Creative ways to raise NIL funds

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#28
Rocky Top T said:
Agree, players are way overpaid and the fans shouldn't have to pay them anything. I already pay a lot to go to the game every year.
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This should take care of itself. Players are being paid for use of their name and likeness by companies and organizations who want them to advertise for them. Why should the fans contribute to that when we are already buying tickets and merchandise that should benefit the players. I have never and never will donate to a fund to pay the players.
 
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IndianaVol said:
Need to think nationally...if Mike Keith turns out to be the play by play guy that everyone thinks and on par with John Ward, then I would pay to watch a game stream synced up to his play by play call.

Obviously there are probably implications with existing TV contracts, but would be a good revenue maker.

FWIW - I'm not a fan of letting people pay to run through the T on game day...that is an honor, right, and privilege that can only be earned.
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Eh, a lot of people who haven’t “earned” that have run through it. Butch Jones had a 5’5” son who played on the team as a backup holder and ran through it a lot. I don’t think he earned it.
 
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volfan411 said:
This should take care of itself. Players are being paid for use of their name and likeness by companies and organizations who want them to advertise for them. Why should the fans contribute to that when we are already buying tickets and merchandise that should benefit the players. I have never and never will donate to a fund to pay the players.
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Agree 💯 percent
 
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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
Eh, a lot of people who haven’t “earned” that have run through it. Butch Jones had a 5’5” son who played on the team as a backup holder and ran through it a lot. I don’t think he earned it.
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Jeremy Pruitt also ran through it a lot.He had the intelligence of a cantaloupe.I don’t think he earned it either.
 
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Why not have offering plates passed around during game or just ask if you wanna donate to nIL fund when you buy something at the stadium during a game ..Have NIL booths at the game on every end of stadium and offer tiers ..
 
#38
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IndianaVol said:
Imagine if everyone in Neyland just chipped in a dollar.
Winner takes home 50 GRAND and football rakes in an extra 300K a season for NIL.

If it averages to 10 a person, because face it some of us like to play games of chance, winner takes home a HALF Mill each game and NIL gets an extra 3 Mill a year.
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Seriously why hasn’t the admin done this
 
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Volador said:
How about Celebrity/Corporate Golf Tournaments?

I remember years back when Hanes, maker of Legg's pantyhose, corroborated with Richard Pryor for a golf tournament in Winston Salem. I attended the first ever Pryor Legg's Open and it was a huge success!!
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Seriously though can you imagine the crowd a VFL golf tournament would bring...names like Mannimg, Wilson, Johnson, Dobbs, etc.

It would rake in some dough.
 
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IndianaVol said:
Imagine if everyone in Neyland just chipped in a dollar.
Winner takes home 50 GRAND and football rakes in an extra 300K a season for NIL.

If it averages to 10 a person, because face it some of us like to play games of chance, winner takes home a HALF Mill each game and NIL gets an extra 3 Mill a year.
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50-50 raffles are not allowed in Tennessee, specifically against the law. Basically the only gambling that is legal is the state sponsored lottery and the sports betting carve out. Everything else, bingo, 50-50 raffles, things like that are still banned by the state Constitution. Charities have been trying to get that changed for years and no dice, yet.
 
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madbamahater said:
Why aren't cooperate dollars funding this entirely? They're making the poor people pay for it all
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Because businesses are ultimately businesses, so they have to see a direct return on their investment from any sponsorship or endorsement dollars they spend. Even most of the locally owned businesses have out-of-town investors that would not take kindly to just blowing money on endorsement deals.

It’s one issue that Tennessee has had with car dealers, almost every car dealer group in East Tennessee is at least 50% owned by a large out-of-town conglomerate. They have local names, but only control a portion of the local dollars and, thus, are not putting a lot of kids in cars in exchange for commercials.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
50-50 raffles are not allowed in Tennessee, specifically against the law. Basically the only gambling that is legal is the state sponsored lottery and the sports betting carve out. Everything else, bingo, 50-50 raffles, things like that are still banned by the state Constitution. Charities have been trying to get that changed for years and no dice, yet.
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Makes sense now why my Dad said the VFW in Bristol was on the Virginia side of State Street.
 
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volfan411 said:
How about letting the players marketability pay the NIL and not dump it on the backs of fans.
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That's what real NIL is. Go get agent and get marketed.
Today NIL is just pay to play rebranded
I never joined Sprye, I'm not paying some kid to come play at UT. I'll watch the games, buy shirts at a store, go to game in person if I can but making monthly payments to an organization to pay players to come here LOL no
 
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