Recruiting Forum Football Talk IX

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#11,626
DD4ME said:
This. I can tell who was not paying to travel when we sucked. Lol 😆

Do any of y'all remember all the posts about how going to a game wasn't even worth it anymore? With the widescreens at home and the amenities. Lol it was so many posts back then on why buying tickets was overrated. Dirt cheap seats back then too. Lol 😆

FTR as a frugal guy the price of everything hurts me these days. A night out is 150 easy now. That would have been a whole weekend budget a few years ago .
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It’s basic supply and demand. As Danny stated there is a backlog of people on a waiting list willing to pay if you aren’t.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
When are they going to get the stupid mfing slogans out of the endzone in the NFL? I sincerely don't care what it is. WE ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL.

"It takes all of us"

To do what??? To make ambiguous meaningless purposeless EYE SORE political statements?
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I think they put it there just to make you mad.
 
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Ace said:
For everyone complaining about ticket prices, unfortunately that is the price literally of success. I remember the days buying tickets at half face value a week before the game because we were going to lose. I like winning better.
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When they can't pack the stadium due to "the price of success", then what happens? Did you read my comment about SEC games being pay per view only? It sounds crazy now but I can see that coming down the pike too. If nothing changes with NIL and these coaching salaries, then I can see it happening in 5 years. Would you have thought 10 years ago, we'd have college QBs making $6+ million a year? Something has to be done to or college football will die. We'll have a minor league for the NFL with 32 teams or so and then a bunch of "mid majors".


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DD4ME said:
Or telling grown men what they should wear 👀
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Well to be clear, I certainly didn’t say they couldn’t. Clearly no control over that.

So allow me to re-state it thusly:

I think it’s kinda effin weird for a grown man to wear the jersey of another man. You’re not 13 anymore.
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
How about another tweet by our awesome AD to people that have had season tickets for years are unable to renew because of money..... "Oh, that's unfortunate. We are deeply sorry that you can no longer afford to go to the games. Well good news... you can still support the BIG ORANGE by contributing to the NIL fund. By the way, we inked a huge streaming contract with ESPN and our SEC games will be pay per view only. I love you, VOL Family. GO VOLS. XOXO. ❤️ Danny!!!"



College football is broken. It cannot survive like this.
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Video footage of DW actually pissing in @TN-POSSUM's cheerios...
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I understand why fans get upset about price increases, but the pure hatred a large portion of the fanbase has for “Danny Dimes” will always seem crazy to me. College athletics changed forever the moment NIL became a thing, and Danny is only doing what he can to keep us competitive. Winning isn’t cheap. If we start losing on a grand scale, prices will adjust some because interest will drop.

The shifting landscape of college sports also doesn’t even take into account that just every single thing is increasing in price year over year. So, regardless of success, why wouldn’t luxury items like attending a football game increase as well? You don’t have to like it, I don’t. It sucks that a family of 4 has to take out a mortgage to go to a football game. I just don’t think this is something that the evil “Danny Dimes” is doing because he hates the fans. It’s just kind of how things are in the era of NIL and inflation.
 
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Ok yall, for the ones that have Facebook and have literally 10sec. If you don't care to click the link and click the little box beside the name Zach Shannon to give us a vote, we'd truly appreciate it! Dont have to do anything besides hit the box. Thanks! As always, Go Vols🍊
 
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Ace said:
For everyone complaining about ticket prices, unfortunately that is the price literally of success. I remember the days buying tickets at half face value a week before the game because we were going to lose. I like winning better.
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I’ll buy anyone’s that don’t want to pay the increase. I’m #8,768 on the waitlist.
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
When they can't pack the stadium due to "the price of success", then what happens? Did you read my comment about SEC games being pay per view only? It sounds crazy now but I can see that coming down the pike too. If nothing changes with NIL and these coaching salaries, then I can see it happening in 5 years. Would you have thought 10 years ago, we'd have college QBs making $6+ million a year? Something has to be done to or college football will die. We'll have a minor league for the NFL with 32 teams or so and then a bunch of "mid majors".


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As long as there are 20,000 Tennessee fans on the waiting list for season tickets, the prices will go up. That inevitably means some legacy ticket holders will decide it’s no longer right for them, and they will cycle out.

Supply & Demand.

Prices will increase until equilibrium is achieved.
 
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VolInDayton said:
Every elite 11 QB prospect is a 7 on 7 phenom.

Im over Nico. Im ready to rock with JA. But Nico played normal high school football and did it at a high level. I dont really understand 7 on 7 but every top rated QB, WR, and DB are participating in 7 on 7
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Not really, he threw for like 2200 yards his senior year. I’m not sure that’s all that elite really. He supposedly showed a lot more at these paid “camps”
 
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Who knew it would take football ticket prices for many to recognize that market inflation across many sectors is far outpacing wage increases.

Danny White is just following the numbers, and to a degree he HAS to to keep this thing afloat. We aren't getting priced out by him, the average Joe is getting priced out by wage stagnation and increased cost of living.
 
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