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Posted: 2/12/2016 1:53:16 PM EDT
Facing a budget crisis, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says higher education in the state could be compromised. And that includes the possibility of college athletics in Louisiana being canceled.
...Edwards said campuses could run out of money and be forced to shut down in April, highlighting the LSU football team as one program that could be lost as a result of massive cuts to higher education funding. View Quote http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14764642/louisiana-gov-john-bel-edwards-threatens-future-lsu-tigers-football-tax-proposals-passed |
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That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway.
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That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway. View Quote No, very few (athletic programs), most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. Edit: Granted its old, but this is the most recent one I could find. Here Edit: I meant the whole athletic program, not just football by itself. |
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Do you know how much money LSU football brings in?
Riiiight.... |
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More than likely to cancel education if favor of retaining the football program.
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Scare tactics.
I don't have a problem with shutting football down if there's no money, but that shit ain't gonna happen and we all know it. |
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Quoted: Facing a budget crisis, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says higher education in the state could be compromised. And that includes the possibility of college athletics in Louisiana being canceled. ...Edwards said campuses could run out of money and be forced to shut down in April, highlighting the LSU football team as one program that could be lost as a result of massive cuts to higher education funding. View Quote http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/14764642/louisiana-gov-john-bel-edwards-threatens-future-lsu-tigers-football-tax-proposals-passed View Quote Notice how this is pared with the largest tax hike in state history. |
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No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway. No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. No, he's right. http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/ |
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Exactly. Just trying to ramp up booster donations after the Les Miles debacle. |
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If LSU is like the other SEC schools, football revenues pay for all the other sports, plus a tidy profit. They might cut other stuff, but not playing football will never fly. Jindal would be LITERALLY run out of town. It would get ugly.
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No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway. No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS tend to run in the red. FOOTBALL PROGRAMS tend not to. Generally almost all an athletic departments income comes from Football and Men's Basketball. Everything else is an expense on the athletic department. There are exceptions, but not at big schools. |
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75% of college students don't need to ever see a classroom/lecture. It a money grab to keep teachers and unions flush with cash. I have had many a person with a four year degree, in debt tens of thousands of dollars, serve me coffee as I took my military/tech school ass to my six figure job. It's a bullshit, outdated system. My buddy is going home right now to study for a biology test to get his Business Management degree Who comes up with this bullshit?
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Threats from a useless turd of a govenor. He had no problem giving all his cronies in state government raises. How about we just cancel all of his fundraisers, se the govenors mansion and move him into section 8 housing to save some money. Bug eyed jackass
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Take a look at though, take out the subsidy line and a lot go from profitable to not. Im not saying LA gov is right, its a blatant scare tactic and these numbers I'm sure are fudged to in both directions depending how schools have their athletic departments broken up.
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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS tend to run in the red. FOOTBALL PROGRAMS tend not to. Generally almost all an athletic departments income comes from Football and Men's Basketball. Everything else is an expense on the athletic department. There are exceptions, but not at big schools. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway. No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS tend to run in the red. FOOTBALL PROGRAMS tend not to. Generally almost all an athletic departments income comes from Football and Men's Basketball. Everything else is an expense on the athletic department. There are exceptions, but not at big schools. That is my fault, I thought he was referring to the athletic department in general, not just football programs. If your football program isn't profitable there is something seriously wrong. |
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That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway. No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. No, he's right. http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/ And the SEC wins again |
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Don't believe it. College football for major D1 schools is a big money maker. Quick google showed this from the usa today fwiw <a href="http://s628.photobucket.com/user/stk016/media/rev.png.html" target="_blank">http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu8/stk016/rev.png</a> View Quote How much of that money goes to the state? |
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He's just trying to 'make it hurt.' Edwards is nothing but an Obama shill.
Also, LSU football isn't going anywhere. |
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Take a look at though, take out the subsidy line and a lot go from profitable to not. Im not saying LA gov is right, its a blatant scare tactic and these numbers I'm sure are fudged to in both directions depending how schools have their athletic departments broken up. View Quote That doesn't seem to be broken down by sport. But even so, it would be interesting to see the football only numbers. Football may have the most revenue, but you can be sure they have the most expenses too. |
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If LSU is like the other SEC schools, football revenues pay for all the other sports, plus a tidy profit. They might cut other stuff, but not playing football will never fly. Jindal would be LITERALLY run out of town. It would get ugly. View Quote It's not that they would cancel the football program. He's claiming that the State University system will run out of money in April, which would force LSU to shut down, meaning that all students will get incompletes for the spring semester, the result of which being that the student athletes will be ineligible to play in the fall semester. |
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway. No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. No, he's right. http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/ Okie State brings in more than I thought. |
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That's surprising. I thought most of the "big" Div I schools' football programs were pretty much self-sufficient from booster/outside money anyway. No, very few, most run in the red, there are only a handful of the Div 1 that are actually run like a business. No, he's right. http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances/ Okie State brings in more than I thought. T Boone's been good to them. |
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This sounds like mayors threatening to cut back police and firefighters except this is to scare the nascar crowd
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Quoted: If LSU is like the other SEC schools, football revenues pay for all the other sports, plus a tidy profit. They might cut other stuff, but not playing football will never fly. Jindal would be LITERALLY run out of town. It would get ugly. View Quote |
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Democrats: We'll make you do what we want, even if we have to take hostages.
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LSU, some of the most rabid foosball fans in all of college sports. Riiiiiiiiiight... I think they will have all the money they need for their silly game this fall. STEM classes may not get gas for their Bunsen burners, or new equipment for the labs, but there will always be silly games at their institute of higher "learning". |
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If LSU is like the other SEC schools, football revenues pay for all the other sports, plus a tidy profit. They might cut other stuff, but not playing football will never fly. Jindal would be LITERALLY run out of town. It would get ugly. View Quote Its their new Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards |
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This is a dumb threat if this is a threat. What blue chip talent is going to commit to a school that has rumors of a cancelled season?
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According to Forbes Revenue 86 mil operating income 58mil The 4th most valuable team Texas ND Tn LSU MI GA OH S AL OK Auburn View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Do you know how much money LSU football brings in? Riiiight.... According to Forbes Revenue 86 mil operating income 58mil The 4th most valuable team Texas ND Tn LSU MI GA OH S AL OK Auburn If you have no athletics at the public schools, those students seeking athletic scholarships will just migrate over to private schools. Notice how #2 is Notre Dame, a private institution! GO IRISH! Chris |
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Quoted: It's not that they would cancel the football program. He's claiming that the State University system will run out of money in April, which would force LSU to shut down, meaning that all students will get incompletes for the spring semester, the result of which being that the student athletes will be ineligible to play in the fall semester. View Quote |
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"The Democratic governor is pushing for tax increases to help make up a $940 million budget deficit by the end of June."
How the hell did they run up a $940 million deficit? Isn't this Edwards (D) first year? And wasn't Jindal (R) the previous governor? |
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Governor Edwards should absolutely take action that will directly result in LSU losing a season of football. He will be greatly admired for his leadership, his popularity will soar and this will virtually guarantee him huge numbers of votes in his next re-election campaign. This has all the hallmarks of a well thought out plan indeed.
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Is this the educational equivalent of "if we cut the budget the police and fire go first" thing?
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"The Democratic governor is pushing for tax increases to help make up a $940 million budget deficit by the end of June." How the hell did they run up a $940 million deficit? Isn't this Edwards (D) first year? And wasn't Jindal (R) the previous governor? View Quote I thought 940 million was bad until I read that next year they expect to have a 2 billion dollar shortfall. How in the world?!?! Edit: "the state will face a similar problem the following fiscal year, when Louisiana faces a $2 billion budget shortfall" I wonder if that is on top of the 940 million this year. |
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Jindal isn't the governor anymore. This is democrat John Edwards View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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If LSU is like the other SEC schools, football revenues pay for all the other sports, plus a tidy profit. They might cut other stuff, but not playing football will never fly. Jindal would be LITERALLY run out of town. It would get ugly. My bad. |
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Considering LSU football donates $10 million per year to the general LSU fund for the last 10 years it won't happen.
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