(06-01-2017 08:32 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(06-01-2017 07:57 PM)stodgdog Wrote:  

(05-30-2017 07:29 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(05-29-2017 06:27 PM)eaglebeaver Wrote:  Much rather have La Tech than "Louisiana"...

That being "said", and I understand "Loozy-anar" (as we call it) is ate up with LSU, I still wonder why Tech has not established a "reasonable" fanbase ala USM...(and by "reasonable", I mean 25,000 to 30,000 fans, not bad when stacked up against SEC in-state competition.)

Tech has a long football tradition, and does well with in state recruits, so the support seems to lag far behind...

Beaver, its not what one would "like" or what we would rather have anymore. USM has its back to the wall financially and will be making whatever moves are necessary to remain stable, some will fall in line and others wont. If USM were like your friends at Tech and could draw $8-9mil out of the school and state kitty to cover losses each year then we would be fine but we cant so hang on for some changes.

@ Lafayette does the same thing. Plus they are in debt for their improvements, whereas Tech has paid as you go. You have such a biased view that anything you say is dubious, at best.

Any claim you make about student fees to cover improvements is untrue, as I have stated before, that students that choose Tech know ahead of time what they are paying for.

What is your problem with Tech? Is it true you are a former employee of Tech?

Also, in your defense of @ Lafayette using Louisiana not be illegal, does not the use of Louisiana imply that it is either University of Louisiana or Louisiana University? Plus, why are they so hung up about their name? They claim Lafayette to be the greatest city in Louisiana, or the USA, or the world for that matter. Why would they not want that included in their moniker. It doesn't make sense.

The students at Louisiana Tech voted upon themselves a "student facility enhancement" fee approx 4yrs ago, $50. per qtr. That fee was used to secure a $9million dollar bond issue that was used to build the end zone project. Those were 25yr bonds. The student fee was estimated to raise about $1.2mil per year, paying off the bond requires about $650,000 per year and the rest of the $1.2mil IS BEING USED TO UPGRADE FACILITIES, PARKING, AND SOME OF THE COST OF THE NEW PRESSBOX. This fee is some of the money referred to by Tech officials when they say "other non state funds" when discussing the source of income to cover their projects. The ONLY thing a student knows ahead of time that he is paying for is the end zone project. The school is free to use the balance each year to spend as they like and if you look around you will see where it is going. Edit note: I am not defending ULL using "Louisiana" on their uniforms, just saying it isnt illegal by state rules.

So they know what they are paying for. What point are trying to make? Everything you wrote shows that the students are paying for exactly what they were told.