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Tennessee Capitalizing on NIL With 'Talent Fee' on 2025 Season Tickets

Tennessee is adding a "talent fee" to its season tickets for 2025 in an effort to boost its NIL for the football program. | Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The University of Tennessee is adding a 10% "talent fee" to its 2025 season tickets for football, the program announced to its season ticket holders by e-mail on Tuesday. The new talent fee cost will be used to pay its players through Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).

The 10% talent fee added to the season tickets is part of a 14.5% price hike overall for 2025 season tickets. Tennessee athletic director Danny White told season ticket-holders with an accompanying video that it's the price of doing business in the upcoming revenue sharing era in college athletics, which will add to player compensation.

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