(02-14-2013 01:19 PM)CW Fishman Wrote:  Thanks to the RCAF, the Athletic budget at Louisiana is increasing. The budget was 17.5M for the past year. This is in spite of the fact that university administration voluntarily reduced the subsidy by 1 million to help with budget cuts. (If I remember correctly, athletics absorbed about 1/3 of the overall state mandated budget cuts at UL.) I have heard that the budget will approach 20 million in the next couple of years. A few years back the athletic budget at UL was less than 10 M. We have issues like everyone, but we are making progress. Below is a link to the budget repaort to the state.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/E27229AACA145E9786257AFC0074B95E/$FILE/0002F067.pdf

(02-14-2013 02:10 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 01:19 PM)CW Fishman Wrote:  Thanks to the RCAF, the Athletic budget at Louisiana is increasing. The budget was 17.5M for the past year. This is in spite of the fact that university administration voluntarily reduced the subsidy by 1 million to help with budget cuts. (If I remember correctly, athletics absorbed about 1/3 of the overall state mandated budget cuts at UL.) I have heard that the budget will approach 20 million in the next couple of years. A few years back the athletic budget at UL was less than 10 M. We have issues like everyone, but we are making progress. Below is a link to the budget repaort to the state.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/E27229AACA145E9786257AFC0074B95E/$FILE/0002F067.pdf

Y'all should have given some of that increase to your softball coach.

He was the real deal.

(02-14-2013 02:17 PM)Complacent Cajun Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 02:10 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 01:19 PM)CW Fishman Wrote:  Thanks to the RCAF, the Athletic budget at Louisiana is increasing. The budget was 17.5M for the past year. This is in spite of the fact that university administration voluntarily reduced the subsidy by 1 million to help with budget cuts. (If I remember correctly, athletics absorbed about 1/3 of the overall state mandated budget cuts at UL.) I have heard that the budget will approach 20 million in the next couple of years. A few years back the athletic budget at UL was less than 10 M. We have issues like everyone, but we are making progress. Below is a link to the budget repaort to the state.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/E27229AACA145E9786257AFC0074B95E/$FILE/0002F067.pdf

Y'all should have given some of that increase to your softball coach.

He was the real deal.

Some went towards our football DC hire. I love our softball program, and wish we had a competent AD to hold everything together while we continue growing our budget. Promises from AD to SB coach weren't kept, and he had enough.

(02-14-2013 02:17 PM)Complacent Cajun Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 02:10 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 01:19 PM)CW Fishman Wrote:  Thanks to the RCAF, the Athletic budget at Louisiana is increasing. The budget was 17.5M for the past year. This is in spite of the fact that university administration voluntarily reduced the subsidy by 1 million to help with budget cuts. (If I remember correctly, athletics absorbed about 1/3 of the overall state mandated budget cuts at UL.) I have heard that the budget will approach 20 million in the next couple of years. A few years back the athletic budget at UL was less than 10 M. We have issues like everyone, but we are making progress. Below is a link to the budget repaort to the state.

http://app1.lla.state.la.us/PublicReports.nsf/E27229AACA145E9786257AFC0074B95E/$FILE/0002F067.pdf

Y'all should have given some of that increase to your softball coach.

He was the real deal.

Some went towards our football DC hire. I love our softball program, and wish we had a competent AD to hold everything together while we continue growing our budget. Promises from AD to SB coach weren't kept, and he had enough.

(02-14-2013 03:28 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  I'd wonder if football itself would ever be a profit making sport without being able to benefit from a large TV contract and/or participation in a BCS bowl game. Typical bowls are a money losing proposition.

(02-14-2013 04:12 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 03:28 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  I'd wonder if football itself would ever be a profit making sport without being able to benefit from a large TV contract and/or participation in a BCS bowl game. Typical bowls are a money losing proposition.

It's great that they are able to increase their athletic budget, will help them in all areas.

So how are you going to get your TV contract upped?
Will not happen unless the SB works on it.
An overall winning conference year after year could do that maybe.
Your presidents sitting still and being reactive instead of proactive will not do it.
Bringing in NMSU and/or Idaho will not do it.
Not able to raid other conferences will not get a higher TV payout.
Keeping the conference at 8 members, maybe 5 or 6 soon, will not do it.
So what would hopefully get the SB TV contract off life support?

(02-14-2013 04:29 PM)CW Fishman Wrote:  I am not sure why our budget is relevant to anything in your post. We are CURRENT SBC members and as of today your school is not, so why are you telling us what our school should be doing? As long as we are members of the SBC, raising our athletic budget is good for the conference, as it is for the university. As far as who the conference should or should not add; I have no interest in discussing that issue and it is not relevant to the discussion I brought up. Does every thread on this forum have to highjacked to include a discussion of conference expansion?

(02-14-2013 04:12 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 03:28 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  I'd wonder if football itself would ever be a profit making sport without being able to benefit from a large TV contract and/or participation in a BCS bowl game. Typical bowls are a money losing proposition.

It's great that they are able to increase their athletic budget, will help them in all areas.

So how are you going to get your TV contract upped?
Will not happen unless the SB works on it.
An overall winning conference year after year could do that maybe.
Your presidents sitting still and being reactive instead of proactive will not do it.
Bringing in NMSU and/or Idaho will not do it.
Not able to raid other conferences will not get a higher TV payout.
Keeping the conference at 8 members, maybe 5 or 6 soon, will not do it.
So what would hopefully get the SB TV contract off life support?

(02-14-2013 04:12 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 03:28 PM)CajunAmos Wrote:  I'd wonder if football itself would ever be a profit making sport without being able to benefit from a large TV contract and/or participation in a BCS bowl game. Typical bowls are a money losing proposition.

It's great that they are able to increase their athletic budget, will help them in all areas.

So how are you going to get your TV contract upped?
Will not happen unless the SB works on it.
An overall winning conference year after year could do that maybe.
Your presidents sitting still and being reactive instead of proactive will not do it.
Bringing in NMSU and/or Idaho will not do it.
Not able to raid other conferences will not get a higher TV payout.
Keeping the conference at 8 members, maybe 5 or 6 soon, will not do it.
So what would hopefully get the SB TV contract off life support?

Quote:I'd wonder if football itself would ever be a profit making sport without being able to benefit from a large TV contract and/or participation in a BCS bowl game.

(02-14-2013 08:29 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Seems to be in the context of his program within the Sun Belt relative to the fact that a Sun Belt TV contract doesn't really bring in enough money to help very much with making it profitable.
But what do I know, I am just pimpin (for what reason I wouldn't know, because no one on here can make a decision about anything.)

(02-14-2013 07:26 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  I have posted on here for years, like I do with many boards. I have posted on here longer than many of you. Why do you assume it is something about conference expansion? You know what they say about assume with the a$$ and u and me. When you have someone complaining about the SB TV contract then the obvious question is what will be done about it. Do not see anything about adding Georgia Southern or my school. Do not think that will ever happen like I said earlier. Think SB will stay at 8 maximum by adding NMSU. They are not going to try and compete, just give up. Question is, how will that help. Why do you want to turn that into something about expansion? Must have that on your minds. Besides most of you are already going to CUSA so we know you don't care. You just want to gripe. Guess no one can realistically answer that question that a Cajun fan posed.