Effect on TAF of Sale of The Shaw Group to Dutch Company?

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Sad to see this but heard rumor last week.

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Why didn't you post it? Could have made some quick cash.

Bernhard probably ready to cash in and get out
Setting up his governor run

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Maybe it will free up some seats for more "blue collar" workers and "true fans".

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please explain how someones line of work and/or income can possibly determine their level of fanhood.

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please explain how someones line of work and/or income can possibly determine their level of fanhood.

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I don't believe that socioeconomic status is determinative of passion. However, allowing corporations to monopolize large blocks of tickets has certain inevitable effects. First of all, corporations by definition are legal fictions which aggregate wealth. Corporations typically can donate much more money to LSU than all but the wealthiest of individuals. Accordingly, over time, these corporations accumulate large holdings of tickets, compile staggering TAF point totals that cannot be approached by most individuals, and secure the rights to purchase numerous tickets to marquee events like the BCSNCG. This would be fine and well if the corporations then distributed their tickets to devoted LSU fans (of any socioeconomic station). In practice, however, this rarely occurs. Rather, the tickets become a sort of internal political capital which are allocated to status conscious executives, pet proteges, and curious clients who have no real ardor for LSU. They attend the game as sports tourists, or as a networking and business opportunity. They are more interested in corporate scuttlebutt and ladder climbing than the action of the field. They don't know or fervently participate in team traditions. Even those people who do are necessarily more reserved in front of bosses and customers. The focus shifts from making Death Valley an invincible cauldron of noise to kissing the arse of some balding mid-level manager to ensure that he supports capital project X in the next milestone meeting on the gant chart.

And a little of LSU's heritage dies.

Honestly, the company I work for has season tickets to various professional venues and, irrespective of the magnititude of the contest, accepting those seats is tantamount to stumbling into meeting with a bunch of staid douchebags in a conference room where the game happens to be airing on a tiny black and white TV tucked into a flimsy fiberboard cabinet. It's all but forgotten.

What Louisiana and LSU REALLY need (like a hole in the head) is Bernhard as governor of the state.

or to keep his son out of jail

Must've been his nephew. His son went to Ole Miss and was working as a lawyer in BR where he was just caught stealing millions in tax credits from movie production companies.

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The312

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Holy shite you fricking nailed that sucker to a cross! That's exactly how I feel about it. On the same list with Shaw, add Turner, Exxon, and Dow.

This has to be post of the year.

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Do you people realize how short sighted you are?

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And do you realize how little you're able to think outside of the box?

I suggest you go back, and read what he wrote, and try to push aside your foaming at the mouth and your twitchy fingers to come up with a witty comeback, and instead just think about it. Just food for thought.

ETA: If the employees want tickets, they can take a number and make a donation. Or they should have jumped aboard during Bill Arnsparger's tenure like I did, and never bailed out during Hallman.