SuperFlyTiger

Today was a GREAT DAY!!

I swear I thought the same thing going to sleep. Please let this be real!!

Chicken

BelowPar is the OG I’d pay real money to know who he was

So who was it??

You newbies don’t know him, but he is/was the best source for the inside scoop on LSU football. During the Miles years he was always spot on. We all thought it was David Toms, but I could be convinced it was a Chicken alter. Anyway we need someone reliable like him. Chicken, still got his number??

Jumped down that rabbit hole last night and watched the 5 part doc "A Body In The Snow" on YouTube. Well that doc only went through the first trial, which was a hung jury. They did the whole circus all over again this year and she was found not guilty of Second Degree Murder only guilty of basically a DUI.

So I Googled how much she spent on these high dollar lawyers, and was blown away. Her legal fees for the two trials and her bond, were over 5 million dollars. She had to sale her home and use all of her life's savings.

My question is this, if you're found not guilty, should the state be forced to reimburse your legal fees??
I say yes.

When you have the facts on your side, why cave??


1. LSU has 21-22 million dollars to spend on "payroll" across all sports

2. Football is going to get the lions share.

3. Title IX means women's sports get their share.

4. That leaves the remainder for basically Men's basketball and Baseball

5. Our SEC TV and revenue sharing for Men's basketball is set.

6. We can make more money in basketball IF we are good and make deep runs, as opposed to baseball which is pretty much a break even sport.

7. We are not good in basketball and never have been a consistent national power.

How can anyone argue any of those 7 points?? Please feel free.


My question to you "die on the basketball hill" guys is simple. How much of the 21-22 mil do we spend?? Every dime takes away from a sport we are better at. Our basketball money is SET. It's not going up unless we make deep runs. It's NOT smart business to invest heavy into something that has never consistently won.

How much are you willing to spend on men's basketball to lose in the sweet 16?? I knew this was going to be unpopular, but I didn't think you guys would just keep saying "we will make more IF we win!!".
IT'S NEVER HAPPENED. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT CAN NOW?? YOU ARE WHAT YOUR RECORD SAYS YOU ARE. LSU is a football and baseball school.

I support all things LSU. I don't hate men's basketball. We are just not good at it. Never have been. The college landscape has changed, I think several Universities will pick a sport so to say and invest more into it over others. Basketball is gonna make money regardless. We are still not gonna win on a national championship level. IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE HERE. In fact it's the only "major sport" to not win. Invest where we are good. That's my point. From the looks of Jay Johnson's new deal, LSU agrees with me.

Don't listen to what people say, watch how they spend their money.

I knew this was going to be unpopular. That doesn't make me wrong.

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LSU before Skip Bertman wasn’t sh#t in baseball.

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Soooooo the last 30 years don't count??

So I've been reading up on the new rules of pay for play. It seems each university gets 21 to 22 million dollars to pay its athletes. How each school divides that share is up to them.

Here is my unpopular take.

Punt on men's basketball. I don't think anyone would argue most of the 22 mil should go to football. Hell I'd say 90%, but that's me. But after they give football their cut, the rest should go to Baseball and Women's basketball. LSU is not, and never has been a basketball school. Why waste the resources??

And don't give me any argument that we are a basketball school. We are not. I was at LSU during the John Brady years. We made one good run with Swift and Bright. Didn't come close to a Final Four with Shaq and Chris Jackson, and accidentally made the final 4 once since the early 80's. This is not a basketball school.

Use our money for sports that we compete in and care about.