re: LSU’s Lazy Rivers Tops Wall Street Journel’s Top Waste of 2017

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It is awesome, doesn't mean it wasn't a waste of money though.

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How is it a waste of money? Because it’s a lazy river rather than a lap pool? Or just having a pool at all is a waste?

The “upgrades” in 2006 included 5 computers for email stations, four flat screen TVs, and some lounge chairs. Almost no one got to utilize them because the building was constantly under repair. Depending on what year you went there, the weight room would be in the basketball courts, racquetball courts, or somewhere inbetween.

LSU admins finally had the sense to say “frick it” and do a total overhaul in two main phases, rather than piecemeal it together over 40 years. It’s laughable that spending hundreds of millions on specialty housing, dining, and facilities for athletes is reasonable, when they account for less than 5% of the student population (and 1/2 of 1% participate in revenue generating sports), but investing in facilities to attract and serve the other 95-99.995% is seen as “wasteful”.

TL;DR

It irritates me that some snotty count, who has never stepped foot on LSU’s campus, decides to chastise them for building a faculty/feature that serves the student body and will attract potential students.