In order to pay for players, the University of Tennessee is going to be tacking on a "Talent Fee" to their ticket prices. The revenue generated will go towards acquiring and paying for talent.

I feel ULM should do this starting in 2025-2026. By tacking on an extra $1.00 to the ticket price, that $1.00 could generate at least $70,000.00 a year for football to be able to pay some players. That could acquire some talent for us. Additionally, the same can be done for other sports. For example, if basketball would tack on $2.00 for home tickets, using last year's attendance numbers, a total of $32,000.00 would be generated to pay players. We could definitely find a good player or two for $15,000.00 a player. Thoughts...

Not sure how many bettors on the board. But i always keep power ratings for every college football team for betting purposes. Nice way A to pick some winners but B to see where you stand against other teams in the country. Here is preseason vs now where i have everyone standing on power ratings. For reference i have Georgia as top rated at a 101. Kent St at 44. So on neutral field Georgia would be a 57 point favorite. Thought it was great time to bring up ULM has been one of the bigger movers while Troy has dropped almost a Touchdown in power ratings in 4 weeks.

Preseason
App St 70
JMU 69
Troy 67
Texas St 66
South Alabama 66
ULL 64
Coastal Car 63
Arkansas St 62
Marshall 61
Old Dominion 60
GA Southern 59
GA State 56
Southern Miss 53
ULM 46

Week 5
JMU 71
Texas St 68
App St 67
Coastal Car 65
South Alabama 65
ULL 65
Arkansas St 61
Marshall 63
Troy 61
Old Dominion 60
GA Southern 59
GA State 56
ULM 55
Southern Miss 49