LSU Folks - how did the $$$$$ situation at the University get so dire?

Democrats in charge

F King will get replaced as head of the school

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Combination of bloated administrative coasts, tax cuts, drop in oil prices and budget cuts.

The State did that for them unfortunately.

Control over your University is very important. A University is a business first and foremost. Governments need money to run and LSU was at the top of their list unfortunately.

Probably because of the 24/7 tech support keeping the SECR flying high, since not one other damn SEC school hasn't anything like it.

It’s a combination of terrible leadership at multiple levels. Start off with the governor John Bel Edwards who does everything to hike up taxes, keep business away and line his friends’ pockets. Go down to the board of supervisors who are all just a bunch of political hacks who use it as a platform for personal gain. Them trickle down to the president of the university who preaches more about diversity than anything else. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for minorities improving their circumstances, but you need more to hang your hat on. Combine that with the fact that their aren’t many jobs for young professionals in Louisiana, the funding dries up for academics because the tax base isn’t that great. All you’re left with are blue collar workers (that’s me) and wellfare sponges. Of course, the libtards and Dems are calling all of this progress for “equality.”

For the record, the football program is self-sustainable. It does not draw money from the state. It actually cuts a portion of its profits to the school.

The problems in Louisiana have been years in the making. The problem is with the politcians -- democrat and republican -- who have managed to cram sweetheart deals for themselves and/or their area of the state into the Louisiana constitution. Every year, there is a fight in the legislature as the state tries to find money to fund projects like the pay raise teachers got this year because no one wants to give up any of their own. This was an unusual year because there was a relatively small budget surplus, but once the end of June rolls around it is the Governor's responsiblity to see that the state budget is balanced -- it is state law that the budget must balance -- and the only areas where discretionary cuts can be made are health care and education. Blaming one governor or one political party is way too simple for this ridiculously fricked up situation.

Southern is the best baseball team in Baton Rouge