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Tennessee football's 10% talent fee opens discussion of how many schools and sports will follow
Read full article: Tennessee football's 10% talent fee opens discussion of how many schools and sports will followTennessee’s announcement of a 10% talent fee on 2025 football season tickets to help pay players could have been considered inevitable in the still-evolving era of name, image and likeness compensation.
Tennessee is adding a 10% fee on football game tickets next season to pay players
Read full article: Tennessee is adding a 10% fee on football game tickets next season to pay playersTennessee has announced a price hike for football tickets starting in 2025 with most of the increase going specifically to help pay players.
Tennessee reaches long-term deal with Knoxville-based Pilot to preserve name of Neyland Stadium
Read full article: Tennessee reaches long-term deal with Knoxville-based Pilot to preserve name of Neyland StadiumTennessee has announced a long-term deal with travel-center giant Pilot that preserves the names of Neyland Stadium and Shields-Watkins Field while giving the Knoxville-based company prominent signage throughout the stadium, including on the playing surface.
Detroit resident charged in murder of man found fatally shot inside Eastpointe home
Read full article: Detroit resident charged in murder of man found fatally shot inside Eastpointe homeA Detroit resident has been charged in connection with the murder of a man who was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds inside an Eastpointe home, authorities said.
AP Top 25 Podcast: College football's biggest underachievers
Read full article: AP Top 25 Podcast: College football's biggest underachieversNebraska’s search for an identity in a changing college football landscape. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Steven Godfrey of Banner Society joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to take on the task of finding each conference’s most egregious underachiever. And how USC being unable to maximize its potential hurts all of college football. Plus, new Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea joins the show and shares his vision for transforming the Commodores. ___Follow Ralph D. Russo at https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP and listen at https://westwoodonepodcasts.com/pods/ap-top-25-college-football-podcast/Ad___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
UCF hires former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn to lead Knights
Read full article: UCF hires former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn to lead KnightsFILE - Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn argues a call during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Alabama in Auburn, Ala., in this Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, file photo. Central Florida hired Gus Malzahn as its football coach Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, a little more than two months after he was fired by Auburn. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)Central Florida hired Gus Malzahn as its football coach Monday, a little more than two months after he was fired by Auburn. UCF lost both its athletic director (Danny White) and football coach (Josh Heupel) to Tennessee last month. Auburn fired Malzahn in December, paying a $22 million contract buyout to the coach, after the Tigers went 6-4 this past season.
New Tennessee coach not deterred by NCAA investigation
Read full article: New Tennessee coach not deterred by NCAA investigationNew Tennessee NCAA college football head coach Josh Heupel, left, shakes hands with University of Tennessee athletics director Danny White after being presented a jersey speaks during an introductory press conference at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. If anything, I was trying not to hire the coach from UCF.”White hired Heupel on Wednesday as Tennessee's 27th head coach and fifth coach, not counting interim or acting coaches, since the end of the 2008 season. Heupel said he wasn't deterred by the NCAA investigation that started with the firing of Tennessee's last coach, Jeremy Pruitt. “I believe in a very, very bright future for Tennessee football,” Heupel said. White was hired on Jan. 21 and his first job was to find a new coach.