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re: Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to shield how athletic departments spend public money
Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:00 am to lostinbr
Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:00 am to lostinbr
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Does the same logic apply to their athletic department / revenue sharing?
if they are getting direct funding then the public has a direct right to know where every dollar went
for coach contracts, we should only have the right to know what the part being paid with state dollars is imo.
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:01 am to ragincajun03
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as it would be the first time the state hides how public money is spent from public view
Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:10 am to TooFyeToFly
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Less transparency is bad
Except in this case. In this case, you have the media wanting to frick the football team. In this case, the media bitch wanted to go public (via public records law) to publish how much money each player was making. This puts LSU at a disadvantage and allows our competition to know how much we paid to each player. All the competition has to do is offer that player a little more money and boom - he is gone.
frick that
frick the media bitch that thought she would get her way.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 11:16 am to lsu777
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for coach contracts, we should only have the right to know what the part being paid with state dollars is imo.
They are public employees. You should know how they are being compensated.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:13 pm to 03 West CoChamps
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They are public employees. You should know how they are being compensated.
only in terms of the part the state pays, the rest is a contract with 3rd party.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:17 pm to lsu777
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essentially this is journalist making the argument that because they use land and facilities that are taxpayer funded everything in the athletic department is now public funds. its bullshite and essentially trying to LSU football. that is all this is about LSU uses zero public funds to pay the athletes and no you nor the journalist have any right to know what the starting QB is being paid vs the starting left guard. im sorry we dont.
they can go create an all star flag team and get paid on their NIL then
As long as they are playing for a public university, it shouldn’t be private information
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:25 pm to 03 West CoChamps
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It isn't but when you have buyouts for coaches that should be coming out of the fund but instead the state is paying part of that buyout so salary can be met every month then that is an issue citizens should be aware of.
Never, and I repeat, never, has the state of Louisiana paid a dime of a coach's buyout. So what are you talking about?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:32 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Public dollars need public accountability
LSU earned every dime of the money they are spending. They should spend it how they see fit. Not one taxpayer dime is part of that money. Like I said earlier, the travesty here is that it is called "public funds". That is what needs to change. They are not public funds.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:01 pm to lsu777
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only in terms of the part the state pays, the rest is a contract with 3rd party.
I agree with this. Or want to, unless someone can poke a real hole/concern with that statement.
Just like right now, I’m of the belief true private “NIL” dollars to athletes should be confidential unless those parties both want folks to know, but dollars directly to athletes with a public university signing said paycheck should be FOIA information.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:05 pm to Proximo
ITS NOT PUBLIC MONEY!!
frick off with that shite.
unless everyone is releasing, then no. why the frick you want LSU to be at a disadvantage? seriously wtf are you going to do with the money?
they already released the total amount they will be spending on it.
all that is going to come of it is, people bitching wanting their favorite player to make more or for some activists to file a law suite based on title 9.
the only people wanting to know this info, as in how much every single player is being paid, are fans of other teams, female activist and guys that suck dick for fun.....
frick off with that shite.
unless everyone is releasing, then no. why the frick you want LSU to be at a disadvantage? seriously wtf are you going to do with the money?
they already released the total amount they will be spending on it.
all that is going to come of it is, people bitching wanting their favorite player to make more or for some activists to file a law suite based on title 9.
the only people wanting to know this info, as in how much every single player is being paid, are fans of other teams, female activist and guys that suck dick for fun.....
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:07 pm to Supermoto Tiger
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Except in this case. In this case, you have the media wanting to frick the football team. In this case, the media bitch wanted to go public (via public records law) to publish how much money each player was making. This puts LSU at a disadvantage and allows our competition to know how much we paid to each player. All the competition has to do is offer that player a little more money and boom - he is gone.
frick that
frick the media bitch that thought she would get her way.
this
if you want LSU to release it....cool, get every other SEC, ACC, ND and B1G to release too and all good. until then they can frick off
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:08 pm to ragincajun03
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I agree with this. Or want to, unless someone can poke a real hole/concern with that statement.
Just like right now, I’m of the belief true private “NIL” dollars to athletes should be confidential unless those parties both want folks to know, but dollars directly to athletes with a public university signing said paycheck should be FOIA information.
then file a FOIA against ULL, LA Tech, ULM if you want to know so bad
but you can lick LSU's nut sack because frick you and you wanting to know because all you are trying to do is frick LSU.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:09 pm to lsu777
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ITS NOT PUBLIC MONEY!! frick off with that shite.
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The bill would create a new public records exemption to conceal how much public money universities pay directly to student athletes
Trying to shield that money from little Johnny when he makes it to the big leagues?
Yall sound like the “I don’t care if he murdered someone as long as he catches touchdowns” crowd.
Blow the system up
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:14 pm to Proximo
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Trying to shield that money from little Johnny when he makes it to the big leagues?
Yall sound like the “I don’t care if he murdered someone as long as he catches touchdowns” crowd.
wtf are you even talking about? dumbest shite i ever heard
shield little johnny when he makes it to the big leagues? wtf does that even mean?
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Blow the system up
that isnt happening anytime soon. this is a brand new system installed by the courts
if you dont like the way CFB is going, dont watch. but the courts have ruled and its stupid to try to put LSU at a disadvantage
literally tell me what you would do with the info. explain to me how you knowing how much every single player is making is going to blow the system up. all it will do is piss them off at each other, have other schools swooping in and paying more then we will have wasted the whole kiffin era and wasted money
the guys are paying taxes on it, the money doesnt come from public funding....so explain to me why you need to know individual players salary
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:15 pm to lsu777
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frick you and you wanting to know because all you are trying to do is frick LSU.
I’m not trying to do anything. Take a breath dude/dudette. I’ve even agreed with a previous poster’s point on why this public information would be used against LSU to start some sort of Title IX equality BS war.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:16 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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LSU earned every dime of the money they are spending.
Except if you consider that LSU uses state employees, state owned land, state owned facilities, etc. to make every dime of the money.
It is public money.
eta: I don't think the dollar amount to each player needs to be made public. But the total revenue share amount should be/remain reported.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:18 pm to ragincajun03
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but dollars directly to athletes with a public university signing said paycheck should be FOIA information.
Why? Answer this, that paycheck that LSU gave to that athlete, where did the money come from?
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:20 pm to lsu777
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if they are getting direct funding then the public has a direct right to know where every dollar went
“Every dollar” meaning just the $16.5 million/year in direct institutional support or the entire $46 million athletic budget? Do they get to say “we spent this $16.5 million on xyz” and hide everything else?
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for coach contracts, we should only have the right to know what the part being paid with state dollars is imo.
The part paid with “state dollars” comes directly from the athletic department’s budget. How is that any different than player contracts?
I just think the whole “it’s not public money so it’s nobody’s business” argument has a lot of holes. For one, the athletic department is an auxiliary enterprise of the university. Yes, it’s self-funded. But it’s still part of the university. It’s historically contributed funding back to the academic side. Other universities historically take funding from the academic side. They’re two sides of the same coin. The fact that LSU’s athletic department is self-funded should certainly give them deference to spend their money how they see fit, but I don’t think it means they should be immune to scrutiny.
It seems obvious to me that the public (and especially the season ticket holders who represent the majority of revenue between ticket prices, seat fees, etc.) have a legitimate interest in how much LSU pays Brian Kelly or Lane Kiffin. But because those contracts are all public record, you also have staff members whose much smaller contracts are public record as well. Like Sawyer Jordan, who makes (checks notes) $200k/year. I don’t really see why a player making more than that should be exempt.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:30 pm to lsu777
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then file a FOIA against ULL, LA Tech, ULM if you want to know so bad
but you can lick LSU's nut sack because frick you and you wanting to know because all you are trying to do is frick LSU.
Do y’all really think LSU is the only school that’s received public records requests related to revenue sharing? It’s happening all over the country. LSU wasn’t even the first school to get sued over refusing to disclose rev share details. Hell they weren’t even the first school in the SEC to get sued for non-disclosure. And you can bet they won’t be the last, either.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:30 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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eta: I don't think the dollar amount to each player needs to be made public. But the total revenue share amount should be/remain reported.
then we are in agreement and LSU said they would release that when they tried to get the lawsuit dropped
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