Cajuns have made money at New Orleans Bowl - Shreveport Times

[CrazyCajun]

But it's a bigger cup because of those 6. Unlike the Hoax those 6 will without a doubt have a bigger fan following than the Hoax. Losing money on a Bowl game is not all that unusual. But losing money on a Bowl in your own backyard?!!! Come on, there is no way they should not have been able to contribute to the conference coffers rather than draining it of resources.

Maybe cusa of old but you think fau will make money? You think north texas will make money? You think fiu would make money? We would have more mouths to feed. We can pretty much accept the fact we will no longer make significant money anywhere but a bcs bowl.

[Hammer58]

No doubt FIU loses money, FAU depends on where they are placed. Same for UNT. Same could likely be said of us. Outside of national powers in the big5, most teams will only make money if placed in regional Bowls.

And keep in mind that in addition to Bowls we will also lose money on our minor sports having to travel to Podunk hard to get to locales like Boone and Statesboro. In football we get to travel to Moscow (not Russia, that would be easier). . In CUSA, we would be in a divisional format with reasonable travel in all sports.

In addition, don't bet on all of these CUSA teams being down for long. Changes in AD and Coaches can improve their on field performance. Nothing will change the locales of Boone, Statesboro, Moscow or Troy.




SUCK IT, HOAX !!!!!

[CrazyCajun]

No doubt FIU loses money, FAU depends on where they are placed. Same for UNT. Same could likely be said of us. Outside of national powers in the big5, most teams will only make money if placed in regional Bowls

Exactly, us making a ton of money,outside of bcs bowls, no longed happens no matter where we are. North texas maybe, fau can't get 2500 at a home game.

[CajunT]

Am i reading this right- we only pocketed $40,000 last year because of the sharing rule?

Yes, that is correct.

[Hammer58]

Exactly, us making a ton of money,outside of bcs bowls, no longed happens no matter where we are. North texas maybe, fau can't get 2500 at a home game.

Not suggesting that we would make boatloads of money in CUSA. But we would be as well off and possibly better off in CUSA. Add in the other advantages of CUSA, i.e. schools associated with, perception, regional ties, travel costs, TV revenue, etc. and it's the conference to be in rather than the Belt, IMO.

[CajunT]

Exactly, us making a ton of money,outside of bcs bowls, no longed happens no matter where we are. North texas maybe, fau can't get 2500 at a home game.

North Texas is not going to lose money in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. They've been assured that they will get the invite by bowl officials.

[Turbine]

Ain't socialism great.
Works as well in the private sector as it does in the public.
To hell with this conference.

More like corporate structure.

When one division fails the whole company suffers from expense sharing.

The difference being a corporation can sell off a bad asset. In this case UL would need to buy it's way out of the Company ... it keeps.

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[CrazyCajun]

North Texas is not going to lose money in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. They've been assured that they will get the invite by bowl officials.

What about when they go somewhere else? How long before they are crying for a "better" bowl like some are here? It doesn't matter if they lose money, you still have to share. If we made 340k the first year, 4 teams go bowling and they all break even(highly unlikely) that 340 is divided by 4...becomes only 85k. That's if everyone would break even. I'm all for joining cusa and see many benefits...making more money on bowls is not one of them. Also, one of those expenses in cusa is a week trip for 125-150 people to hawaii

[TravlnCajun]

Let me know if I have this wrong:

If we go to N.O. we sell the most tickets. We will have to split the take with other SB teams playing in post season. Most likely only one other SB team will be playing ( go daddy)

If we play in Go Daddy we will sell less tickets and still likely split with only one other SB team.

If we play in Shreveport we will probably sell more that Mobile, but less than N.O., and will likely have to share with 2 other SB teams rather than one. Also AQ opponent.

Looks like money/local exposure .vs possible higher profile game. Until we know opponent, NO wins even with only 60 mile drive to Mobile for me.

[RedBug58]

North Texas is not going to lose money in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. They've been assured that they will get the invite by bowl officials.

So you are also saying that we can scratch N Texas off of the possible New Orleans Bowl list? If so, the picture just got a little clearer and the NO Bowl is looking much better!!