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re: Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to shield how athletic departments spend public money
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:33 pm to lostinbr
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:33 pm to lostinbr
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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.
cool, when the other schools release it, lsu can too. until then frick off
literally why do you need to know each individual players amount? so you can come on here and bitch?
how is it going to help you?
and you say not above scrutiny....so the fans get to scrutinize over every single decision the coaches make in terms of every dollar?
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:34 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
or get them to answer what they will be doing with the information?
how does it help the public at large to know that information?
are they scared its being embezzled? LSU has public auditors for that.
so why the need to know? the tax payers are not on the hook for it.
how does it help the public at large to know that information?
are they scared its being embezzled? LSU has public auditors for that.
so why the need to know? the tax payers are not on the hook for it.
This post was edited on 4/16/26 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:35 pm to ragincajun03
All Louisiana universities should drop to Division 3
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:41 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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Except if you consider that LSU uses state employees, state owned land, state owned facilities, etc. to make every dime of the money.
And LSU pays its fair share of "rent" for the use of that land. Facilities? LSU athletics paid for and built the facilities they use for athletics. They contribute annually to academics even though they don't have to. Most athletic departments don't.
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It is public money.
In name only. Because a long time ago some politicians labeled it as such, for reasons. It's bullshite.
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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.
Well yeah, that's the whole point. LSU grossed 223 million last year. Based on revenue sharing, we have to share 20.5 million. That part is public information. LSU should be able to privately divvy that up how they see fit. How much to each player is nobody's business.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:43 pm to ragincajun03
This is as Louisiana as it gets
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:44 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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If LSU has to divulge exactly how our shared revenue is divided, and other states do not have to do this, it will put LSU at a competitive disadvantage.
It's a public University, where and how they spend every penny should be fully transparent. That goes for every university funded by the public.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 2:11 pm to RolltidePA
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It's a public University,
If we're going to split hairs, it's a public "academic" university. The state doesn't fund a single dime to the athletic department.
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where and how they spend every penny should be fully transparent.
LSU athletic spending is very transparent. You can look up how much they earned, how much they spent (broken down by sport), how much earned by ticket sales, media rights, donations, etc. You can look up how much they owe in revenue sharing (20 million), how much they pay coaches, how much they still owe Kelly, etc. That's pretty fricking transparent.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 3:05 pm to SouthEndzoneTiger
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If we're going to split hairs, it's a public "academic" university. The state doesn't fund a single dime to the athletic department.
It doesn't matter the funding source, the athletic department budget is considered public money and subject to oversight and public records law. This is especially true when the athletic department get annual money from state gambling tax revenue.
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LSU athletic spending is very transparent. You can look up how much they earned, how much they spent (broken down by sport), how much earned by ticket sales, media rights, donations, etc. You can look up how much they owe in revenue sharing (20 million), how much they pay coaches, how much they still owe Kelly, etc. That's pretty fricking transparent.
Good. That shouldn't change.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 3:14 pm to RolltidePA
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Good. That shouldn't change.
And it won't. You just don't get to see how much of that 20 million in revenue sharing went to each player.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:42 pm to lsu777
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cool, when the other schools release it, lsu can too. until then frick off
You realize it’s possible to think this stuff should not be exempt from disclosure, without wanting LSU to be the only school disclosing it…right?
As I’ve said, this is not just an LSU issue. It’s playing out all over the country. More generally, I think this entire landscape of individual state legislatures tweaking their laws to make their football teams more competitive is just.. fricking dumb, to be honest. Maybe “disappointing” is a better word.
If your real stance is “I don’t want LSU to be the only one disclosing it” then sure, I agree. But I’m not gonna act like it’s crazy to think this stuff should be public record.
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literally why do you need to know each individual players amount? so you can come on here and bitch?
I don’t need to know how much individual players get paid, any more than I need to know how much Brian Kelly’s buyout is.
I certainly don’t need it more than I need to know how much assistant beach volleyball coach Catherine Leak gets paid ($65k according to the contract on LSU’s website). But her contract is considered public record while a rev share agreement with a starting QB isn’t? Does that really make sense?
But even if *I* don’t personally *need* to know the details, that doesn’t mean they should be exempt from public records disclosure. Here’s a hypothetical: if Austin Ausberry had a $1MM rev share deal, wouldn’t you want that to come to light? I don’t think anything like that is happening, but that doesn’t mean it will never happen.
Bigger picture, there’s a lot of public interest in how these deals are being structured. I’m much more interested in the terms of the rev share agreements (such as payback clauses etc.) than I am in how much individual players get paid. But those details are also being treated as confidential.
I don’t even feel that strongly about it. I just think some of the arguments being made against disclosure in this thread are a bit silly.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:44 pm to ragincajun03
It’s to hide the money paid to NIL fund raisers.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:49 pm to chryso
Mcmakin Doing Landry Thangz
Posted on 4/17/26 at 8:36 am to lostinbr
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If your real stance is “I don’t want LSU to be the only one disclosing it” then sure
this is 100% my stance. I dont want LSU to be the only one or the first one.
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But I’m not gonna act like it’s crazy to think this stuff should be public record.
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i dont think you are crazy, but this is one of those things Im ok with remaining private so long as the total spent for each sport is released and overall total
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Here’s a hypothetical: if Austin Ausberry had a $1MM rev share deal, wouldn’t you want that to come to light? I don’t think anything like that is happening, but that doesn’t mean it will never happen.
no i dont think it really should because we have a whole team that is put in place to make sure they put the best product on the field they can.
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Bigger picture, there’s a lot of public interest in how these deals are being structured. I’m much more interested in the terms of the rev share agreements (such as payback clauses etc.) than I am in how much individual players get paid. But those details are also being treated as confidential.
I cant in good conscience sit here and say....hey they should never be released, even though I think its a complete waste of time, effort and nothing more than ammo for those on a witch hunt but......I will argue and curse someone from here until tomorrow advocating for it at this point because it hurts LSU.
and every single person doing the suing, its pretty clear what their MO is. now me and you agree 100% about changing laws on this is dumb. I would lose my shite if the state try to pass the athlete tax exempt BS.
essentially a TLDR on my stance
1) releasing it hurts LSU competitiveness wise with other peer schools
2) the info will be used by activist to sue to get the gymnastics star paid the same as the QB.
3) releasing the info doesnt blow up the whole system and gets us no closer to collective bargaining and full contracts imo
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