NCAA: Louisiana Governor hints at halting LSU football due to budget issues

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Can't see it happening, but man, even the thought of it....

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[Sports Enthusiast]

Why can't you see it happening? I mean if there's no money how can't it?

 

[Roboturner913]

The funny part is, people are actually furious at the new governor over this, even though he's only been in office like 5 minutes and has nothing to do with the budget shortage. Bobby Jindal took a prosperous state economy and ran it into the ground for 5 straight years, but it's all the new guy's fault. OK....

Regardless it won't happen, he's just trying to shake people up.

 

[CDJ]

I can't imagine this would go over well in the next election, that is something they are quite serious about

 

[Afino]

you can't stop ESS EE SEE futbaw

 

[Hasbro]

I'm sure the boosters would at least keep the program afloat.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Tiger football is self sustaining. This is a scare tactic to raise taxes.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Interesting that the rage is over dropping the football season, not at shuttering the university and a cancer research center.

 

[member 51464]

How much does Les make?

 

[Roboturner913]

How much does Les make?

A lot, I wouldn't even want to guess. But I assume shutting down the football program would be more the result of the school itself shutting down than a funding issue - if a student is not enrolled at the school he/she cannot very well participate in athletics, right?

As Gene pointed out, the football program is self-sustaining - actually the entire athletic dept. is, mostly because of the football program making enough money to subsidize everything else. That's not the issue.

This is the new governor wanting to raise taxes and explaining why it's necessary. I get why people are upset - a big part of his campaign platform was "I will not raise taxes" but at the same time, when you're faced with a collapsing public education program you have to do something. For years, Jindal sold out the state to D.C. by not accepting funds for rebuilding after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, or even trying to collect on the state's rightful claims to offshore drilling profits because he thought he was going to be president someday. What a joke that guy turned out to be.

 

[member 51464]

I imagine the NCAA would have to let all the players transfer without sitting out a year. Could be an interesting scramble.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Jindal ****ing ruined that state, yeesh.

There's no way in hell this happens, as it's been mentioned LSU's athletics are self-sustaining and it feels like the new governor laying the groundwork for some uncomfortable tax hikes after Jindal handed over the keys to a totaled car.

 

[BigMac1212]

The Thing character: You got to be *censored* kidding me.

After getting that huge expansion in one endzone, you let the football team fold? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

 

[Voight]

I'm sure the boosters would at least keep the program afloat.

Yup. They wont let it sink.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Interesting that the rage is over dropping the football season, not at shuttering the university and a cancer research center.

footbawl is more important than finding cures for cancer

 

[Hasbro]

footbawl is more important than finding cures for cancer

LSU has won the championship, cancer is still kicking our ass.

It's all about the attainable.

 

[EvilCoop]

While it's an empty threat, people seem to not understand why the football team would have to miss a season.

It's not that the football team would be closing down because it's broke, it would be because LSU's spring half-semester would be cancelled due to lack of funds for the university and a large chunk of the football team wouldn't be academically eligible because of it (student athletes in high-profile sports depend on those spring and summer terms in order to get sufficient credits).

 

[kingsholygrail]

Nice to see he's willing to hold schools hostage to get his way.

 

[EvilCoop]

Nice to see he's willing to hold schools hostage to get his way.

The state has NO MONEY! When a state refuses to accept federal funds (which were being offered to them for a reason), cuts taxes and increases expenditures, that state runs out of money.

LSU almost closed down last year too. This isn't all that new.

 

[Voight]

Interesting that the rage is over dropping the football season, not at shuttering the university and a cancer research center.

Not to be an ass but there are many of those and its not like they'd lose the research done there. Got to think the Tigers pay a lot of the bills around there with their gate receipts.

 

[HisIceness]

Someones head is going to be wanted on a silver platter just by the mere mention of halting LSU football.

 

[chasespace]

Waiting for people to over react and compare the potential damage caused by the loss of LSU football to the actual damage caused by Katrina.

 

[Alex Jones]

A lot, I wouldn't even want to guess. But I assume shutting down the football program would be more the result of the school itself shutting down than a funding issue - if a student is not enrolled at the school he/she cannot very well participate in athletics, right?

As Gene pointed out, the football program is self-sustaining - actually the entire athletic dept. is, mostly because of the football program making enough money to subsidize everything else. That's not the issue.

This is the new governor wanting to raise taxes and explaining why it's necessary. I get why people are upset - a big part of his campaign platform was "I will not raise taxes" but at the same time, when you're faced with a collapsing public education program you have to do something. For years, Jindal sold out the state to D.C. by not accepting funds for rebuilding after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, or even trying to collect on the state's rightful claims to offshore drilling profits because he thought he was going to be president someday. What a joke that guy turned out to be.

Remember when he was supposed to be the republicans next superstar???

Amazing how people that are actually smart do dumb stuff.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Interesting that the rage is over dropping the football season, not at shuttering the university and a cancer research center.

What about the grades? The students grades! Man!

 

[DoyleG]

Since the Governor would even consider this option....

When was that last lynching in Louisiana?