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re: Some interesting wording from Jay Johnson
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:21 pm to LSBoosie
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:21 pm to LSBoosie
The Box is always sold out. We lead the nation in ticket sales. The number of people who attend is not what's counted. The tickets are all sold. Have you ever tried to buy grandstand tickets from LSU. You can't.
If we raise the price we'll generate the revenue because people will still buy the tickets., might be different people but I guarantee you people will buy them. The tickets are too cheap.
If we raise the price we'll generate the revenue because people will still buy the tickets., might be different people but I guarantee you people will buy them. The tickets are too cheap.
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:23 pm to Relham10
I really don’t think Jay Johnson is deciding his future on whether or not a former coach who is nearly 90 is alive or has passed 
Seems pretty obvious he wants better facilities and more revenue share like he’s always been open about.
Seems pretty obvious he wants better facilities and more revenue share like he’s always been open about.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:27 pm to LSBoosie
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I get what you are trying to say, but do you have any bumpers to back it up?
I'd say specifically if the SEC is providing guidance that has WCBB over baseball, that's a pretty solid indicator what the value of the media rights are.
Top women's college basketball games now routinely draw well over a million viewers and the South Carolina-Iowa championship game in 2024 drew 18 million viewers. LSU v Iowa in 2024 drew over 12 million.
The Men's College World Series - Championship series draws about 26 million viewers total...for the entire 16 game World Series.
If these raw viewership numbers don't show you what the new reality is here, you can't be helped.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:27 pm to poncho villa
He keeps telling yall he is not happy with the rev share distribution and yall keep ignoring it
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:30 pm to tigerbait2010
In a real business world you eat what you kill. Jay doesn't need revenue share. He needs to be able to unlock the demand for his product. Raise the damn ticket prices to BASEBALL.
We are #1 in attendance every year. Now that doesn't mean seats in the seats but rather ticket sales. When you sell all your product and still have people wanting more you raise the price as we can't add more seats very easily. The money for Jay is there to be totally controlled by baseball. Stop focusing on share. That's socialism..
We are #1 in attendance every year. Now that doesn't mean seats in the seats but rather ticket sales. When you sell all your product and still have people wanting more you raise the price as we can't add more seats very easily. The money for Jay is there to be totally controlled by baseball. Stop focusing on share. That's socialism..
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:32 pm to dovehunter
I’m genuinely surprised how low our ticket prices are. I don’t think anyone is opposed to a modest raise to help eventuate more revenue share.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:35 pm to ProjectP2294
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If it exists, and is applicable to Women's Basketball, shouldn't it be listed in the entry for Women's Basketball, like the other sport specific media distributions are? Seems like it would be an easy way to not show us losing $8MM a year on it.
Because during the negotiations of that media rights deal, they came up with a “valuation” of what WBB was worth. It’s still part of the larger agreement though. It’s not its own separate deal so it isn’t going to be a line item for WBB.
The WBB valuation was roughly 56% of the total deal by itself.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:36 pm to dovehunter
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The Box is always sold out. We lead the nation in ticket sales. The number of people who attend is not what's counted. The tickets are all sold. Have you ever tried to buy grandstand tickets from LSU. You can't.
If we raise the price we'll generate the revenue because people will still buy the tickets., might be different people but I guarantee you people will buy them. The tickets are too cheap.
I'm aware of how attendance numbers work. So you think LSU can triple ticket prices and have no drop off?
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:37 pm to tigerbait2010
Baseball ticket sales wouldn't be shared. They belong to baseball. You can donate to TAF with a baseball only donation as well. That money is not shared. That's what keeps Jay going. We need to stop focusing on share. Just generate the money for your program.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:40 pm to LSBoosie
Better get on making him happy! LSU would be crazy to let him walk. You are not going to find a better coach. He's the closest we're getting to Skip.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:43 pm to dovehunter
If Vitello is successful I can definitely see Jay having some interest somewhere down the line
From that interview it sure sounds like some MLB jobs (maybe not manager) have peaked his interest
He's young enough to take on that challenge if he decides that's what he wants to do, especially if college athletics continue down the path they are on and he gets tired of dealing with the portal and NIL
I don't know how willing some major league clubs are ready to start passing over qualified people with MLB backgrounds as a player or those that have paid their dues in the minors
Would Jay want to get into minor league baseball? I highly doubt it
If he stays in college I don't see why he wouldn't stay at LSU for the long haul
After that same interview, he told the Coaches Committee that he is locked in at LSU at least until the length of his current contract which I believe is around 2032, if he can bank that $ he will be in a good position financially to do something else if he desires
From that interview it sure sounds like some MLB jobs (maybe not manager) have peaked his interest
He's young enough to take on that challenge if he decides that's what he wants to do, especially if college athletics continue down the path they are on and he gets tired of dealing with the portal and NIL
I don't know how willing some major league clubs are ready to start passing over qualified people with MLB backgrounds as a player or those that have paid their dues in the minors
Would Jay want to get into minor league baseball? I highly doubt it
If he stays in college I don't see why he wouldn't stay at LSU for the long haul
After that same interview, he told the Coaches Committee that he is locked in at LSU at least until the length of his current contract which I believe is around 2032, if he can bank that $ he will be in a good position financially to do something else if he desires
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:45 pm to LSBoosie
I didn't say triple. I think you'd sell every ticket you sell now at double the price and maybe more for the CC, gold and purple seats. You literally can't buy those tickets and there is hardly a game where 20-25% of those seats aren't empty..
How many seats do we have? 10,000 for what 30 games? Raise the price on average $15/seat. $4.5 M. All baseball.,
How many seats do we have? 10,000 for what 30 games? Raise the price on average $15/seat. $4.5 M. All baseball.,
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:46 pm to Big4SALTbro
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Tony V ain’t doing so hot
LOL. It is way too early for any comment like this.
2-3 with a sweep by the preseason #2 Yankees and a series win vs a Padres teams projected to be one spot higher than the Giants in the middle of the pack.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:51 pm to Jack Daniel
quote:He hoenstly is rubbing more and more people the wrong way with this
He keeps telling yall he is not happy with the rev share distribution and yall keep ignoring it
We aren’t idiots. It’s semantics on his end. LSU baseball in total has more money at its disposal for roster building than anyone when you include NIL
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:52 pm to LSBoosie
If the Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, Braves, Padres, or Red Sox offered JJ a job, he would be gone.
He also needs more NIL $$ to work with.
He also needs more NIL $$ to work with.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:53 pm to The Pirate King
I don’t agree with you much, but people on the Rant take sides on LSU sports. This is not a popularity contest at LSU, it’s a popularity contest nationwide with TV $$$ driving all college sports.
The Rant has a hard time it seems understanding that it’s $$$. Nobody hates LSU baseball but it doesn’t make money. Go look at the numbers for the ENTIRE CWS all week compared the number 12.2 million for the WBB LSU/Iowa game it’s not close. Now if the baseball fanatics would like to write a few mill$ checks to baseball that would definitely help.
But for now there’s NO TV $ for baseball, it’s not personal it’s business. Why is this so hard to understand? Comments like let’s put our money into Baseball instead of MBB is so shallow. WBB is a non profit sport also but then you run into the equal rights divide and you’ll never win that battle. Football is King, MBB losing or winning is national, and CBB is regional south/WCoast that’s it.
The Rant has a hard time it seems understanding that it’s $$$. Nobody hates LSU baseball but it doesn’t make money. Go look at the numbers for the ENTIRE CWS all week compared the number 12.2 million for the WBB LSU/Iowa game it’s not close. Now if the baseball fanatics would like to write a few mill$ checks to baseball that would definitely help.
But for now there’s NO TV $ for baseball, it’s not personal it’s business. Why is this so hard to understand? Comments like let’s put our money into Baseball instead of MBB is so shallow. WBB is a non profit sport also but then you run into the equal rights divide and you’ll never win that battle. Football is King, MBB losing or winning is national, and CBB is regional south/WCoast that’s it.
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 4/1/26 at 3:54 pm to LSBoosie
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So you think LSU can triple ticket prices and have no drop off?
I mean if you're tripling $4 to get to $12, yeah I'd say most people can absorb that. It's the same philosophy with the tariffs. People generally look at totals, not percentage increases.
Most people wouldn't realize that some goods have nearly "doubled" in price since the tariffs took effect.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 4:02 pm to LSBoosie
Sounded like some guided but controlled frustration over something. CJJ shouldn't have worded it like this. Jmo. LSU brought him to the moon and this program made him not the other way around. Ive heard him say a few times this is "his dream job" that this job is it for him. Now he is basically letting everyone know he could leave? "Not at this time." He knew what he was getting into by coming here so why all of the money frustration over rev sharing? What he was gonna get more resources at Arizona? I think not. All of the other sec teams are in the same boat on the percentages. If he is wanting more money, what does that mean exactly to the success of the program in relation to other sec teams? Nothing. He has 2 titles in 4 complete seasons. What more could he want? Seems like an ungrateful response from a loyalty stand point. It definelty wasnt a 100% "im all in" LSU response. Maybe he should go to mlb where will have all the money he wants but lose every year. Jmo.
He knew what he was getting into by coming here so why all of the money frustration over rev sharing? What he was gonna get more resources at Arizona? I think not. All of the other sec teams are in the same boat on the percentages. If he is wanting more money, what does that mean exactly to the success of the program in relation to other sec teams? Nothing. He has 2 titles in 4 complete seasons. What more could he want? Seems like an ungrateful response from a loyalty stand point. It definelty wasnt a 100% "im all in" LSU response. Maybe he should go to mlb where will have all the money he wants but lose every year. Jmo. This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 4/1/26 at 4:06 pm to tigerskin
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That is definitely a financial support message
How much more financial support is needed?
We already have one of the highest budgets for a baseball program in the country.
1. Tennessee - $13,002,846
2. LSU - $10,988,407
3. Ole Miss - $10,561,988
4. Arkansas - $9,895,654
5. Texas A&M - $9,016,887
6. Texas - $8,599,070
7. South Carolina - $8,046,167
8. Clemson - $7,878,612
9. Texas Tech - $7,617,084
10. MS State - $7,586,164
College Baseball - 2025 School Baseball Budgets
Posted on 4/1/26 at 4:06 pm to LSBoosie
More and more college guys are heading to pro sports. This is a nightmare.
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