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re: Apologies to WBB, but the LSU baseball team deserves a bigger percentage of rev. share
Posted on 1/23/26 at 9:31 pm to Tigernomics
Posted on 1/23/26 at 9:31 pm to Tigernomics
That would be idiotic to take from one of 2 programs that aren’t in the red.
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Posted on 1/24/26 at 4:35 pm to xBirdx
The preface for the original post is ridiculous. So many people in here are worried about "how much money" a particular sport makes and THAT should justify how it is funded, in this case women's basketball. As has been explained ad nauseum on this board for a few years now, the AD doesn't just look at how much money a sport makes. They look at how successful that program is, AND what value that sport brings to the department and university as a whole. This is why WBB along with other sports, continue to be funded. Some of y'all need to stop worrying about what sport "loses money". It's NOT YOUR MONEY anyway. Just enjoy LSU sports and enjoy that we have so many good / great sports programs on the men's and women's side, PERIOD. 
Posted on 1/24/26 at 4:42 pm to Covingtontiger77
You are a 100% correct ??
Posted on 1/24/26 at 4:45 pm to Covingtontiger77
Absolutely agree. Losing 8MM is unacceptable
Posted on 1/24/26 at 5:30 pm to TexasTiger27
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Because more watch wbb on tv Because we can't buy more tickets than what's available. It's sold out or I would go to more games.
Why does MBB bring in more dollars on ticket sales than WBB?
Posted on 1/29/26 at 12:23 pm to SpartanSoul
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that's an extra $27 mil+ being spent next year.
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No, it is the same money just the accounting changes.
yeah that's why I said the very next sentence in my post
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so either LSU needs to drastically cut spending somewhere
the revenue sharing and extra scholarships totals out to somewhere around $27mil being spent in areas it wasn't being spent previously.
you either find $27mil you can cut from other expenses somewhere in the department, or you need to find a way to bring in some additional money.
LSU cannot afford to just tack on that extra expense without making changes somewhere else in that number crunching.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 6:28 am to Tigernomics
Lady Tigers won the school's first BB Chip plus constantly filling up the PMACK and tv viewing is exciting as hell..Kim deserves whatever she gets!!
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:18 am to Covingtontiger77
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Dear lord, please tell me that this is not true!!!
THE college baseball program only gets $500k and other universities are pumping in $3m of the split?
Those universities have the same WBB problem.
Why do you think Tony left TN? They were cutting his rev share and giving more to WBB. Why? WBB generates more TV money that baseball, its simple.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:24 am to Nutriaitch
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you either find $27mil you can cut from other expenses somewhere in the department, or you need to find a way to bring in some additional money.
Jersey patches are the biggest new revenue stream. LSU has made it sound like it was a pretty sizable deal. Media rights should be increasing with the expanded SEC schedules. Also, WBB should be bringing in more money going forward with the new NCAA Tournament units being paid out for advancing.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:25 am to doubleb
quote:not really ticket sales that make MBB profitable it’s the tv contract, LSU could probably have the Pmac empty all season without a single soul and they would still break even because the money coming in from the networks.
Why does MBB bring in more dollars on ticket sales than WBB?
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:18 am to Tigernomics
The Rant:
Also The Rant:
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Take from MBB
Also The Rant:
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Men's baketball can't compete unless we throw money at it like the other schools in the SEC
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:21 am to CDawson
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WBB generates more TV money that baseball, its simple.
The Box-tards can not fathom that the sport they love so dearly gets dwarfed by women's basketball in the tv ratings, and it isn't even close.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:07 pm to Covingtontiger77
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Apologies to WBB, but the LSU baseball team deserves a bigger percentage of rev. share
Everything after the apology is horseshite. Just state baseball deserves more money than women’s basketball. I’m 100% agree by the way. You can’t lose $8 million a year it just fricking can’t happen.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:18 pm to Tiger1988
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Everything after the apology is horseshite. Just state baseball deserves more money than women’s basketball. I’m 100% agree by the way. You can’t lose $8 million a year it just fricking can’t happen.
It absolutely can happen. This is college sports. Football funds EVERYTHING. Nobody at LSU makes significant money other than football. So, why even worry about it? Just enjoy that we have winning teams in almost ALL sports, ESPECIALLY women's basketball and baseball.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:19 pm to Tiger1988
people can hate on McMahon all they want, but when it comes to this stuff, dude has significantly cut down on our MBB postseason travel budget.
You can't say he hasn't done things to help the bottom line.
You can't say he hasn't done things to help the bottom line.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:23 pm to Tigerdew
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TV revenue drives all of this and college baseball just doesn't have the eyes and ad power behind. That's how it will always be.
How much does LSU get for the women’s basketball TV contract? And if it’s that much more, why do they lose 8x the amount of money that the baseball team?
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:31 pm to LSUGrad9295
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The Box-tards can not fathom that the sport they love so dearly gets dwarfed by women's basketball in the tv ratings, and it isn't even close.
Damn, so they dominate the TV ratings, get more TV money, and get more Rev-Share and still lose 8x as much money as the baseball team? Yikes…
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:38 pm to lsualum96
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Nobody at LSU makes significant money other than football. So, why even worry about it?
I’ll start with why I care. I personally enjoy baseball and going to baseball games much more than women’s basketball. I see the much needed improvements that need to be made around baseball. I would like more money to be funneled into baseball to give LSU baseball a better shot at winning, which in turn increases the outside investment into baseball. This is all my personal preference and some people probably don’t feel the same, I’m just telling you why I care.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 12:40 pm to LSBoosie
People dont want to hear this, but this is the closest I can get to a breakdown.
Per ChatGPT and its sources, Each SEC school for the 24/25 school year made roughly $55 from the SEC/ESPN TV deal for all sports.
I asked it to then give me the LSU breakdown by sport and it essentially said that there are no real numbers available in the public. So I asked it to use past years, contract info that is available, look at as many schools around the big 4 conferences as a reference and give it a best guess.
This is what it said.
Category Approx % of Value LSU Portion (Estimate)
Football ~75 % ~$38–40M
Men’s Basketball ~15–20 % ~$8–11M
All Other Sports & Misc. ~5–10 % ~$3–5M
So, yes, what is going on is that LSU is spending just about the same amount of money on womens and mens basketball and the TV deal is what makes the Mens bb make money and womens bb (and every single other sport including baseball) lose money.
I didn't do a deep dive on viewership of LSU mens bb games v women's bball games, but the women definitely out perform them on ticket sales. I'd be interested to know if ESPN is paying LSU specifically for ultimately no one to watch the LSU mens games.
As an aside, the amount of money that is from mens bball, just in general, but specifically from being a part of the SEC, makes the fact that we have suffered thru McMahon a travesty. It's kind of inexcusable.
Per ChatGPT and its sources, Each SEC school for the 24/25 school year made roughly $55 from the SEC/ESPN TV deal for all sports.
I asked it to then give me the LSU breakdown by sport and it essentially said that there are no real numbers available in the public. So I asked it to use past years, contract info that is available, look at as many schools around the big 4 conferences as a reference and give it a best guess.
This is what it said.
Category Approx % of Value LSU Portion (Estimate)
Football ~75 % ~$38–40M
Men’s Basketball ~15–20 % ~$8–11M
All Other Sports & Misc. ~5–10 % ~$3–5M
So, yes, what is going on is that LSU is spending just about the same amount of money on womens and mens basketball and the TV deal is what makes the Mens bb make money and womens bb (and every single other sport including baseball) lose money.
I didn't do a deep dive on viewership of LSU mens bb games v women's bball games, but the women definitely out perform them on ticket sales. I'd be interested to know if ESPN is paying LSU specifically for ultimately no one to watch the LSU mens games.
As an aside, the amount of money that is from mens bball, just in general, but specifically from being a part of the SEC, makes the fact that we have suffered thru McMahon a travesty. It's kind of inexcusable.
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