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Interesting read on the LSU debacle
Posted on 11/29/15 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 11/29/15 at 1:40 pm
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But Alexander, it’s said, didn’t want the appearance of committing to “$50 million” for football while LSU is in dire financial straits. This is of a piece with the decision earlier this year to halt construction of the school’s athletic nutrition center, a dressed-up name for an athletic dining hall, with money from donors earmarked specifically for that project, because at the time LSU’s budget situation was uncertain and Alexander was in the midst of a political and PR campaign to lobby the legislature to raise taxes rather than cut his budget. LSU has more funding now than ever before, thanks to an increase in tuition and fees paid by students which has displaced, and then some, the state general fund dollars which used to make up the bulk of its revenue. But Alexander, largely for ideological purposes, takes the position that if LSU isn’t funded through the state general fund it isn’t funded at all, and tuition from students even if it’s paid for through the state’s TOPS program doesn’t make his budget work.
Or something.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 1:41 pm to Lou Pai
Read it earlier. Very good stuff.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 1:47 pm to Lou Pai
This is precisely what happened and it makes me sick he doesn't realize the mistake this is
Posted on 11/29/15 at 2:10 pm to CRAZY 4 LSU
He's a scumbag who doesn't want his chicken-little funding narrative to be compromised. Don't think he really gives much of a shite about contending for ships.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 2:16 pm to CRAZY 4 LSU
They can wait a year save money
This post was edited on 11/29/15 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 11/29/15 at 2:19 pm to thelawnwranglers
Let's be honest jimbo made sense and sexton played the boosters
Posted on 11/29/15 at 2:32 pm to thelawnwranglers
Let's be honest jimbo made sense and sexton played the boosters
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