Funding Athletics

[CajunNation]

There is a serious review study by a legislative committee being done to get at how the Louisiana state income tax can be reduced then eliminated. It won't happen under the current governor in his final year, but a more conservative governor could get behind it. The committee has to identify tax exemptions to eliminate and of course reduce frivolous spending of taxpayer dollars in order to offset lowering the State income tax. Its not a stretch of the imagination to see these college sports subsidies phased out or at least substantially downsized in the years ahead.

This is some of the best news I've heard in a long time. Louisiana might be saved after all.

Next, let's rewrite the State constitution.

[CajunEXPRESS]

This is some of the best news I've heard in a long time. Louisiana might be saved after all.

Next, let's rewrite the State constitution.

Those who hate income taxes and equate them to Texas, Florida, and Tennessee seem to ignore the much higher property taxes in those states. Louisiana per person state revenue is very similar to those states. Getting rid of income taxes would, to be fair, require reduction of homestead exemption, and returning much of the state money to the locals who would need higher property taxes. That’s a more complete picture of the cause and effect.

[WestUCajun]

Those who hate income taxes and equate them to Texas, Florida, and Tennessee seem to ignore the much higher property taxes in those states. Louisiana per person state revenue is very similar to those states. Getting rid of income taxes would, to be fair, require reduction of homestead exemption, and returning much of the state money to the locals who would need higher property taxes. That’s a more complete picture of the cause and effect.

Plus those states get a larger cut of sales taxes. Louisiana gets 4% while Florida, Texas, and Tennessee get 6, 6.25, and 7% respectively.

[Cajun Monkee]

According to others we were never actually invited in the first place.

Yeah, I think this would take legislative action.

And remember, a couple of years ago, a legislator tried to introduce a Measure, limiting the travel budgets of all athletic programs that weren’t LSU. This would have forced everybody to have an incredibly regionally small geographic area within which they could travel.

If I’m not mistaken, it failed miserably.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Yeah, I think this would take legislative action.

And remember, a couple of years ago, a legislator tried to introduce a Measure, limiting the travel budgets of all athletic programs that weren’t LSU. This would have forced everybody to have an incredibly regionally small geographic area within which they could travel.

If I’m not mistaken, it failed miserably.

We were exempt from the legislation. We used no state funds to travel.

[ZoomZoom]

UL just needs to address students attending sporting events to create future support. It’s a big part of the business model the is lacking presently.

2018 post…pre Covid…and nothing has improved.

[Cajun Monkee]

We were exempt from the legislation. We used no state funds to travel.

The source of funding isn’t my point.

I read VO’s post as an implication that the state would prohibit universities from using state dollars for athletic programs.

And this would be a state wide proposition, not a UL thing.

My point was that this would take either a legislative action or an action on the part of the UL system and I just don’t see this happening.

The travel thing was just offered as an example of some thing that died even before the paper was printed.