Should AD go all in on baseball and offer tony $20M

#26
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rocketskates said:
Agreed. Of the major men’s sports it’s Vitello, Barnes and Heupel in that order for me. That’s not a knock on Heupel and football is by far my favorite sport—but Tony has proven he can win it all and I got so much joy the summer of 2024, that he’s my favorite Tennessee coach.
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I think it is inevitable that when you reach the heights Coach has that you will be approached by suitors and will be forced to run risk/reward calculations with YOUR OWN stratified factors and he is the only guy that knows what those are. Simply part of the game. There may be something or there may be nothing that UT can do to impact the final decision. The man needs to make a decision all move onward. Challenging HIS decision is a worthless or worse exercise.
 
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busper said:
I don't think baseball generates that kind of revenue.
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It doesn’t have to generate that kind of revenue. It’s the name Tennessee Vols and the recognition it receives and all of the benefits it brings to the school. See Ky basketball as an example. Kansas basketball. Mich St basketball. Merchandise of every kind was sold when Tony brought home the CWS title.
Heck they are investing millions in the stadium overhaul. You can’t replace champion coaches who have shown they can win big every year. Maybe not the championship, but a good chance of making the final tournament. They have hired plenty of baseball and basketball coaches. Most had their big stadiums / arenas half empty. They paid Barnes big time , they should Tony as well.
 
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RandomUTfan said:
This is the most ridiculous proposal I think I have ever seen on this site. 20 million dollars? Are you categorically insane? Did someone drop you on your head as an infant?


If I'm Danny White, I'm offering no less than 25.
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You are such a fool.

No way we offer less than 50.

There’s gold in them there TN hills.
 
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crazycanuck20 said:
That's insane. Where did you come up with that number? Any AD who offers that to CTV should be fired immediately. It should be 44M fully guaranteed with personal revenue sharing from the football team, as well as a 2022 Dodge Durango.
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I was going to make a joke 😃 similar to that. Good one. What was Rick Barnes contract upped to when UCLA tried to make a deal with him? It would make sense for a coach that's actually(not a slight against Barnes)won a championship to make at least around the same. If he doesn't take it,let him find out how the big leagues are.
 
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a vol n tears said:
It doesn’t have to generate that kind of revenue. It’s the name Tennessee Vols and the recognition it receives and all of the benefits it brings to the school. See Ky basketball as an example. Kansas basketball. Mich St basketball. Merchandise of every kind was sold when Tony brought home the CWS title.
Heck they are investing millions in the stadium overhaul. You can’t replace champion coaches who have shown they can win big every year. Maybe not the championship, but a good chance of making the final tournament. They have hired plenty of baseball and basketball coaches. Most had their big stadiums / arenas half empty. They paid Barnes big time , they should Tony as well.
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I mean....it has to be worth the investment and the Tennessee brand was huge before TV ever set foot on the campus. I love TV but I think you're overestimating his financial impact. It still is dwarfed by football and men's and women's basketball.
 
#41
#41
The problem is not the compensation paid to Vitello year in and year out, it's the revenue share that the university had allocated to the baseball program, which has been moved to the women's basketball program, maybe some of the adidas money as well, which will get carved up in a manner to help fill in the gaps where the NIL exchange has some holes.

Adidas is expecting championship programs for the amount of money they are bringing to the party, football has already crapped out this season and baseball was the next proven outlet for significant championship exposure and should be allocated the necessary dollars to go at it again.

If Tony V hasn't said no publicly before the World Series starts, he's probably gone, in today's college baseball game, the program needs dollars for players much more than any other athletic program as the other sports participants can't always sign with the professional leagues upon completion of their high school education. Happens all the time in baseball.
 
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What are some ways to generate more revenue ?
Stadium naming rights
Company logo patch on uniforms
TV broadcast money for non-SEC games
Offer radio broadcast rights for a nominal fee and split percentage of commercials
Rental money for other events at stadium such as concerts, weddings, business expos and meetings
Cross sell Tennessee baseball merch with all the minor league teams throughout the state
Sell Tennessee baseball merch at the football games
Sell MLB jerseys of Tennessee baseball alumni at the games and UT websites
 
#45
#45
20M to keep a coach like Tony is chump change. PSU is paying one of theirs 49M to not stay.
 
#46
#46
Our sorry athletic director didn't try to keep him even though Tony wanted to stay. Literally pushed him out the door not opening dialogue with him. Danny White needs to go.
 
#47
#47
Here's what DW should do. Think outside the box! Since there is very little difference nowadays between paying pro players and college players, heck just buy that little San Francisco team. Tennessee can let them keep their name. Then, since he is still an employee of the UT system have him report back to knoxville! There, problem solved:)
 
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