Guilbeau and the dumbass reporters want to put LSU at a disadvantage with NIL

Still amazes me how his dumbass still gets access to LSU

public funds seems a little deceptive. its not like its tax dollars

Nakamoto is a fruitcake. Also Tiger Rag sucks.

With the university directly paying students athletes, they can file a records request. The athletic department is part of the university. The university is a state school. Now if the money was coming from TAF, then they couldn’t request the info.

If the money being paid is directly from the university, then it absolutely needs to be public record.

If the money is being paid through TAF or some other organization that is not officially run by LSU then nobody needs to see it.

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People are actually whining about this? How dare transparency be a thing.....in LOUISIANA.

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Yea, most of this money isn't state money. GG is piece of shite that probably jerks it to all the notoriety he gets for being an a-hole.

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If Rev share goes through the athletic department, that is state money and subject to the Louisiana Public Records law.

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The stance from LSU (and most other universities) is that the payments are exempt from disclosure:
A) because they’re student records under FERPA,
B) because Louisiana’s NIL law exempts NIL contracts from disclosure,
C) and because the payments fall under trade secrets.

We’ll see if one or more of those positions hold up in court. Again, the same thing is playing out in other states across the country. My opinion is that the player contracts should be treated as public records in the same way that coaching contracts are considered public records. But since these are state laws, and each state is passing new laws to gain competitive advantage (which is how we got here in the first place), I’m not convinced disclosure will happen without a lot of public pressure.

I amazes me that it seems like we are the only college town that the media and talking heads seem to always be looking to F/uck LSU. You think Bama media people were trying to uncover pay schemes before NIL? You think media folks in Columbus are trying to screw over OSU. You think news paper reporters in bloomington are running expose's on Indiana. Its like our news media is always out to screw over LSU some way some angle every year!

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My opinion is that the player contracts should be treated as public records

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Absolutely not. All that will do is breed contention and discourse for individual athletes. A line item of $21MM (or whatever is allowed at the time) spent on rev share should be sufficient.

And remember, these students are not classified as employees. every single school has fought that classification and they will continue to do so.

These morons all think just because it goes to “LSU” then it’s public dollars for the people.

Self generated athletic funds are not public money nor are they needing to be disclosed to the public.

In the same manner you don’t get to tell the county sheriff how to spend money his department makes on speeding tickets