95% of D1 schools do lose money on their WBB teams. LSU is in the 5% that doesn't thanks to proper accounting due to conference TV revenue, ticket/concessions sales, athletic foundation donations, etc.
On top of that - the "free" marketing exposure more than covers the $5M on its own.

This forum REALLY needs an application/rating system on posters. Too many people have 0.0 idea what they're talking about when it comes to athletics, politics, & life in general.

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Posted by doubleb

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 10/13/23 at 10:10 am to Tigear

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This forum REALLY needs an application/rating system on posters. Too many people have 0.0 idea what they're talking about when it comes to athletics, politics, & life in general.

I will put you first on the list.

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95% of D1 schools do lose money on their WBB teams. LSU is in the 5% that doesn't thanks to proper accounting due to conference TV revenue, ticket/concessions sales, athletic foundation donations, etc.

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On top of that - the "free" marketing exposure more than covers the $5M on its own.

Yes

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Posted by lsualum96

Los Angeles, CA

Member since Nov 2005

3089 posts

Posted on 10/13/23 at 12:50 pm to Tigear

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95% of D1 schools do lose money on their WBB teams. LSU is in the 5% that doesn't thanks to proper accounting due to conference TV revenue, ticket/concessions sales, athletic foundation donations, etc.
On top of that - the "free" marketing exposure more than covers the $5M on its own.

This forum REALLY needs an application/rating system on posters. Too many people have 0.0 idea what they're talking about when it comes to athletics, politics, & life in general.

I was thinking the same thing. Why we have these guys, who clearly don't like women's basketball, but come on a thread about women's basketball, and then spout misinformation and nonsense, is beyond me. No, they will not "lose $5 million or more" when everything is considered. That just shows a clear misunderstanding of how this works. Thankfully, we have an AD who DOES understand and doesn't listen to the peanut gallery.