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SEC foe faces major fan backlash with absolutely insane price increase

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College sports is supposed to be for everyone. NIL has changed a lot of what fans have loved about the college sports world. But try telling that to Vols fans staring at a 300%+ ticket price hike for season tickets in basketball.

Tennessee’s athletic department is under fire after a longtime season ticket holder shared his story with the Knoxville News Sentinel. The 88-year-old fan, who’s held basketball season tickets since Thompson-Boling Arena was built, said his renewal cost jumped from $1,480 last season to $4,488 this year—an exact increase of 203.24%. He got them for being an initial donor for the building of the arena, a perk that was to last his lifetime.