Can LSU's Dreams Come True? What If LSU Big Donors Contribute $100 Million for 10% Income?

Everyone wants LSU to get the best players, but LSU's NIL deals total tens of millions of dollars. Thus, everyone wants LSU's Big Donors to pay for LSU's NIL deals / player salaries.

Everyone wants LSU to replace bad coaches, but LSU's coaching contract buyouts total tens of millions of dollars. Thus, everyone wants LSU's Big Donors to pay for LSU's coaching contract buyouts.

Everyone says, "LSU's NIL deals aren't self-sustaining," and "Why would donors, who get nothing back, continue to contribute?"

We can't really expect LSU's Big Donors to contribute tens of millions of dollars and not get some return on their money.

What if LSU's Big Donors were willing to contribute the necessary money but wanted a little return on their money in return for their contribution? What if those donors only wanted a small minority share of a commercial joint venture with LSU that pools commercial operations like ticketing, licensing, sponsorships, and NIL sales into a separate for-profit entity? What if LSU keeps full operational and athletic control? This control includes all decisions including AD staffs, coaching staffs, and student-athletes.

LSU cannot legally take a loan from LSU's Big Donors and promise to repay it.

So what if LSU's Big Donors get together with LSU. (Let's say that each individual investor has to contribute at least $100k to be involved.) LSU's Big Donors contribute to an entity (let's call it Bayou Equity) that agrees to give LSU $100 million. In return, LSU agrees to pay Bayou Equity less than 10% of LSU's sports future income stream.

Bayou Equity has only a right to 10% of the future income stream. Bayou Equity has no control over operations. LSU keeps full operational and athletic control, including decisions on coaching staffs and student-athletes.

There is literally no difference from what everyone wants and the Bayou Equity deal except that 10% of LSU's future income goes to LSU's Big Donors.

LSU gets its own angel investors and white knights to put a huge sum of money into LSU's coffers for 10% of its future income. LSU retains the right to buy it all back in five years.