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You buried the lede. Another 10% talent fee added. So I believe the total YoY increase is 14%. Snuck that casual little 10% increase in the last paragraph
 

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What, did anyone really think that 20 million from Adidas would help allay costs? Or the money from Food City? Does anyone harbor any illusions about that anymore?

I'll keep saying it. Danny White is at the forefront of squeezing every last dime from every last revenue source - and fans are, for UT, a revenue source. They'll squeeze the fans just as hard as they can, and until the renewals indicate otherwise, they'll keep right on squeezing. It's just business. White just wants as much as he can drag out of people before they quit going - and then he'll replace those fans with more affluent fans who can continue to absorb the price increases. He's not a native Tennessean, he's not an alumnus, he's not someone who's from here or will stay here when he's done. He isn't going to wring his hands saying "how do we make this easier for our fans?"

It's just the current job on his resume, and the more he wrings out of everyone, the more he'll be celebrated by people who evaluate college sports solely by revenue.
 
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Voltopia said:
What, did anyone really think that 20 million from Adidas would help allay costs? Or the money from Food City? Does anyone harbor any illusions about that anymore?

I'll keep saying it. Danny White is at the forefront of squeezing every last dime from every last revenue source - and fans are, for UT, a revenue source. They'll squeeze the fans just as hard as they can, and until the renewals indicate otherwise, they'll keep right on squeezing. It's just business. He's not a native Tennessean, he's not an alumnus, he's not someone who's from here or will stay here when he's done. He isn't going to wring his hands saying "how do we make this easier for our fans?" He just wants as much as he can drag out of people before they quit going - and then he'll replace those fans with more affluent fans who can continue to absorb the price increases.

It's just the current job on his resume, and the more he wrings out of everyone, the more he'll be celebrated by people who evaluate college sports solely by revenue.
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And we're winning in several sports. The price of winning a lot in this pro era of college athletics isn't cheap.

We could be a school that doesn't pay well for elite talent in various sports and continuously has middle of the pack results in football, basketball, baseball, etc.

Would you be happier?
 
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Voltopia said:
What, did anyone really think that 20 million from Adidas would help allay costs? Or the money from Food City? Does anyone harbor any illusions about that anymore?

I'll keep saying it. Danny White is at the forefront of squeezing every last dime from every last revenue source - and fans are, for UT, a revenue source. They'll squeeze the fans just as hard as they can, and until the renewals indicate otherwise, they'll keep right on squeezing. It's just business. White just wants as much as he can drag out of people before they quit going - and then he'll replace those fans with more affluent fans who can continue to absorb the price increases. He's not a native Tennessean, he's not an alumnus, he's not someone who's from here or will stay here when he's done. He isn't going to wring his hands saying "how do we make this easier for our fans?"

It's just the current job on his resume, and the more he wrings out of everyone, the more he'll be celebrated by people who evaluate college sports solely by revenue.
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This isn’t the 1900s anymore.

I personally don’t like it but I also understand the reasoning behind it.

You can either pay the price of tickets or stay home and watch it on tv. No in between.
 
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Voltopia said:
What, did anyone really think that 20 million from Adidas would help allay costs? Or the money from Food City? Does anyone harbor any illusions about that anymore?

I'll keep saying it. Danny White is at the forefront of squeezing every last dime from every last revenue source - and fans are, for UT, a revenue source. They'll squeeze the fans just as hard as they can, and until the renewals indicate otherwise, they'll keep right on squeezing. It's just business. White just wants as much as he can drag out of people before they quit going - and then he'll replace those fans with more affluent fans who can continue to absorb the price increases. He's not a native Tennessean, he's not an alumnus, he's not someone who's from here or will stay here when he's done. He isn't going to wring his hands saying "how do we make this easier for our fans?"

It's just the current job on his resume, and the more he wrings out of everyone, the more he'll be celebrated by people who evaluate college sports solely by revenue.
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Although he’s done great things here, you are correct. When is enough, enough?
 
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Athletics gets about 50k a year from me for the past decade or so.

Its pisses me off for the people that cannot afford these changes. The people that have been next to me for over a decade are not financially blessed to afford this.

It really blows my mind, I have Boyd's personal cell number, I dont like the idea of bothering him but this is too much back to back.
 
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VolFreakJosh said:
This isn’t the 1900s anymore.

I personally don’t like it but I also understand the reasoning behind it.

You can either pay the price of tickets or stay home and watch it on tv. No in between.
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You don't have to go back to the 1900s, that's an exaggeration.

A Tennessee football ticket cost, what, about 20-50 dollars in the early 1990s, at least regular folks seats? I think? That's 50-100 dollars in today's money, give or take a bit. And I don't remember what the donation costs were back then. Someone can chime in if they know. But I'm definitely willing to bet it wasn't anywhere on the scale of prices now.

I may be wrong on the pricing particulars, I concede, as I don't have a clear recollection of pricing past a certain year. But the trend is still glaring. Are they free to monetize in this way? Sure. But the acceleration of aggressive pricing and pricing out folks to suit their new model of college athletics is still noticeable and worth commenting on.
 
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Voltopia said:
You don't have to go back to the 1900s, that's an exaggeration.

A Tennessee football ticket cost, what, about 20-50 dollars in the early 1990s, at least regular folks seats? I think? That's 50-100 dollars in today's money, give or take. I don't want to work it out exactly, but it's around that.

I don't remember what the donation costs were back then. Someone can chime in if they know. But I'm definitely willing to bet it wasn't anywhere on the scale of prices now.

Are they free to monetize in this way? Sure. But the acceleration of aggressive pricing and pricing out folks to suit their new model of college athletics is still noticeable and worth commenting on.
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It's not "their model of college athletics" but the state of college athletics if you want to win on a level that UT wins on. We are not unique.

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