(10-06-2021 08:18 AM)LaTex14 Wrote:  

(10-06-2021 08:12 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(10-06-2021 08:06 AM)LaTex14 Wrote:  

(10-06-2021 07:58 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  Why would the AAC want 3 schools in Louisiana?

LaTech is closer to SMU and Memphis than Tulane.

UL would be a good regional rival for Tulane.

Both schools are really good at basketball/football/baseball.

Aside from any talk of markets or institutional fit La Tech has to double their budget to get within spitting distance of the bottom of the AAC currently. That's not reasonable.

Oh yeah I agree. It’s bad. Worst in FBS almost.

Maybe there’s someone more qualified to talk about it on here.
But I know LaTech doesn’t have any athletic student fees. Also has the lowest % of institutional support.

Quote:Percent of Budget Subsidized in 2019

La Tech- 43.92%
So Miss- 44.85%
Marshall- 47.78%
FAU - 57.03%
Louisiana- 57.22%
App St- 57.97%
Ga St- 60.39%
UTSA- 60.87%
Old Dominion- 61.3%
UAB- 63.32%
Charlotte- 68%
North Texas 68.95%

I think there is room to grow if LaTech got a fee and admin put money up.

I think I've heard they have no student fees, and if you look at the knight commission website none shows up. So in theory there is an avenue to raise their budget substantially quickly, but do they want to or are they even able to? It's hard for me to believe you could even exist as an FBS program without having 1, so there's gotta be reasons I don't know about that they don't have one.

http://cafidatabase.knightcommission.org...he_money-1