Like others have noted, the time is coming. With assistants hired at $1.5M each the coaching salaries annually are well above $20M for football alone.

This can’t continue with revenue increases beyond the SEC ESPN football contract.

Our fan base is poor; really the Animal House of the SEC as we tend to go through life fat, drunk, and stupid. We spend our hard earned salaries at the casino or play daily lotteries.

While we like the vanity of not being bombarded with billboards at our sports venues, we need to lead on these opportunities if we want championships and hiring top level coaches.

Tiger Stadium name is sacred, but I’d rather win championships and sell the name rights than be a purist and a mediocre program with a pristine billboard free environment. Selling the name will eventually happen.

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Posted by grizzlylongcut

Member since Sep 2021

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Posted on 1/18/24 at 9:26 pm to Geauxldilocks

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This can’t continue with revenue increases beyond the SEC ESPN football contract.

Do you understand exactly how much money each athletic department will be paid for the ESPN contract per annum?

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Our fan base is poor; really the Animal House of the SEC as we tend to go through life fat, drunk, and stupid. We spend our hard earned salaries at the casino or play daily lotteries.

The folks that actually spend money and go to games aren’t doing this regularly.

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While we like the vanity of not being bombarded with billboards at our sports venues

wtf are you talking about? Ever seen the video screens at Tiger Stadium? Or the outfield wall at Alex Box?

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Posted by Nix to Twillie

Houston, TX

Member since Jan 2015

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Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:33 am to Geauxldilocks

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Tiger Stadium name is sacred, but I’d rather win championships and sell the name rights than be a purist and a mediocre program with a pristine billboard free environment.