The coach makes $4 million, paid by taxpayers, and the school closes for two days after winning a football game.
FFS, America. Grow up.
The coach makes $4 million, paid by taxpayers, and the school closes for two days after winning a football game.
FFS, America. Grow up.
oregano maybe wrote:
The coach makes $4 million, paid by taxpayers, and the school closes for two days after winning a football game.
FFS, America. Grow up.
https://www.katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/start-of-lsu-school-semester-pushed-back-for-national-championship-game
I’m pretty sure that $4 million is not paid by taxpayers.
How much money does the LSU football team bring in via TV money, bowl money, and home game ticket sales?
Game was played 80 miles away from campus. All this for beer and circus. And just how many players, especially those eligible for the draft after this season, will turn up in class on the 3rd day, anyway? Knowing how most SEC campuses go and football graduation rates, they could make spring break four weeks and it would make little difference.
oregano maybe wrote:
The coach makes $4 million, paid by taxpayers, and the school closes for two days after winning a football game.
Paid by taxpayers? You don't think the coach's salary might be paid out of their nine figure television and ticket revenue?
Trump wrote:
oregano maybe wrote:
The coach makes $4 million, paid by taxpayers, and the school closes for two days after winning a football game.
FFS, America. Grow up.
https://www.katc.com/news/covering-louisiana/start-of-lsu-school-semester-pushed-back-for-national-championship-gameHow much money does the LSU football team bring in via TV money, bowl money, and home game ticket sales?
oh right, I forgot the point of a state university is to make money off football. My bad.
oregano maybe wrote:
Trump wrote:
How much money does the LSU football team bring in via TV money, bowl money, and home game ticket sales?
oh right, I forgot the point of a state university is to make money off football. My bad.
No one is saying that it is a good thing that college football has turned into a profit seeking venture. We are simply saying that you are a dishonest person and that the claim in your OP is a blatant lie.
strange assumption wrote:
oregano maybe wrote:
oh right, I forgot the point of a state university is to make money off football. My bad.
No one is saying that it is a good thing that college football has turned into a profit seeking venture. We are simply saying that you are a dishonest person and that the claim in your OP is a blatant lie.
What is a lie? By your argument no one at a state U is paid by taxpayers - that tuition pays their salaries. Obviously that, and you, are nonsensical.
That's ridiculous. Students are paying thousands of dollars to go to college, and then classes are being cancelled for football?!
In-state tuition is $11,962 ($28,639 out-of-state) at LSU. A semester is usually 16 weeks when you exclude one week for spring break. 16x5 = 80 days of classes. 11,962/80 = 150, thus, one day costs an in-state student $150 ($358 out-of-state).
I think it's outrageous to cancel classes for this reason. People pay a lot to get an education there, but in those two days they are not getting what they are paying for.
oregano maybe wrote:
strange assumption wrote:
No one is saying that it is a good thing that college football has turned into a profit seeking venture. We are simply saying that you are a dishonest person and that the claim in your OP is a blatant lie.
What is a lie? By your argument no one at a state U is paid by taxpayers - that tuition pays their salaries. Obviously that, and you, are nonsensical.
If a position is fully tuition supported, then it is also not paid for by taxpayers. But your assertion that tuition revenue fully pays all salaries is yet another lie.
oregano maybe wrote:
The coach makes $4 million, paid by taxpayers, and the school closes for two days after winning a football game.
FFS, America. Grow up.
Good for them. I hope they enjoy themselves and they all have the time of their lives: making memories with friends and experiencing joy.
Life, as it were, is not and should not always be about work, labor, and doing what grumpy people on the internet think it right.
Life should also be celebrated and people should experience joy when they are able.
Yes. Students are paying thousands of dollars to go to college; however, the vast majority are NOT paying to go to class and learn from an "expert" in their field... they're paying to get their degree. Most of those students are not upset about missing class, and this football game has zero affect on their ability to get a degree.
Any arguments to the contrary are baked in ignorance.
yeah and i'm sure if they were students at LSU they'd participate in none of the celebrations and would just stay in their dorms studying
/s
LSU, like all of academia, is in the business of selling their marginal product at extremely high prices. They are keeping their current customers happy and also sending out a positive sales message to future customers.
Trump wrote:
LSU Football
Average yearly revenue - $114 million
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2019/09/12/college-football-most-valuable-clemson-texas-am/
I always thought Notre Dame brought in the Most Money? I guess not though (According to this article)
aoxomoxoa wrote:
oregano maybe wrote:
The coach makes $4 million, paid by taxpayers, and the school closes for two days after winning a football game.
FFS, America. Grow up.
Good for them. I hope they enjoy themselves and they all have the time of their lives: making memories with friends and experiencing joy.
Life, as it were, is not and should not always be about work, labor, and doing what grumpy people on the internet think it right.
Life should also be celebrated and people should experience joy when they are able.
that's actually a pretty good answer
Captain Steve wrote:
That's ridiculous. Students are paying thousands of dollars to go to college, and then classes are being cancelled for football?!
In-state tuition is $11,962 ($28,639 out-of-state) at LSU. A semester is usually 16 weeks when you exclude one week for spring break. 16x5 = 80 days of classes. 11,962/80 = 150, thus, one day costs an in-state student $150 ($358 out-of-state).
I think it's outrageous to cancel classes for this reason. People pay a lot to get an education there, but in those two days they are not getting what they are paying for.
The students asked the school for the day off!! Are you a Clemson fan??? It is a huge time for the state of Louisiana. It was a long and exciting night for everyone.
douglas burke wrote:
Trump wrote:
LSU Football
Average yearly revenue - $114 million
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2019/09/12/college-football-most-valuable-clemson-texas-am/I always thought Notre Dame brought in the Most Money? I guess not though (According to this article)
The article said they didn't count Notre Dame's ticket revenue because that goes straight to the University without hitting the football program's books.
I would guess if you had an actual full accounting of all the revenue generated Notre Dame would come out on top, but on paper if you write the numbers on paper the way the Forbes writer decided to do it, they are not the most profitable.
Thank you football players for subsidizing my track and cross country career.
Most college football teams are a net loss($) to their school, LSU is probably big enough that it is a net gain. Not directly relevant to OP's topic. I am surprised by two days off, I would be less surprised by one day off but it does seem silly.
If i were a college President, I would be very concerned about the impact football has on a university and its academic mission. Concerned enough to diminish its importance. And then I would be practical. Football is a great public relations tool if done right, and the alums and the people in the state simply love it. In the SEC, it takes on the role of a religion. I try myself to wean myself off of watching football, especially give the head injury factor, but my grandfather played professional football in the 20's and 30's and I have a connection with it and it is hard to break. (My family, for example, purchased its first real quality color tv just to watch the Michigan Ohio State game).
I ran track on scholarship at the D1 level at an excellent school, and I am glad I didn't have my grandfather's or my father's size so I could avoid the injury problems associated with football. But I am sure I would have liked playing the game. It has an attraction all its own.
It's probably Notre Dame wrote:
douglas burke wrote:
I always thought Notre Dame brought in the Most Money? I guess not though (According to this article)
The article said they didn't count Notre Dame's ticket revenue because that goes straight to the University without hitting the football program's books.
I would guess if you had an actual full accounting of all the revenue generated Notre Dame would come out on top, but on paper if you write the numbers on paper the way the Forbes writer decided to do it, they are not the most profitable.
Thank you football players for subsidizing my track and cross country career.
Let me guess.
Another Notre Dame alum trying to pretend Notre Dame football is still relevant?
Here's a clue. There not.
Alabama. Clemson. LSU.
Meet the new boss.
Not the same as the old boss.
Don't get fooled again.
Just like in xc, they get plenty of blue-chip talent.
But then.....nothing. Again.
Except for millions of supposed alumni going bereserk over things such as " Which program brings in the most $$$"?
Nittany Boomer response:
If it ain't Notre Dame, then it's wrong!!
Okay big guy.