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LSU WB’s Croatia/Greek trip. What’s the point?
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:11 am
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:11 am
Let’s really talk about this trip:
The cost for 20+ players, coaches, support staff has to exceed $350,000
What is the actual point of this trip?
1) the coaches will claim giving their players exposure to other cultures and to see some places that they have never seen. I call BS on this. When you see photos of any of these players on excursions at bowl games you see them with their headphones on and appearing completely uninterested. So spare me that the players will get a cultural experience. Most could give a flying frick.
2) these players already get treated like queens in this case. How much more do you have to give them? Now it’s free trips to Europe? What about the regular students that have to pay their way for a European exchange program?
And you’ can’t say that trips like this make money for the university. we just saw the numbers and this team operates at a deficit.
So the question becomes:
What does LSU get out of this?
International exposure? Attracting young Croatians and Greeks to campus?
At some point trips like this need to be called out.
The cost for 20+ players, coaches, support staff has to exceed $350,000
What is the actual point of this trip?
1) the coaches will claim giving their players exposure to other cultures and to see some places that they have never seen. I call BS on this. When you see photos of any of these players on excursions at bowl games you see them with their headphones on and appearing completely uninterested. So spare me that the players will get a cultural experience. Most could give a flying frick.
2) these players already get treated like queens in this case. How much more do you have to give them? Now it’s free trips to Europe? What about the regular students that have to pay their way for a European exchange program?
And you’ can’t say that trips like this make money for the university. we just saw the numbers and this team operates at a deficit.
So the question becomes:
What does LSU get out of this?
International exposure? Attracting young Croatians and Greeks to campus?
At some point trips like this need to be called out.
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Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:16 am to Covingtontiger77
Recruiting trip, clearly. The best of basketball has come from Croatia, Slovenia and that region of the world.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:17 am to Covingtontiger77
quote:
At some point trips like this need to be called out.
Comments like this are one reason LSU is perceived as poor.
You don’t think LSU can afford to reward a program that’s a top 10 program in the country with a little trip and probably get some good game time in for the players in the process.
Also, if you’re believing that report that LSU athletics is losing money well that’s just obtuse.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:17 am to Covingtontiger77
Helps build team relationships and trust. More a team is like a family the better.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:22 am to Covingtontiger77
quote:
At some point trips like this need to be called out.
And so do dumb posts like this.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:24 am to Covingtontiger77
Its not your money so why do you give a shite
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:24 am to Covingtontiger77
I’d be fine with it if coach and players were to use their salary and NIL to fund a team trip and LSU gives them credit hours. But I don’t see why fans or LSU should fund a vacation for a group that collectively pulls in 7 figures a year.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:29 am to Covingtontiger77
LSU athletics spends what they have and this is one way to do it. Take these kind of trips. Bring an entourage. Wear the colors, give LSU pub and live it up.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:29 am to Covingtontiger77
Recruiting and brand exposure, so basically marketing that is paid for via the expense of the trip.
To be a top program you have to show recruits the benefit of playing for LSU. This is a huge recruiting tool.
To be a top program you have to show recruits the benefit of playing for LSU. This is a huge recruiting tool.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:32 am to Covingtontiger77
Thanks for starting this thread and bringing this foreign trip to my attention. 
I just read all about the trip on LSUSports.net and saw that this is a "learning abroad" program where the players earn credit hours for going on the trip. Also, fans are invited to help cover the cost for the trip via a TAF dedicated fund for women's basketball. There's a link in the article.
I just donated $100. Bon voyage, ladies!!
LSUSports.net article about the trip.
ETA:
I just read all about the trip on LSUSports.net and saw that this is a "learning abroad" program where the players earn credit hours for going on the trip. Also, fans are invited to help cover the cost for the trip via a TAF dedicated fund for women's basketball. There's a link in the article.
I just donated $100. Bon voyage, ladies!!
LSUSports.net article about the trip.
ETA:
This post was edited on 2/1/24 at 8:37 am
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:48 am to Covingtontiger77
quote:Look everyone, the fun sponge is here!!
Covingtontiger77
Posted on 2/1/24 at 8:51 am to Covingtontiger77
God, we have some miserable fans!
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:01 am to Covingtontiger77
This is incredibly dumb and shortsighted. Why do you care where they go and what they do? Vacation or not, it’s a great experience for the kids, it’s going to help in recruiting, it’s great marketing for LSU.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:04 am to Covingtontiger77
What's the point of the MBB going to the Caribbean?
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:06 am to Covingtontiger77
Heard Croatia has a point guard
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:53 am to Covingtontiger77
To spend money.
LSU ain’t pulling European talent. We have enough in the southeast
LSU ain’t pulling European talent. We have enough in the southeast
Posted on 2/1/24 at 9:55 am to Covingtontiger77
quote:
he coaches will claim giving their players exposure to other cultures and to see some places that they have never seen. I call BS on this. When you see photos of any of these players on excursions at bowl games you see them with their headphones on and appearing completely uninterested
Holy shite, you just compared going to tampa for a bowl game vs. a trip overseas to Croatia and Greece.
Seems legit.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 10:03 am to Covingtontiger77
Practically every major program does something similar. Iowa took almost the same exact trip last summer; UConn. always takes similar trips; Baylor; S.Car. etc etc etc
Posted on 2/1/24 at 10:49 am to Covingtontiger77
Would you also be shocked to find out that the College of ag does this, too? Multiple places all over the world. It's part of the University's initiative to foster learning about other cultures to understand things they do differently and share things we do differently with the possibility of either incorporating things to improve techniques or even abandoning one for the other. All in all, it is probably a good experience. For things in the College of Ag, most students have to pick up their own expenses unless they can find a sponsor.
Posted on 2/1/24 at 11:03 am to Covingtontiger77
You have too much time on your hands! Have you heard of private donations and TAF? Try to keep up! The university will not be paying for it.
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