issue for me.
The more the universities take control of NIL the better off it will be. Most of these NIL's are run buy guys who give of the vibe of being sleezy. I guarantee you will see more things like this, and its probably a good way to get more money in the hands of its players. I would much rather give my money to the university to handle NIL than a guy like Brian Schottenstein who is throwing daddy's money around to hob nob with teenage kids.
Boston Red (09-18-2024),Revering4Blue (09-18-2024)
I'm so mad at UT for this ticket surcharge that I hereby vow to never buy a ticket to one of their games.
When your business is as successful as Tennessee's, you can do this. Here's why UT can do this:
https://www.on3.com/news/tennessee-t...ticket-prices/Fans will want to renew their tickets for next season, and the Volunteers have a 15,000-person waiting list for football season tickets
Chip R (09-18-2024)
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