LSUminati

Gotta zoom in 4k to confirm the facelift and Botox

They should do live cam into his habitat and potentially mic him up and try to get him to roar or something. Would get people hyped up.

People are focused on the media rights but there are other monetizable assets LSU could grant rights to, and this is how the state is involved. The state could set up special economic development districts that essentially LSU is the municipality in control - they already are trying this with the arena. The risk/theory is that these districts will develop and grow part and parcel with the success of LSU athletics (see, e.g., Tuscaloosa). LSU would then be the beneficiary of the tax revenues generated by these economic zones (think, hotels, restaurants, condos, etc.). In order to make this a reality, LSU is going to investors today and saying "hey, invest in our fund today in exchange for a right to some of these future revenues." - again this includes the tax revenue, media rights, and whatever else LSU wants to grant a financial interest to. The "bet" is that by getting the money today it makes all of the foregoing more likely because LSU will acquire talent at an unprecedented level. It's a big bet.

But to others' points, this theory would not be the scary Private Equity situation. This type of fund LSU would set up is "blind pool" meaning investors simply have a financial interest, but no rights to control the actions or decisions of LSU.

~40 team super league made up of institutions that can meet minimum financial/brand value standards;

12 team playoff

Remainder of teams play in a tier 2 league with their own 12 team playoff

Top 8/Bottom 8 of the respective leagues are relegated/promoted

This thread is funny because everyone who has no clue the legal questions that have to be answered are just shooting from the hip based on their team preference, and talking like they know for a fact they're correct. How do I know? 1. We haven't even seen the revenue share agreement; 2. Lawyers don't even really know since these are uncharted waters.

There are questions of legal interpretation that touch upon more than just "they broke a contract."

Subjective was used intentionally. There are some things math and statistics don't account for :cheers:

:lol: I’m embarrassed by the responses. Who cares, it’s funny.

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Welcome to it! You have a contract, you abide by it. You can’t just go picking and choosing what provisions you want to comply with. I bet if the school quit paying, you just expect the ‘kids’ to be ok with that?

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Contracts are made to be broken. The question is one of remedy - how was Ole Miss damaged by them leaving in a provable in court sense? There may be a provision that says "you owe $X" if you leave but there is no precedent for courts enforcing those provisions and very well may be unenforceable as a matter of law - that is the game of chicken being played.

Wednesdays are typically busy for me, so Monday it is.

Any other games you'd be willing to do this for?

College baseball wouldn't fully blow up until they move the start of the season back a month. That's when you get the interest of the midwest and northeast TV markets.