Tennessee preparing to add 10% 'talent fee' to ticket prices to raise money to give its players
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And that is when I stop buying season tickets. It was a good run, 33 years and counting. Times change but this wouldn’t be for me.
I mean, the pretense of a “student athlete” is over now. Business is business.
Pony up the dough or settle for a vastly inferior product. That’s the dilemma all schools face.
I wonder if they have to disclose that an increase in price is for talent acquisition? If not, I’d just increase the prices without stating it’s directly related to paying players.
From the story:
Up to $22M in revenue sharing is expected to come next year (it still has to be approved by a federal judge) and this is one way Tennessee fans will help pay for it.
Tennessee hopes to recoup about $10M through the surcharge, which will come in addition to a football ticket price increase averaging 4.5 percent across all seats.
So, a $100 ticket last year would cost $115 this year.
Tennessee to add 10 percent 'talent fee' to ticket prices to raise money to give to players
Tennessee plans to add a 10 percent "talent fee" to ticket prices that would be used to pay players starting in 2025.
Sounds like the restaurant business in Minneapolis. Line items for employee perks and other things.
Well, then, go ahead and spend your money trying to keep Iowa from becoming a vastly inferior product..............
Maybe not a terrible idea. I'd like more to just designate existing seat premium to that cause.
Iowa already is there or heading there.
Many fans who paid into Swarm probably feel cheated. Iowa has spent a lot trying to acquire offensive talent through the portal and the product on the field is still shit.
You don’t need a Kaleb Brown in an offense that is perfectly suited for 3A Iowa high school talent. That’s Kirk ball.
All tax deductions for donations to power 5 conference members needs to end.
it's going to be really interesting to see how Iowa distributes up to $22M to players next year.....
And those same players will continue to get their NIL deals....
this entire NIL and transfer portal are totally destroying collegiate sports. Very sad IMO.
Whatever happened to the notion that the college athletic departments would just share some of the bounty with the players?
Donations to NIL funds, ticket surcharges, etc, cause me to think that idea has been discarded.
It’s time some of the TV money is used to reduce tuition.Whatever happened to the notion that the college athletic departments would just share some of the bounty with the players?
Donations to NIL funds, ticket surcharges, etc, cause me to think that idea has been discarded.
Seeing as how I watch most games on TV I think Iowa should tack on a 50% fee.
A “ brilliant “ Federal Judge has put a hold on the agreement worked out between lawyers representing the players and the NCAa. She felt the 22 million revenue sharing with an inflation adjustment each year wasn’t generous enough for the players. Now the whole agreement looks like it is going to fall apart. What a crock ! Now it’s back to the Wild West.
From the story:
Up to $22M in revenue sharing is expected to come next year (it still has to be approved by a federal judge) and this is one way Tennessee fans will help pay for it.
Tennessee hopes to recoup about $10M through the surcharge, which will come in addition to a football ticket price increase averaging 4.5 percent across all seats.
So, a $100 ticket last year would cost $115 this year.
Tennessee to add 10 percent 'talent fee' to ticket prices to raise money to give to players
Tennessee plans to add a 10 percent "talent fee" to ticket prices that would be used to pay players starting in 2025.www.on3.com
Stadium size makes a huge difference in this case...
Kinnick Stadium
Capacity: 69,250 <-- used to be 70,585 before latest renovations
Neyland Stadium
Capacity: ~102,000
Of course. Forget about the endless pot of money from the TV deals and make the fans pay more. Classic.
Wild West wasn’t going away. Outside sources can still pay players any amount they want. This deal did zero. If all the players in the country can get a slice of $22 million the difference between choosing school A or B will be the outside money.
All this deal does is hurt the money available to non high profile sports.
Exactly. All the $$$$$ coming to these schools, and the idea was supposedly they were going to share that with the players. Wait, oh no, were going to charge the fans for "talent fee's". No, just NO.......Whatever happened to the notion that the college athletic departments would just share some of the bounty with the players?
Donations to NIL funds, ticket surcharges, etc, cause me to think that idea has been discarded.
