re: Unconfirmed reports that LSU athletics made a private equity deal.

You keep repeating that it "doesn't matter" what I think. Why do you feel it is necessary to tell me that my opinion doesn't matter? Your opinion about what our teams do doesn't matter, either, so why bother saying anything?

I am well aware that my opinion won't change anything. SCOTUS made their rulings, I am aware. It should be apparent that I disagree with their whole premise, or at least most of it. College sports have operated the same way for 150 years, until now, because it couldn't exist as a pseudo professional enterprise. You get an athletic scholarship as compensation, and if you do well, you can go pro and make lots of money. That was always understood and accepted, and the supreme court never blinked.

Now, suddenly, these players are owed something for playing a game, and a free ride through college isn't enough. I'll grant you that the ACTUAL meaning of name, image and likeness, where players make profits off merchandise that involves those things, should be allowed. But it was obvious how that would be twisted into something else entirely, where we have players and their agents forcing pay for play, and pretending it isn't that. And where is SCOTUS now? Not a peep.

This needed to be rolled out with significant checks and balances, but there were none, and now it's nearly impossible to turn back.

By the way, your little jab about my old band days didn't go unnoticed. Whether anyone wanted to see us play wasn't the issue. When you are a local band, it is nearly impossible to get the opportunity to play somewhere in which a significant amount of people will be. But that wasn't the point. The point was that if you aren't driving revenue, you shouldn't get revenue. I clearly stated that some college sports drive enough revenue for that to be shared with them, but not all. Schools shouldn't have to fork over money to programs that lose money.