re: I remember Skip talking about the cost of bowl games a few years back...

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Bowl game will lose money. If the conviction is true and LSU AD gets hamstrung by LSU academics then why not now? Seems hypocritical to me.

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OK, so you're one of the guys who wanted to pay out about $25 to $30 million to get rid of Miles and bring in Jimbo, who is not near the man that Miles is and there is no guaranty he could do any better at beating Saban. I get it though I don't agree and can't fault the administration for not going along with such a plan (though they certainly should not have let things get drug through the media for a couple of weeks before doing anything). And I still believe anyone who thought Jimbo was coming here is delusional. Instead, I am guessing we will hear Jimbo is getting an extension/raise pretty soon as a result of this "flirtation" with LSU. Sexton played anyone who thought Jimbo is going to leave the easy confines of the ACC and the recruiting base he has in Florida.

Besides, back to your point, taking a general statement from years ago to try to prove your point is way off base. There's no indication the football team will lose money playing in this bowl game and even if there were, it would pale in comparison to $25 million. And don't forget, we share in the revenues from ALL bowl games the SEC participates in. It's merely a numbers game to say the school loses money to participate in a bowl. That's merely saying the costs the SEC allows to a participating team doesn't cover all the costs, but guess what, factor in LSU's share of all the revenues from all the bowl games the SEC participates in, and LSU isn't losing money be any means.

You know what is a good way to make sure players don't want to come to your school.

Don't play in a bowl game.

If you get a bowl you play in a bowl. They will find the money for it somewhere.

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You know what is a good way to make sure players don't want to come to your school.

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Sadly I think some people hate the coach so much they are hoping this scenario exactly happens. Sad state of the fans at lsu.

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What Skip was referring to was the expenses to bring a team/band/cheerleaders to a bowl game is greater than the payout.

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This is what I inferred.

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We still get that money if we don't participate in a bowl, don't we?

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Yeah, it goes to the whole conference. I like keeping our bowl streak alive

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Bobby Bowden won 2 and played for more and for some reason their fanbase wanted him gone. They got Jimbo and then won a title. See how that works? I guess if you were an FSU fan you'd still be upset about Bowden's departure

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Over Bowden's final 5 years, he lost 5, 6, 6, 4 and 6 games. Not to mention he was pushing 80 years old.

I'm pretty sure thats how its been. Feel free to link me if i am wrong

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OK, so you're one of the guys who wanted to pay out about $25 to $30 million to get rid of Miles and bring in Jimbo, who is not near the man that Miles is

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I'm not going to judge the men. If you feel comfortable judging Les and Jimbo against each other as human beings, then you do that.

My contention is again, very easy to understand. If LSU academics (red/subsidized) is making decisions for LSU athletics (black/private) then why stop at X, Y or Z? Prior to 1999 you could count on your thumbs the upgrades that LSU made to it's facilities and program. The bowl game is my way pointing out the lack of limits of power.

I promise that at minimum, half the people arguing against me hate bloated government and believe over-stepping powers and oversight are counter-intuitive to progress. Yet when it suits their agenda, no complaints.

TigerinSoCal

You make to much since they just want one more thing to cry and whine about as little boy that throw tantrums about things that they don't get. The whole bunch of them need to be put facing in a corner for a few weeks and not be allowed to touch a key board to post on this board.

I think we've had more then enough of this crap and they need to get over it and move on. Holy Crap get your shite together and get behind your team or go away.

we get $1.275 million plus travel expenses and 1/15th of all bowl revenue

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For bowl games providing receipts which result in a balance
between $1,500,000 and $3,999,999, the participating institution
shall retain $1,275,000, plus a travel allowance as
determined by the SEC Executive Committee The remainder
shall be remitted to the Commissioner and shall be divided
into 15 equal shares, with one share to the Conference and
one share to each member institution.

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