re: Teachers losing jobs and coaches getting raises??????????

Faculty do work 40 hours a week and more. It's more than just time in the classroom. They have to grade, read papers, advise graduate students on their writing and research, and conduct their own reserach. To get tenure at LSU you have to publish a lot and or bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in research money.

Plus LSU faculty make less money that professors at places like Texas, UCLA, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan, and North Carolina.

Now, I think we can all agree that LSU shouuld be in the same league as Texas, UCLA, Florida, Minnesota, Michigan, and North Carolina both academically and athletically.

When you go look for a job and want to move up in your career a good portion of how much money you're offered and how desireable you are among companies is where you went to school.

Michigan and UCLA could 0-12 in football and yet their academic reputations wouldn't be tarnished one bit. Some of you need realize that for Louisiana to have continued economic success a world-class research university like LSU is a must and frick Tulane.