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re: Charging kids to meet the football team

Posted on 7/21/26 at 6:19 am to
Posted by JohnnyU
Florida
Member since Nov 2006
13086 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 6:19 am to
Keep clutching your pearls and whining.

Remember, players earned the right to NIL such as personal appearances and autograph signings.

You can likely expect the same from a growing list of programs.

This is just the new landscape of college football.

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Ohio State football fans won’t have to wait until the Buckeyes’ season opener against Ball State to see their favorite team in action.

OSU announced Tuesday it will open its first three practices of preseason camp to fans. The dates run from Aug. 6-8, with each session open from 9 a.m. to noon.

This will mark the fourth straight year Ohio State has opened the Woody Hayes Athletic Center to fans. Ticket prices sit at $48 for general admission and $143 for VIP access.
Posted by ColoradoCock
Member since Apr 2025
414 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 6:27 am to
As an LSU alum I would say this is a pathetic money grab
Posted by DawgsLife
Ellijay, Ga.
Member since Jun 2013
62349 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 6:50 am to
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NIL Collectives aren’t owned by the schools and only exist to provide NIL opportunities to players. They aren’t forcing you to go and LSU will still have its traditional Fan Day.
While correct, if they have access to LSU football players, it at least insinuates there is a certain amount of cooperation from LSU's athletic department.

I also would not take anything from AI as gospel truth. It has been proven wrong many times on here with information presented here. I mean, maybe it is right and Ole miss is going to roll out a similar program, but I wouldn't present Chap GPT as being flawless information.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
35734 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:21 am to
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Is everyone doing this now, Or just LSU?


They stole money from sick kids. Do you think this is even a blip for them?
Posted by Insurancerebel
Madison
Member since Aug 2021
3040 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 7:53 am to
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To make sure some crazy racist OM fan doesn’t show up and try and poison Lane or something. We all know they wouldn’t be able to afford to get in


You think $100 is going stop that from happening?

Posted by Broadside Bob
Atlanta, GA
Member since Dec 2012
1714 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:04 am to
No more freebies.
Posted by Pvt Hudson
Member since Jan 2013
4964 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:05 am to
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kids over 5 are considered adults


LSU - the Epstein island of college football.
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
21945 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:19 am to
It will be the new norm as the sport continues to distance itself from the ones that create the opportunity for all of it to happen, the fans.

That 6+ adult tkt is insane.

Should be free session for fan interaction with pre-registration to limit crowd and keep to timeline. And, paid tkts for a VIP experience for things above and beyond the free experience.

I won't stop watching CFB, but damn it has lost so much in fan experience, energy and excitement. I miss the days when recruiting mattered, and you could watch a guy 3 yrs in the program finally getting to start as a Jr, as he'd go on to bleed his school's colors for life.

Now, it is hard to even figure out who is on the roster year to year.
This post was edited on 7/21/26 at 8:30 am
Posted by Buster83
Somewhere in Texas usually
Member since Aug 2021
5850 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:29 am to
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Sidewalk would pay double that to blow them.


Pretty sure Sidewalk already bought himself one of the VIP $100 tickets so he can touch Kiffin.

It took him 4 nights of delivering pizzas to save up his ticket money.

Posted by PrattvilleTiger
Montgomery, AL
Member since May 2020
2911 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:32 am to
My interest in college football wanes more and more with the passing of time.
Posted by Buster83
Somewhere in Texas usually
Member since Aug 2021
5850 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:33 am to
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Charging kids to meet the football team


This really does seem like a desperate grab for money. Maybe LOLSU really is LOL poors. It will be interesting to see how much money they get from it. I think they are going to be really disappointed.

Posted by Bryno1960
Off River Road
Member since Aug 2013
4021 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:46 am to
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They stole money from sick kids.


This has to be the dumbest troll on this board and that's saying a lot. LSU has never stolen money from the OLOL Children's Hospital.
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
14353 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:49 am to
Adults that don't bring kids should be charged $200.
Posted by SidewalkTiger
Member since Dec 2019
72523 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:11 am to
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This really does seem like a desperate grab for money. Maybe LOLSU really is LOL poors. It will be interesting to see how much money they get from it. I think they are going to be really disappointed.


It's an NIL collective event, the whole point is to make money.

I get that you probably don't understand this, but your collective is doing the same thing.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
53399 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:12 am to
Monetization- the polite word for saying raping the blue collared man over Kohls
Posted by Insurancerebel
Madison
Member since Aug 2021
3040 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:15 am to
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You mean like this?

[quote]You mean like this?


These are not apples to apples. Meet the team are open to the public and free. What you posted is actual NIL, business owners are hosting these events. Of the few tigers on here with half their wits, you usually do better than this.





Posted by SidewalkTiger
Member since Dec 2019
72523 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:17 am to
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These are not apples to apples. Meet the team are open to the public and free. What you posted is actual NIL, business owners are hosting these events. Of the few tigers on here with half their wits, you usually do better than this.

The event OP linked to is literally being hosted by LSU's NIL collective.
Posted by Insurancerebel
Madison
Member since Aug 2021
3040 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:38 am to
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The event OP linked to is literally being hosted by LSU's NIL collective.


No... Its the traditional meet your "fill in your team name" that is on campus. Not like its off campus at a NIL sponsors business.



Posted by SidewalkTiger
Member since Dec 2019
72523 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:42 am to
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No... Its the traditional meet your "fill in your team name" that is on campus. Not like its off campus at a NIL sponsors business.


No, it isn't. It's an exclusive event hosted by the NIL collective. The name is throwing you off, this isn't an open autograph session at the spring game or something.

It's an exclusive meet and greet with the players and coaches in the football ops building hosted by NILSU.

Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
32234 posts
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:46 am to
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NIL Collectives aren’t owned by the schools and only exist to provide NIL opportunities to players. They aren’t forcing you to go and LSU will still have its traditional Fan Day.
IF LSU is still plans to hold their traditional Fan Day, then I don't see what this Ole Miss whining is all about.
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