Why should a coach that coaches a sport averaging about 2500 tickets sold a game make more money than a coach that coaches a sport averaging nearly 10,000 tickets sold a game? Seems there is more money to be lost if the baseball team tanks than the women's basketball.

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Posted by LSURussian

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Posted on 3/28/13 at 8:25 am to Choupique19

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Why should a coach that coaches a sport averaging about 2500 tickets sold a game make more money than a coach that coaches a sport averaging nearly 10,000 tickets sold a game?

Black female vs. white male.

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Posted by spslayto

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Posted on 3/28/13 at 8:28 am to Choupique19

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Why should a coach that coaches a sport averaging about 2500 tickets sold a game make more money than a coach that coaches a sport averaging nearly 10,000 tickets sold a game? Seems there is more money to be lost if the baseball team tanks than the women's basketball.

Because it's based on the market. Could Manieri go coach college baseball somewhere else and be paid as well? Likewise for Caldwell?

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Posted by Red Drum

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Posted on 3/28/13 at 8:32 am to Choupique19

What about TV revenue for LSU? I really don't know which sport brings in more.

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Posted by eelsuee

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Posted on 3/28/13 at 9:01 am to Choupique19

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Why should a coach that coaches a sport averaging about 2500 tickets sold a game make more money than a coach that coaches a sport averaging nearly 10,000 tickets sold a game?

LSU is the oddball in this case, they don't set the market values. A mediocre engineering professor makes more than an excellent english professor, even though some schools really like their english departments.

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