Student Fee for football

[BeauCajun]

Even with all the new student fees, I still think UL fall short of the southern average cost of tuition.

See below. This chart only compares tuition and fees in Louisiana. It now looks like we are #2. Where we should be.

https://www.collegetuitioncompare.co...bles/?state=LA

[Reality Check]

We can have student athletic fees if they are voted on and approved by the students. Which we should present to them as a needed fee in order for us to move into a better conference.

LOL. Yes, explain to all 17k plus students that UL wants to move to a better conference and that they need to vote to impose higher fees on themselves to make this happen. I am sure that once it is explained that it is for the betterment of UL Athletics, they will all willingly vote yes on the new fee. In reality, since student apathy has always been very high when it comes to UL Athletics, I doubt seriously that this vote would pass.

[Cajunsmike]

Not everyone loves sports we sometimes live in a vacuum on here. My brother who just graduated from UL has never attended a single sporting event outside of a high school football game. He would vote no on a student fee because he has zero interest in UL athletics and there are a lot of students that feel the same.

I note you mentioned your brother has never attended a single sporting event outside of HS football. I realized after reading it twice that you went beyond just UL events, it is ALL events. Many young people today have the same attitude. I see it in the friends of my kids who are all young adults now.

[CajunNation]

...Going forward we need to find ways for students to feel invested in UL's athletic success....

I would think asking them to financially support the program would be investment.

You want us in a better conference? Invest.

You want your old seats back? Invest.

[CajunNation]

I note you mentioned your brother has never attended a single sporting event outside of HS football. I realized after reading it twice that you went beyond just UL events, it is ALL events. Many young people today have the same attitude. I see it in the friends of my kids who are all young adults now.

Ain't technology great? Progress!

We are raising a generation of Leonard and Sheldon beta males without the genius IQ. Although, they probably think they are smarter than us anyway.

[MetryCajun]

I would think asking them to financially support the program would be investment.

You want us in a better conference? Invest.

You want your old seats back? Invest.

Do college students like that even exist? Students aren’t investing their limited dollars into an athletic department. They will just do something else. At UL growing the budget is on the alumni. Let’s hope we have enough that care to get it done.

[cajun_lannister]

I note you mentioned your brother has never attended a single sporting event outside of HS football. I realized after reading it twice that you went beyond just UL events, it is ALL events. Many young people today have the same attitude. I see it in the friends of my kids who are all young adults now.

That is correct he rather spend his time and money hunting and fishing than going to a sporting event, and this was a guy who played four years of highs school football.

[Cajunsmike]

LOL. Yes, explain to all 17k plus students that UL wants to move to a better conference and that they need to vote to impose higher fees on themselves to make this happen. I am sure that once it is explained that it is for the betterment of UL Athletics, they will all willingly vote yes on the new fee. In reality, since student apathy has always been very high when it comes to UL Athletics, I doubt seriously that this vote would pass.

Today’s students could care less what conference we are in. Most of them probably don’t know the name of the one we participate in and definitely not the one those of us here aspire to be in.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Frankly, I think that's always been the typical student here. The fact that the P5 conference have formalized their monopoly on championships only highlights the difference. Thus we're probably fighting a losing battle in the long run, but I've never been smart enough to quit the battle.

[Cajunsmike]

Frankly, I think that's always been the typical student here. The fact that the P5 conference have formalized their monopoly on championships only highlights the difference. Thus we're probably fighting a losing battle in the long run, but I've never been smart enough to quit the battle.

I think the issue of not paying attention to athletics has gotten much worse in recent years. I was in school in the Roy Henry years and much of the campus talk was about the football team and the basketball team when Andrew Toney was doing well. Now, the students talk about everything else but athletics. As others have said, many of those in college now participated in lacrosse and soccer growing up so they have less ties to the traditional sports. For us to make a big dent in that will require significant success. That would be something like challenging for the Access Bowl and defeating name teams on the road. The basketball team would have to win an NCAA game or get to the Sweet 16 for attention. They would then have to follow it up with multiple successful seasons for the average folks to pay true attention. Very difficult challenge but I also am in the battle for as long as I am healthy and financially stable.