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[Hammer58]

I'm all for this. As a graduate student, I thought we paid an athletic fee already, among all the fees we pay. I just looked and was astounded that we don't.

I think tacking on a 50 dollar athletic fee to the one thousand dollars or so in fees a UL student pays each semester would be one that is justified.

I'm on UL Student Government. I'm going to see about introducing legislation for a student referendum on this. I bet it passes.

A selling point would be if they enjoyed the success we've had under Hud they need to pas the fee so that we can help lay him and assistant coaches.

BTW, I don't think $50 is enough but I understand more might be a hard sell. How about a gradually escalating fee increasing $50 per semester every year until a reasonable cap that puts us on par with the student fees of schools in conferences where we want to be (not where we are currently stuck).

Good luck with your efforts.

[SlappyCajun]

The attendance figure included everyone who could see the exterior of the Georgia Dome as well.

[Just1More]

-----OK --- you got some 'Splaining to do---interested in your idea--what is it!!!

I don't want to go into detail on this forum. I need to talk to a couple of people at UL about the viability of it. I'd be a little surprised if they weren't already exploring some similar concepts.

The fee aspect is straightforward. Those rules are not challenged. All I can say is that the other end of it involves RCAF. It does not involve any legal sidestepping and it would be transparent to all. It requires the concept of fee investment having an identifiable future return on investment to students (graduates). I believe this already exists for students (graduates). But, I think my system of ROI can help an incoming student comprehend it in more than an intrinsic value. My system also produces many more residual, self perpetuating, benefits to the university. It closes some gaps between students, alumni and the community and makes RCAF a very healthy system.

[Just1More]

A selling point would be if they enjoyed the success we've had under Hud they need to pas the fee so that we can help lay him and assistant coaches.

BTW, I don't think $50 is enough but I understand more might be a hard sell. How about a gradually escalating fee increasing $50 per semester every year until a reasonable cap that puts us on par with the student fees of schools in conferences where we want to be (not where we are currently stuck).

Good luck with your efforts.

My concept involves a max fee imposed at the first vote, with a proportioned ROI earned over a 5 year span, with the max ROI going to the fully vested 5 year graduate. My website for enrollment will cost little, will not launch until it's tested for security, will work from day one, won't attempt to dupe the enrollee, and it will not require I lie or change the rules on majority vote to sell it.

[Boomer]

So we have a fee that is paid every semester and stays in the account until graduation ---at that time the student receives a portion of it back???? man I just love when people think outside the institution like this---it might fizzle or be the greatest idea ever, but thanks for your efforts ---go check with Ken Ardoin!!! I am thinking the amount invested would get better return rates whether lumped with existing Foundation monies or on their own!!! ---Tell us more!!! No go talk to KEN!!!! lol

[Turbine]

So we have a fee that is paid every semester and stays in the account until graduation ---at that time the student receives a portion of it back???? man I just love when people think outside the institution like this---it might fizzle or be the greatest idea ever, but thanks for your efforts ---go check with Ken Ardoin!!! I am thinking the amount invested would get better return rates whether lumped with existing Foundation monies or on their own!!! ---Tell us more!!! No go talk to KEN!!!! lol

Sweet!

"Here is your diploma and $100 bucks."

(based on $50 a semester and 10% cash back)

[HoustonCajun]

A selling point would be if they enjoyed the success we've had under Hud they need to pas the fee so that we can help lay him and assistant coaches.

BTW, I don't think $50 is enough but I understand more might be a hard sell. How about a gradually escalating fee increasing $50 per semester every year until a reasonable cap that puts us on par with the student fees of schools in conferences where we want to be (not where we are currently stuck).

Good luck with your efforts.

A $100 fee per semester is not a lot of money, especially when UL has among the lowest tuition in Louisiana. With 18,000 students, that is $1.8M X 2 = $3.6 M + summer school (estimate 1/2 enrollment or $9,000 students X $100 = $900K. That is a total of $4,500,000 per year. We should be able to generate a $20.5M budget aside from that, putting us at $25,000,000. That is before facility enhancements and stadium enlargement which will help generate an even larger budget. This will also get us out of the Sun Belch.

In 5 years when all facility improvements are finished and we are around a $30M budget, we get into the Big 12 which generates another $25M or so and we are at $55 - $60M and still growing. And all of the success generated from athletics helps to increase enrollment, RCAF contributions, endowments, Tier 1, alumni donations, etc. and these numbers become even larger.

We need the student fees to jump start all of this. Want to get to a higher level quickly, think big time, make this the Louisiana model, and follow J1M's suggestion on student fees to make this doable, now.