I heard similar, but it was to pay for NIL, not the coach. Per Brett McMurphy: "Tennessee will add a 10% “talent fee” on all football tickets, starting next season. This fee will go to the players, helping fund the proposed revenue share w/the players. UT estimates per-seat price increase averaging 4.5% for entire stadium"
Okay, thanks for the clarification. I couldn't understand if the hosts were talking about the coach or something else.
Tennessee has one of the top NIL programs per experts. Hell we are dismantling the NCAA because they pushed back too far on it. This is a setup for profit sharing which is coming. Right now, we appear to be the innovators on getting players money but there’s no doubt others will follow suit. What sucks is this should be coming out of the ginormous tv contract rather than fans’ pockets.
Yep. They’re not gonna be the ones paying for NIL or profit sharing. It was always going to be fans and boosters but at least with NIL programs you get to choose your participation. What UT really needs to do is get Knoxville to drop the entertainment tax we pay. We’re the only state university that has to pay it and it needs to end. That would more than cover a talent fee.
