re: Tulane's Giving Itself A Huge DISADVANTAGE In Yulman Stadium?

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They (Tulane) presently have a completely stupid and inadequate situation in full blown retard mode going on at Tulane. A 20K stadium is just a waste of space and donor money that won't do anything more than obligate them to throw more good money after bad in the future. They should completely change course and move to a lower division, stop pretending they are more like LSU than Williams and readjust their approach to their athletics.

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Ridiculous.
What they are trying to do is play competitive ball - like all but 20 teams in the NCAA are trying to do. They aren't trying to be like LSU and they haven't since WWII. Their trying to be like 80% of the schools who play ball and meet their academic mission.
As for the stadium, at the current price points at which they are able to sell the seats, it is going to bring in more money than many 35K stadiums. They aren't filling stands with 10K students and another 5k $10 escort tickets.
No they aren't going to compete for national titles - just like all but about 20 other teams.
Regardless, TU is a private school using its own money.

As for basketball, they have to recruit nationally; heck, LSU has to recruit nationally. There's no culture in this state for LSU basketball like there is for football. And the level of talent isn't here.