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You have to pay the team for an appearance or do a home and away. So you would be giving up a home game (costing $$) or paying a team a much higher price. 2 neutral site games make more money than a home and away.

That's true if you are trying to bring in a marquee team to Tiger Stadium. But there are plenty of teams with more fan appeal that could be had for marginally more move than what we have been getting . The whole point is that LSU's most loyal fans deserve better. We all understand the need for increased revenue, but some compromises could be made with a little more effort from the athletic dept in my opinion.

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Posted by Silky Johnston

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Posted on 7/29/14 at 12:42 pm to ianfson1

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there are plenty of teams with more fan appeal that could be had for marginally more move than what we have been getting

This is where I'm not really convinced. I don't think any team that you'd likely consider worthwhile would take marginally more than Sam Houston just to come and likely get beat by us.

By "more fan appeal" I'm assuming you mean some kind of mid-range teams from power conferences, or something along those lines. These teams aren't stupid. They're all trying to make their way to the top and they don't get there by always allowing themselves to go into hostile environments like Tiger Stadium and get beat. They will either want a significant payday to make it worth their while, or they want to bring the big boys back to their own stadium. See our deals with teams like Washington and WVU (although they ended up being very good when we played, I'd still consider them mid-range overall).

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