Shouldn't any Louisiana taxpayer have a say in La Tech athletics? Especially with those athletic endeavors are underwritten by that hardworking taxpayer?

Look at report page 9 (actually page 11 of 14 of pdf)

State Auditor's Report - Latech Athletics

Fiscal year ended: (2005 football season)
Football revenue: $600K (for a SEASON!)
Football away games and guarantees (i.e., whore games): $1.1 million
Total Direct Institutional Support (Money out of your pockets, taxpayers) $4.3 million (and they report it as revenue, of which it is one third of total reported revenue!)

Now this is the most current info found on the web. Perhaps you all can provide more recent numbers.

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Posted by johnnylightnin

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Member since Jun 2007

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Posted on 8/22/09 at 3:49 pm to CalBengal

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houldn't any Louisiana taxpayer have a say in La Tech athletics? Especially with those athletic endeavors are underwritten by that hardworking taxpayer?

We've got the government we deserve. If you don't like how they run things, vote them out. Good luck.

For the record, every athletic program in this state (probably except Tulane) has taken money from the state. Of course LSU doesn't now, but that doesn't mean they never have...look it up.

You really think the taxpayer cares whether or not Tech and ULM play? If you do, you'll need to show them how playing ULM would help ease the taxpayer burden.

This post was edited on 8/22/09 at 4:08 pm

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Posted by arrakis

Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 8/22/09 at 3:50 pm to CalBengal

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Shouldn't any Louisiana taxpayer have a say in La Tech athletics? Especially with those athletic endeavors are underwritten by that hardworking taxpayer?

Unless they've changed the form of government, the taxpayers are represented by elected officials who "have a say".