re: Why softball's run to CWS is a BIG deal for LSU long term

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Rouge

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not really. in an age where budgets mean everything, i could care less about programs that run huge decifits, successful or not

women's basketball at a peak of success proved that they cannot support themselves

maybe softball could be different, but i wouldnt get my hopes up

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The University is going to consume any profit the AD generates anyway due to the governmental kick-the-can approach of the Legislature & its Ringmaster, Bobby J and the fact that he has not fixed the Higher Ed/Healthcare chopping block situation that occurs anytime there's a deficit.

He'd rather win a few fights than be known for winning a war that Edwin Edwards started back in '72.

So who cares if they turn a profit or not? LSU Football, Baseball & Basketball will have money spent on them in whatever quantity is necessary to compete at the highest level. Anything left over as lagniappe that the Department turns a profit with will go to the Univeristy side to prop up budget cuts they unfairly shoulder the burden of come Appropriations time at the Capital.

Your argument starts out sounding somewhat salient, but its empty because your logic is empty-headed. You clearly haven't thought the situation through, or are just somewhat ignorant about the economic realities of the University, how they've impacted the AD and the reasoning for those changes & impacts.

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LSU Football, Baseball & Basketball will have money spent on them in whatever quantity is necessary to compete at the highest level.

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as they should

To be a national power in softball LSU can't rely heavily on Louisiana/local prospects

agreed, but keeping LA talent is big,

as OP, I would prefer that the $ impact be a separate thread- again, if we are going to have a sport (due to title IX, or whatever the reason) we should win or at least try to and that this is good for all sports...everyone else in d1 football has to have sports that "lose" money so the arguments that we should cut the "money losers" is futile and we do not have all the facts anyway! because LSU is self funding in the AD and has TAF etc., it is tough to talk "profit" because there are so many factors- for example, how do the accountants allocate use of the PMAC, weight rooms etc.

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i'd rather pay a woman's coach $200K and spend the rest of the money on coaches of programs that make money

that is not empty headed

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Okay, give me one example of the Baseball, Basketball or Football team being denied any expenditure at the hands of salaries or facilities requests being fulfilled for Olympic Sports Coaches first?

Should I grab a Snickers?

The point is that you can't because as I said, the big 3 Revenue Producers for LSU will have money spent on them and money spent for them exactly as the heads of those programs see fit. No one in Men's Swimming & Diving will eat a steak while Johnny Jones Basketball Players have to eat Hot Pockets, I assure you.

You have a keyboard and an opinion, & exactly zero facts backing it up. You're ignorant of the reality of the situation, and yet you keep typing.

Admit it. Move on. Its kinda obvious.

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I always pull for all LSU teams, but I am going to be honest, it is softball, about 100 people actually care.

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Ditto. I overheard a group of men from ULL this weekend talking in great detail about their Woman's Softball team. I just had to shake my head. It's fricking women's softball....get a life.

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I don't think UL's got the better program at all. Based on what? Beating up on defenseless Sun Belt teams and losing out to Pac-12 teams in postseason? They've been doing that for years.

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I guess the only way to find out is to play each other, which LSU apparently won't do. The Sun Belt teams this year are the only teams that beat them on the regular schedule. They did manage to beat Az. State, Michigan, Hofstra(all away games), all teams in the regionals. LSU is a victim of being in the SEC and it shows. Didn't win conference, didn't win SEC tourney, didn't finish in the top 25 but still got invited to the regionals. I do have a question though. With all the banter about a football team not winning its conference but playing for the National Championship, does that same logic pertain to any other sport? or just football?????

The only good team that ULL beat on the road was Arizona St. in the first game of the Super Regional. Hofstra and and Michigan were neutral site games. LSU has 4 road wins against Top 10 RPI teams. Two against Texas A&M and two against Missouri. LSU didn't win it's conference? So what? ULL got 8-run ruled when it mattered most. They won't play each other? LSU leads ULL 13-6 all-time in head to head matchups and it's 4-4 in post-season play. You want to keep debating this? That's fine by me.

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i'd rather pay a woman's coach $200K and spend the rest of the money on coaches of programs that make money that is not empty headed

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You guys keep talking about programs/sports that make money. You are aware that there are only, I think, 14 total athletic departments in the NCAA that operate in the black. (I want to say Mark Emmert said that when he was here last year for something.) LSU is one of them. I guess those 300-ish other schools should just stop playing sports altogether.

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LSU is one of them. I guess those 300-ish other schools should just stop playing sports altogether.

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No because the schools pay for those sports while LSU's is completely funded by the athletic department and not the school itself. And the ONLY reason LSU is one of them is because of the football program...and baseball pretty much breaking even.