We all recognize that college sports are entertainment. Entertainment is a business designed to make money either for the entities that own the business or, in the case of college sports, the players and coaches. That being said, the amount of press covering the ways schools are trying to make more money to cover bloated coaching salaries and the new athlete payrolls in astounding. I thought it would be interested to start a list here of the different ways that A&M, and other schools, have found to increase their revenue.

I will update the completely subjective top 5 as I feel like it.


1. UNC Football 25% price hike. Worse than A&M's staff slash to pay Jimbo?

2. Tennessee Talent Fee. So blatant I think we like it.

3. Ohio State Handicap parking up triple???

4. A&M Poncho Shirt. $45 for the Block Beveled "T."

Belicheck effect

25% bump to cover that $10 million coaching salary. For a guy that went 4-13 after running off Tom Brady. Is Belicheck the "Jerry Jones" of the NFL coaching world?

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/north-carolina-football-sells-out-season-tickets-in-year-1-of-bill-belichick-era-despite-25-price-increase/

Tennessee Talent

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/tennessee-is-adding-a-10-fee-on-football-game-tickets-next-season-to-pay-players/ar-AA1qJ4Q8?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Texas A&M Poncho Shirt

Block "T" getting too expensive for me.

https://www.ponchooutdoors.com/products/the-hullabaloo

That's not the block T, that's the beveled T logo. But still, the point remains, an extra $40 to have the logo on it is absurd.

Quality of Chicken Wraps

Fans are fickle. First they cheat and pay players directly and then they complain that players make money legitimately and then they try to deny the University all meaningful licensing revenue sources by *****ing a lot…about notional premium offerings including chicken wraps.

Maybe recognize the causes of the current environment were he behavior of the NCAA, its member institutions including Texas A&M, and the fans themselves.

We always winked at bagmen comments. We did it to ourselves. You either can have cleaned up amateurism (what the original charter of the NCAA and UIL represented), or looking away at corruption when it happens or possibly using newspapers (historically) and other news media to out rivals.

The only option is go Div 3 without the House settlement signup and simply refuse the money. I don't think there is a College Station audience for that but we could find out?

Ohio State going with a 200% increase on Handicap parking!

"Parking passes went from $50 to $150. My dad's now handicapped, and it's still not even close to the stadium," Webber said.

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2025/07/24/osu-football-game-affordability-

Halconblack said:

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Texas A&M Poncho Shirt

Block "T" getting too expensive for me.

https://www.ponchooutdoors.com/products/the-hullabaloo

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The University produces and sells those?

Or are you intimating that, like your other examples, one must purchase that shirt to attend an A&M football game?