re: This should go over well: LSU offers to sell tix to all legislators

This is a common thing. It happens every year and at all major state schools across the nation. It's definitely not just a Louisiana thing.

Schools give state lawmakers special access to athletic events, those lawmakers sometimes use the tickets themselves and other times give them to "constituents" either to garner good will or donations. Schools hope that the legislators remember them come funding time. Though of course, it's not like they only offer tickets to the legislators that support higher education, they offer them to everyone.

It's ethically dubious, but at least at the moment, it's common practice everywhere.