TAF... WTF?

I would imagine they are not complete buffoons like our Athletic Director -- who is about as incompetent at PR as Cam Newton.

They would likely effect change behind the scenes.

The TAF isn't going to affect change with words. They're going to do it with the checkbook, or lack thereof in this particular case.

TAF is more Beta than JA. If they had any stroke we wouldnt be here.

TAF, a private funding organization to a regulated industry (CFB being the industry, NCAA being the regulatory body) needs to, and has to, in most if not all cases remain in the background AND know where the lines are drawn.

If you know or were to meet Perry (or Maj. Gen. Richard) you'd probably walk away with confidence that they know those lines and how to effect changes within those boundaries.

TAF = Boosters. Boosters run amok are just as big of program killers as any HC or AD.

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TAF is more Beta than JA. If they had any stroke we wouldnt be here.

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This is somewhat true. There's a difference between us and schools like Bama. They don't put up with this bullshite. The Red Elephant Club might be composed of a bunch of mouth-breathing, non-alum inbreds, but they you know where they stand. They also have a Board Of Supervisors that recognizes the importance of athletics to funding. Our BOS is filled with a bunch of morons.

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See, this is what makes sense, yet if you think through the last couple of years, TAF just doesn't have the leadership and balls that they should - plan and simple.

Took 2 firings of Les, add in 3-4 years prior of disgruntlement, then O gets hired... I see no influence from the money.

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you are right. You see no influence FROM TAF regarding money. They are only part of collecting it, NOT distributing it.

F. King largely controls that. It was FKA who shut down construction on the new nutrition center, money solicited and collected by TAF. It is FKA that controls what Alleva's budget it, hence what surplus comes from TAF will be... and then where that surplus is diverted to.

TAF did, very quietly solicit for and collect money to pay Miles' buyout in 2015. The firing never happened, because of FKA. That is another example of the limits of money. It's not who has it, it's who distributes it. The government is nothing but a money distribution machine; it doesn't make a dime. We the taxpayer have the money (TAF in this example), but that congressional budgeting committee (FKA in this example) controls that money, not the possessor (the taxpayer).

At the end of the day, TAF could collect millions for a project, including the fire Alleva/CEO campaign, the people who distribute that money say where it is going.

The only real power TAF has is to not provide money which would in turn reduce what stroke it has. It is, from the standpoint of TAF as an organization, effecting change through suicide.

The loudest voices have been Marcus Spears, Anthony McFarland and Bobby Hebert. Before and after the hire.

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Yeah, I can't disagree with any of that - good points (some of which was new info to me, so thanks).

F King did show who controls the decision making back a couple of years ago. So it makes sense that he would control more than I would know about.

I still think this goes back to the money though. Those that are in charge of it - boosters that can cut checks - will have to deny any more to the university or TAF or funds of any kind until things change.

I think that is still money showing power. F King might not want to use it for certain means at certain times (as you laid out), but when he doesn't have any and the football program isn't supporting the AD budget, then the money will have the upper hand again.

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WTF TAF

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I suspect a TAF person leaking info to the press is a part of what caused the 2015 fiasco with Miles, though I am not fully convinced Jimbo wasn't just playing LSU for a raise and other guarantees from FSU. Perhaps they have learned a lesson and will be closer to the vest in the short term?

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Some of those guys donate more than O's buyout. Piss enough of them off and he'll be gone before he can flip to page 2 of that fricking binder.

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Was telling someone this the other day. There's some people out there with deeeeep pockets that will pony up the money if it comes to it. The money ain't the problem.