Out of Stater here, what the heck is going on to even hint that the school may

Scare tactics

putting pressure on Jindal and the state legislature...

if LSU shuts down for a semester, particularly a football semester.....Jindal and every other state level elected official wouldn't be able to be elected to alligator shite inspector down in lower middle-of-nowhere!!!!!!!

Any links to these "Scare Tactics," guys?

Bobby Jingles can fix all this from his blackberry.

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Jindal happened.

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This. The hyperbole may be scare tactics, but it wouldn't be happening without Jindal's malfeasance in office.

The cuts to higher education during Jindal's time in office have been brutal. It's to the point where if his proposed budget were to pass we no longer have public universities we have privately funded ones. When Jindal took office the state funded 70% of the cost of going to college at our state universities. In just 7 years it's changed to 30%. This is before current proposals.

I think the scare tactics everyone refers to is people assume 82% of LSUs budget would be cut. That is how the article makes it sound. But the state only funds 13% of LSU's budget. So really you are only cutting 82% of 13%, so roughly 10% of the budget.

So acting like the "entire university would collapse and football would be no more" sounds a little harsh for just needing to replace 10% of funding to keep the school operating at full capacity not missing a beat. Lots of things could be done to help cushion the blow if the "worst case scenario" is 10%. That's an entirely different discussion though ha.

More of the same scare tactics that have been going on in Louisiana forever. They will also be putting hospital patients out on the street. Blah, blah, blah....