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Did a search for the Courtyard on Acadian (the SEC and espn hotel). It is blocked for every weekend the entire season. Who know!

As a season ticket holder you do not automatically donate to TAF. You are required to make a “Tradition Fund” donation per season seat. This is not TAF. Tradition fund goes directly to the Athletic Department. TAF is a separate and private fund raising group.

The NCAA has no ability to legally enforce any rule that limits a person to make money or move. The law is clear. You can have such limits in a binding contract signed by the individual, though.

Revenue sharing may or may not require a contract agreement. NIL would. A multi-year NIL, binding to both parties, using revenue sharing and other money sources could greatly impact the ability for a player to move every year. He is under a signed contract.
Again, much like a musician to a record label. You sign a five year agreement with Sony. You are not able to go record with Warner three years down the road. You must finish the five years or get a release from your current contract. That will likely not happen without a buyout.

Why can’t a college/university require a scholarship athlete to sign a NIL agreement with the school? You will play a sport, promote the school with your NIL, promote university affiliated businesses, get compensation, all under a binding contract, including the inability to play for or promote any other school. Very similar to musicians who sign contracts with record labels.

You are 100% correct t. What are we doing? I don’t mean just LSU, I mean all of higher education. $25 million for football players is not in the best interest of any university or college. Same for $10 + million coaching contracts. Where are the “adults”? We have taken student recreation and fan entertainment, and monetized it to lunacy. I, for one, am less interested than ever. And I am an alum, parent of alums, son of alums, sibling of anlums and season ticket holder for 44 years.

1979 s USC is the single best of all time. The crowd was a huge part of the game, not just spectators. As a student during those years it was the best. Start the day at the house, walk to the game with your date, stay the whole game, back to the house for a live band party. You never thought about missing any of that to go to a bar. During the game the best party in town was in the stadium. Your dates purse was the bar.

Correct. Your better institutions of higher learning are supposed to be “elite”. It’s a goal you hope to achieve.

"They see Landry’s reforms as a threat because they undo a decade of control, privilege, and carefully managed narratives — a system that served insiders well but left the average fan and taxpayer behind. But for the vast majority of Louisianans, the meaning is simple: their flagship is finally starting to look like their state again."

Your flagship should not look like your state. It should look far better. It should be the place where your best and brightest attend, graduate and become leaders. Hopefully you are good enough to attract some of the best and brightest from other states and countries as well. It should be a place you aspire to, not that resembles you. If you graduate from LSU you should be different than when you went in. The "average fan" and the "taxpayer" can hopefully do the work to become a part of the LSU standard. If not, they can still enjoy what comes from such an esteemed institution, both from academic achievement, research and discovery, and athletic entertainment.

There is now another Landry placed piece:
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Making LSU look more like the rest of Louisiana is not a good thing. LSU was making strides the last ten years up the elite ladder. Landry is bringing it back down fast.

There are donors and there are those that say " get all you can from your donors, I am there when you need me to make up the rest." They said it when Kelly was hired, they said it when Kelly was fired. They do not need to worry about their donor status or TAF points. Billionaires play at a different level. SW had this level of connections, with the help of others. Don't know if they stay in support of LSU now.