re: Some interesting wording from Jay Johnson

2 National Championships in 3 years.....doesn't take long to call role for that

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Sounds like he's in his feelings about Kiffin and Wade getting theirs. The reality is revenue share percentages are based on what the programs bring in and baseball will never bring in big dollars. So he or someone in the AD better figure out more legitimate NIL deals or other revenue streams for the program.

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I have to admit that I have zero clue what the total dollars equate to per sport, nor do I know what other sec teams are doing with regards to their baseball team.
I would think, however, LSU private donations rival any team nationwide. And hopefully exceed any shortfall perceived or otherwise, for our Baseball team.
I do give specific to Baseball. And it’s not a lot. Under $500 per year, but close. Always hope that money goes to good use and would DEFINITELY hope others do the same because I love our baseball team. It gets us as far as possible into the doldrums of the offseason when we go all the way. It would really disappoint my to lose Jay over administration differences.

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Also Tony V ain’t doing so hot

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This is the dumbest thing I've read on rRant and that is saying something.

Only two teams that generate a profit are football and men’s basketball. Everything else loses money. Football team gets massive tv and ticket sales. The men’s basketball get the tv deal, which makes enough to compensate for poor ticket sales. But ticket sales alone for the small pmac and skip bertman field are not enough to turn a profit for baseball and women’s basketball.women’s basketball did get some Primetime tv games this year so maybe they get more for that? But historically only football and men’s basketball make money period.

Be careful with that one. The resident "know it all internet warriors" here will come to call you an idiot. .

I'd definetly love that hire' for sure. Many hate TonyV but I for one would take him in a heartbeat.

Dude can’t afford the Bugatti because we invest in Football and Basketball. But hey we got our man in Wade. Average arse coach.

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With the way college athletics is going he basically has all the headaches of a major league team plus still has to recruit and fundraise.

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Well, the two may be more similar than they used to be, they are still two completely different animals. First off, Jay has stability here, no matter what. That enables him to do things and run the program the way he wants. That doesn’t exist in the major leagues, or any other professional sports league. He would have maybe three years to show significant progress or be out on his arse. That is a lot to walk away from.

He also has full control here. In the majors, he would be dealing with a GM and likely much greater financial constraints than he has at LSU. When you include traditional NIL and sponsorships, he has as much money as any program in college baseball to play with for player acquisition. And he gets to choose those players. That wouldn’t be happening in the pros.

Those weren’t enough to keep Vitelli at UT, but they are still real differences between the two and advantages of staying in the college game.

Well as a very invested fan I want the quality of the program to be sustainable. Cheap tickets aren’t in any long term invested fans best interests. We have to pay for maintaining a great coach and the team results we have come to expect.

Tickets in the uncovered aread are $4 for non conference games outside the grandstands , $7 in the grandstand and only $10 in the Champions Club. That’s too low. I think it’s $10, $18 and $30 for SEC games. That’s why it’s so hard to buy new season tickets. There aren’t any because people won’t ever give them up because they are so cheap. Too cheap.

I don’t want to pay more than i should have to pay but to ask for a “share” is like begging. Baseball can make enough money to pay their way and the people who are invested are willing to pay IMO.

Women’s BB should be looked at in a similar fashion. The rabid fans need to pay a fair “share” for their passion. Women’s sports, track and field, golf and tennis will never pay their way. These activities need to be looked at differently I guess and their value needs to I be evaluated.

If we raised ticket prices baseball could make several $M and not be a drag on the overall Athletic department.

If you watch the entire interview he goes into more detail about how he probably wouldn’t like it