RE: Does ULM belong in FBS football?
The bottom line is that it remains ridiculous that ULL and La Tech sneer and turn their nose at ULM when each of them takes approximately 50% more from the taxpayers to fund their program than does ULM. I realize it's legal; and maybe ULM would take more if they could as the formula is based on total appropriation. I don't begrudge them this...I begrudge them pointing fingers at others like ULM. Regardless, ULM takes 50% less.
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That's the point of this whole thread. The three University of Louisiana schools are all facing monumental budget issues. The University of Louisiana in Lafayette and Louisiana Tech in Ruston have both been taking measure to strengthen their athletic programs by raising revenue from multiple sources and have been succeeding. Much smaller ULM has been dying on the vine while it's own students, who contribute relatively nothing to athletics, recently voted against even financially supporting athletics.
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If ULL and La Tech have taken these measures, why do they take 50% more from the taxpayers than does ULM who is dying on the vine?
How did the ULL and La Tech student votes turn out?
And Zeebart, the word you are looking for is "drivel"...except that the fact that ULL is dependent on the taxpayers for 50% of its athletic budget, while pointing fingers at others, is drivel only to you and those who prefer not to look it in the face.
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Yeah, next time I'll just use the term bullsh*t which is what you are full of. ULM cannot afford to use anything excessive on athletics. They used that extra cash to keep the school afloat.
Sorry, it is what it is. Take your agenda elsewhere.
Z
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Yeah, I guess ULM should be disgraced for using that extra money on academics rather than athletics like their sister schools ULL and La Tech. Shame on ULM Dont they know it is more important to satisfy the paltry fan bases at ULM, ULL, and La Tech than it is to use that money to avoid layoffs, program eleminations, etc. How dare they do that, dont they know the taxpayers may wise up some day and decide that is the right thing to do and kick all these wannabees down to their proper level. (Let me define "proper level" in this quick edit. It means whatever level a school can afford without bilking the taxpayers. For example, without taxpayer subsidy, ULL is at about the $8,000,000 budget level, La Tech about the same, ULM would be sandwiched b etween ULM and La Tech, they generate more revenue than Tech but less than ULL)
(This post was last modified: 05-10-2011 09:12 AM by eager eagle.)
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