LSU Pres. - Budget cuts could harm football season

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"I know a lot of people will say, ‘Well, that’s not going to happen,’” he said referring to the prospect of LSU football being hurt. “Well, that will happen if we don’t have summer school. We’ll only have half of our football team eligible.”

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If LSU gets hit with the most modest mid-year cut being proposed, it would amount to about $17 million at the Baton Rouge LSU campus, and $33 million for the LSU System.

Alexander said even the best-case budget scenarios will require layoffs, but he couldn’t say how many. He said the hope is to shield faculty members from being cut this year.

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“We’ve accomplished about 30 percent of what we have to do and there’s 10 days left in the special session,” he said.

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