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Brian Kelly Shares How Much Money LSU Spent On Its Roster This Season

by Staff Reporter

August 21, 202543 Comments

SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

During his radio show on Thursday night, head coach Brian Kelly revealed that LSU spent around $18 million on its roster this season.

The Tigers retained key players from last year's team and added a highly-touted transfer class in the offseason. A hefty price tag made it happen...

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Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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DayDrinker•10 months

Everyone gave Ohio State crap for $20 million last year, lets see how many hypocrites are in here. All while teams spent more than Ohio State last year

HubbaBubba•10 months

The whole NIL situation makes me want to puke. I don't blame the kids. Get that money. But the money shouldn't be there.

Signal Soldier•10 months

Should have saved it towards his buyout

TutHillTiger•10 months

Hey guys, I am a Tiger in Gump land, and my son went to a key bama feeder skill. The Gumps spent millions every year during the Saban run. Probably more than that many years. It’s was just dark money. Auburn did it too. The numbers have gone up but nor as much has changed as you guys think. Probably the money being taxable is really biggest change

Saunson69•10 months

This comment section went exactly like I expected Tigerdroppings to repond to this haha

Saunson69•10 months

Thanks Gordon and Graves

ATrillionaire•10 months

Cry abt a 18 mil roster, but perfectly fine with coaches raking in millions. Insane.

KISS ARMY•10 months

Now man up and play Tulane and get your spanking! Roll Wave!

TheOcean•10 months

CFB sucks arse

LongOnLSU17•10 months

We all work for a living. We are loyal to 3 things… our families, church and lsu football. We leave it out there every week for the other two. No doubt we ll never understand…. We just hope those young men understand how much we care that they take this opportunity seriously. I would kill for that talent. -TxLSUFan

El Jefe de Tu Mama•10 months

The responses to this explains why a lot of you are broke arse haters. In business, which CFB is, you evolve or die. LSU is evolving and will thrive. So, either pitch in, watch the ride, or stfu and keep being poor.

yeauxkneauxit•10 months

And you wonder before this bullshite why they kept “going up” on everything. Truth be told, the money has always been there. ??

atltiger6487•10 months

I hate what college football has become

cajunmud•10 months

Wonder when the last time was that an NFL team had an $18M roster?

YMCA•10 months

Aren’t the average NFL rosters like $200 million plus?

El Jefe de Tu Mama•10 months

Like 70 years ago. Evolve or die.

Lacreus•10 months

$18 million is insane. The ROI better be worth it.

chalmetteowl•10 months

Cue the NIL advocaters “18 million isnt enough with the revenue they make” ??

HeadSlash•10 months

Semi-pro football, should be subsidized by the NFL

salty1•10 months

Imagine a college football fan waking up from a 20 year coma and reading this article. We went from suspending players and vacating wins if a coach was caught paying for a meal at a restaurant to players getting million dollar + contracts. College football today is unrecognizable from where we were just five years ago.

Disband the ncaa and form the nfl minor league. That’s all it really is now.

dcrews•10 months

I do prefer the game the way it was 10+ years ago; however, I'm not going to argue against the players wanting a piece of the monetary pie when the NCAA was raking in billions in revenue. And let's be honest, this was going on well before NIL. The players just couldn't be as brazen about it since it was "against the rules", so now it's visible.

TouchdownTony•10 months

Bingo. In the early 2000's Bama got 26 schollies, 2 year postseason ban for a player getting a ride to purchase a 2000 dollar vehicle, a booster being the Nashville hotel room with a prospect parents and the alledged 100K to Albert Means coach that they never found and he ended up in prison for extortion. That 100k wouldnt buy a backup kicker today and the NCAA took away our ability to compete from 2003-2007. It's crazy to look at then and now. The NCAA just stick to everything non football. Don't even get me started on the portal.

lsusteve1•10 months

It’s not NIL - it’s “pay to play”

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TigerGuy32•10 months

College football is in a hell hole

Nix to Twillie•10 months

LINK

HurricaneCamille•10 months

No doubt. Really getting harder to care.

CajunBullet•10 months

That's a crying Shame! But this is what college football has become. But "Geaux Tigers"!

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IM_4_LSU•10 months

Never thought I would see an opening game that would be bigger than the Oregon game but this game against Clemson is about as close as it gets.

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