Buyout is a small price to pay

Compared to the opportunity cost that could be lost due to concessions, liscensing, TV, etc. I am not saying that it would be easy to deal with the buyout but if you can make a change and keep revenue up it will be much more bearable. If you do not make a change and the decline continues think of the lost opportunity costs LSU will realize until the day they can make it back to where they were.