re: Governor Landry weighs in…

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Well when you have a governor that wants to pay a 54 million buyout to one coach, and another 91 million to a new one- guess what. All those surpluses that used to be moved from the LSU athletic dept to the academic side, aren’t going to academic side anymore. So the academic side, which used to get this money, now has a budget shortfall. Now, when LSU has a budget shortfall, you think they just cut that spending? F no. They find it from other sources, and that is principally tax payers.

So yes, when Landry influences the state school to spend $100 million on head football coaches. You the tax payer will be affected. The money doesn’t just magically appear. It is removed from one area, and the area it is removed from is replenished by you.

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Democrat Governor John Bell Edwards hired former Democrat (LA Legislature) Lobbyist Scott Woodward to sign an irresponsible $100 Million Dollar, 10 year Contract with a Wine-Alcoholic, Coach by the name of Brian Kelly...a coach who was washed up and in semi-retirement. This was Woodward's second 10 year $100 Million Dollar deal, the first being with Jimbo Fisher & aTm, and each contract was promised by Woodward to produce a National Championship in Football.

Neither contract nor Coach won a National Championship at LSU or aTm, respectively.

Democrats suck at money management, don't produce results, and steal from the taxpayers every chance they get. Democrats are GREAT at wasting other people's money.

LBJ's great society and welfare state are a disaster and dumpster fire 60 years in hindsight after trillions have been wasted.

People will say it's not the same, but if the NCAA said no, but a court said yes then what the world?

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Doners fund the buyouts and high salaries

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No they don’t. Verge even said they don’t have some billionaire donor writing checks. It all comes from LSU Athletics.

If you don’t trust me, trust ChatGPT:

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However, later reporting paints a different picture:

* LSU Athletics actually makes the buyout payments, rather than the Tiger Athletic Foundation directly writing a $54 million check.

* LSU spokesman Zach Greenwell said there is “no direct line between private donations and the buyouts.”

* LSU’s athletics budget contains both self-generated athletic revenue and associated private funds, so the money is effectively commingled within the athletics budget.

* By March 2026, Tiger Rag reported that no single anonymous donor was ultimately covering the buyout and that LSU was paying the roughly $54 million obligation from self-generated athletics revenue, in monthly installments through 2031.

So if you’re asking “Did LSU’s AD/athletic leadership later acknowledge that donors weren’t actually paying the Kelly buyout?” — yes, that’s essentially what the later reporting indicates.

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Thinking the state school can pay $150 million to football coaches (buyout + Lane’s salary) and think it doesn’t trickle down to tax payers paying it is the height of being bamboozled

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LSU funds head coach buyouts entirely using self-generated athletic department revenue and private donor contributions, guaranteeing that no state tax dollars, tuition, or academic funds are used.

?The payout structure relies on three primary mechanisms:

?Private Booster Contributions: Major donors and philanthropic organizations affiliated with the university cover the vast majority of massive buyout obligations. Individual high-net-worth boosters often pledge specific gifts directly to shoulder the brunt of a high-profile firing.

?Athletic Department Self-Generated Revenue: LSU Athletics operates as a financially self-sufficient entity. Money from SEC media rights distribution, ticket sales, corporate sponsorships, and merchandise sales flows into the athletic general fund, which directly services contract obligations.

?Mitigation Clauses and Deferred Installments: Contracts standardly contain duty-to-mitigate clauses, meaning the university pays the buyout in monthly or annual installments rather than a lump sum. If the fired coach takes another job (e.g., in broadcasting or as a coach elsewhere), the offset reduces LSU's remaining financial obligation.

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Let's battle AI's Mr Not Stupid

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“You can’t tell athletes their college careers are over, watch them move on, change the rules later, and then punish them for not predicting the future.”

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This fact should have been the story all along and many in the sports media should have written about it. It's still, even now, the one detail that never gets brought up

I mean, hell, I'm still hearing people say these players “forfeited their eligibility when they entered the draft.” Or “they should have withdrawn their name from the draft.” How can these still be a valid takes at this point?

He is right, the sec allowing chambliss is bullshite. It’s cherry picking and it’s a weird cherry pick to be on with a small potato in the conference and then screw over one of the big 6.

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Why does anyone feel we need those 2-3-4 players to compete?

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we don’t need them, they are all depth pieces at least in football. Basketball RJ would be much bigger deal to have.

The why is it’s the right position, the sec did this to themselves. So we don’t care that the ncaa made chambliss ineligible and then ole miss used an alum to get him another year, but the ncaa doesn’t like that guys that have a much better case of hey, we thought we weren’t eligible and the rules changed on us, those guys are the ones the sec is standing with the ncaa on and defying a court.

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This is where LSU athletics start to get interesting. Politics is so ingrained in the state and LSU.

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100% correct.

Politics and LSU have been tied at the hip for over 100 years and that is not going to change anytime soon. In fact LSU may lead the nation in colleges that are tied to politics. I’m not advocating for or against it’s just reality.

Now with that said anyone who thinks that the SEC is this benevolent and fair entity that just wants what’s best for every team under their control and is in no way tied to politics is just absolutely blind to reality. Us, the more aged LSU supporters, have watched this for many years now unfurl. How many times have we seen the similar situations occur and not rat fart peep comes from the SEC leadership. This particular situation has their jock straps in a wad and it’s because some powerful people not associated with LSU have decided we are the devil. Their behind the scenes placating to the sports media is obvious. Interesting how LSU is the lead line on multiple sport sites and yet multiple schools are trying the same thing.

Look Kiffin / LSU / state politics has the guts now to push the envelope and what they have shown is the absolute hypocrisy of the NCAA, the SEC and multiple other schools and their conferences. The ones complaining hide in the dark corners too scared to show their faces.

Dale Brown for years called out the NCAA hypocrisy. One of his best lines was calling them gestapo bastards. Was Dale pure and clean absolutely not but the blue bloods and the NCAA he was up against were multiple times worse. And you know what The SEC just sat quiet in the corner.

Say what you want I like the fact that LSU sports overall is not just bending over and taking it from anyone. Hey NCAA / SEC you created this mess so now fix it or we will continue to press the edges of these hazy rules.

Interesting times.

The political ties with LSU and the governor go back at least to when the kingfish put dorms in tiger stadium to get it expanded.