re: Louisiana audits find three university athletics programs losing money

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Southeastern - $100,571

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That explains Scelfo and Riser's raises the last few weeks.

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Almost like they adjust the institutional contribution to zero it out.

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Which is why the numbers coming from Lafayette are so concerning. Based on debts not going down over the last five years, government support increasing, this appears to be their adjusted numbers. Without colorful accounting what is the actual figure?

Rooting against the university where you earned your diploma? What a cuck move

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Rooting against the university where you earned your diploma? What a cuck move

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You responded to a post where I said

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I still follow them and pull for them

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I hope you are not a UL Lafayette Graduate because your reading comprehension sucks.

Plus you're a better poster than going there, man

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You root for your university to become a doormat? Weird

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Again, reading comprehension. The discussion was related to finances and I suggested the way to better their financial outlook is to get into a better conference that produces more revenue for its member schools. The reality is in a better conference, they would struggle, hence the doormat statement.

Could they be competitive eventually, perhaps? But they have a geographical disadvantage in recruiting because of the proximity of LSU, among others. And the promotion of Desormeaux looks like a cost-saving hire. I was hoping they would hire another up-and-comer like Napier. I have always thought they would do better to earn a reputation as a school to coach at on the way up and maybe eventually it on a coach who wanted to stay. I hope Mike proves me wrong. Dang, I just realized I have two kids older than ULLs football coach.

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Southern has a reputable law school.

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By what standards?

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Louisiana Tech can’t even get into the Sun Belt right now.

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The Sun Belt already has ULM in that tiny market, even if LTU is the better option of the two by every conceivable metric, ULM is already there. The option this last go around for the Sun Belt was to the West add school with History in new market (USM) or add school with history to a market you already have in a state where you already have two institutions (LTU). Of course they chose USM. These moves don't exist in a vacuum, saying because the Sun Belt didn't take a third team in the state that this discredits the school not selected as the best choice isn't sound. In a vacuum, Tulane and LTU are the most viable institutions for P5 expansion. I didn't say either would be considered, only that if I added up the negatives these two would have the least. The problem with these two and the Cajuns is the positives don't come close to outweighing the negatives and make them viable now or in the foreseeable future for that kind of expansion.

I'd argue if a conference had to take two out of LTU, ULM, the Cajuns, and Tulane that based on the numbers and area alone LTU and Tulane are given the first opportunity to say no.

As a ULM guy I won’t argue that. I’m kinda surprised tech wasn’t able to sneak in the American honestly.

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They’re not recruiting the same kids

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Right, they do offer some of the same but this is part of the limiting factor. They would go after the same kids if it was not a waste of time and the areas where they might spot a kid that is under the radar is the same area where LSU would as well (and ULM, La Tech, Tulane, etc).
The few they would pull would be for playing time so they would not be top targets for LSU, more like backup targets. Sometimes UL gets a guy like Elijah Mitchel who gets overlooked or Charles Tillman (not sure about his recruitment, that is hard data to find). Those are rare. And now the portal adds additional pressure to schools like UL should they get a diamond in the rough.