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Deficit of more than $5 million discovered in audit of Grambling Athletics Dept

Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:56 pm
Posted by BayouNation
Member since Sep 2008
2127 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:56 pm
The audit was performed to be sure the athletics department was complying with NCAA rules, and to help the school evaluate its internal controls.

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Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
19274 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 2:49 pm to
Wait till they audit the entire university.
Posted by carrguitar
Member since Oct 2014
973 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:00 pm to
No way...
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
78746 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:02 pm to
Remember when someone donated money specifically to rebuild their weight room and it all got stolen?
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25748 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:23 pm to
DEI must stop. Close all HBCUs immediately
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
54847 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:30 pm to
“It be your own people”…
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25748 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

Remember when someone donated money specifically to rebuild their weight room and it all got stolen?

I would like to read about this and laugh. Have link?
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
44932 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 4:30 pm to
Knowing how much your coaches make and how many student athletes you service should be common knowledge.



quote:


coaching salaries overstated by $96,698
support staff/admin personnel salaries overstated by $8,324
severance payments understated by $105,022


So they thought they were paying 100K more in salaries than they actually did. But didn't included 100K in severance packages.


quote:

Membership Financial Reporting System (MFRS) did not match the school’s financial aid records. Furthermore, auditors report finding that the MFRS showed 62 students and $383,493 more than the school’s records.


I don't know how many student athletes are at Grambling, but how do you miss 62 of them.
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
45984 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 5:16 pm to
Death, taxes, and HBCUs wasting/stealing money
This post was edited on 5/11/26 at 5:17 pm
Posted by Rainier Fog
Member since Jul 2025
1253 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 5:21 pm to
quote:

Wait till they audit the entire university.


Oh they have
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
131601 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 5:38 pm to
HBCUs are fraud ridden adult daycares

Non HBCU public schools are only slightly better
This post was edited on 5/11/26 at 5:40 pm
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
37938 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 5:39 pm to
A friend used to be some sort of state auditor and she was on a team that had to audit BRCC's books after the school had been open for about a decade. She said it was worse than untangling a large ball of yarn. To the shock of nobody, that school started with a bunch of DEI types in prominent positions that had no clue what they were doing.

She said it wasn't necessarily corruption, but more incompetence that made it a clusterfrick. I imagine every HBCU school has the same issue
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
122916 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 5:55 pm to
sugar71 is calling for more donations and community support for Grambling
Posted by chew4219
Member since Sep 2009
3208 posts
Posted on 5/11/26 at 9:48 pm to
LSU athletics is projected to run a $25M deficit in 2026. After posting deficits the previous two years.

It’s not uncommon.
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14754 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 7:30 am to
quote:

LSU athletics is projected to run a $25M deficit in 2026. After posting deficits the previous two years.


Where are you getting these numbers. The 2025 public numbers showed a near 4 million dollar surplus.

Posted by chew4219
Member since Sep 2009
3208 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 7:39 am to
quote:

Where are you getting these numbers. The 2025 public numbers showed a near 4 million dollar surplus.


WBRZ, Louisiana Illuminator, Legislative Audit, the sources are there. 22, 23, 24 and projected 26 were all deficits. 25 turned almost a million in profit.

How you run a deficit with $220M budget is beyond me. What is even more baffling is the stones cast at other instate programs when they run a deficit with 1/5 of the resources.
Posted by Radio One
On the banks of the Wabash
Member since Sep 2023
6119 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 7:52 am to
quote:

What is even more baffling is the stones cast at other instate programs when they run a deficit with 1/5 of the resources

Running a deficit is something completely different from what’s described in the above excerpts. Grambling sounds like they can’t do accounting or even read paperwork to know what they’re on the hook for.
Posted by chew4219
Member since Sep 2009
3208 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:36 am to
quote:

Running a deficit is something completely different from what’s described in the above excerpts. Grambling sounds like they can’t do accounting or even read paperwork to know what they’re on the hook for.


No defending Grambling, or UL under T-Joe Savoie either.

My point is simply, like all government entities, universities often run deficits.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
35092 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:38 am to
SUNO - per student money missing is shameful
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
54847 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 8:39 am to
quote:

What is even more baffling is the stones cast at other instate programs when they run a deficit with 1/5 of the resources.


The other in-state programs aren’t representing Louisiana on a national stage so why run a deficit?
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