Updated Athletic Revenues

[Turbine]

If you really feel strongly about that, then assess yourself today the fees you believe you should have paid when you went to school here and automatically increase the value of your diploma . . .

I think for most here the RCAF covers that end of the spectrum.

[CajunVic]

I think for most here the RCAF covers that end of the spectrum.

It should be in addition to that if one wants to be honest about it . . . you were never assessed when you went to school . . . if you want to assess others, pay your part . . .

[cajunjayhawk]

If we base our fees on base of 15k undergrads…add $250 a semester for athletics, that’s $3.75 mil per semester in fees towards athletics.

Without counting summer or winter sessions, that’s $7.5 mil per year to add to athletic budget.

That jumps up to 5th in SBC.

If they would even start there and add that every other year the fee goes up 5-10%. That fee would increase over time without further approval needed thus yielding more revenue for future (inflation)

It would also not shock students by seeing an additional $1-2k added per semester.

I’m pretty sure you could get a single season ticket for football, basketball, baseball, and softball for less than $500 a year. No?

[Turbine]

It should be in addition to that if one wants to be honest about it . . . you were never assessed when you went to school . . . if you want to assess others, pay your part . . .

No need.

The effect is the same, RCAF donors are enhancing the schools reputation, post graduation.

Asking them to time travel and pay more because their income didn't reach it's full potential due to lack of investment in a timely manner to where they could have benefited to the full is disingenuous at best.

[CajunVic]

No need.

The effect is the same, RCAF donors are enhancing the schools reputation, post graduation.

Asking them to time travel and pay more because their income didn't reach it's full potential due to lack of investment in a timely manner to where they could have benefited to the full is disingenuous at best.

No.

[UL_Cajuns]

We need a law school and/or medical school. A lot of our undergraduates go on to LSU law and Med school to be lawyers and doctors and donate massive amounts of money to LSU.

[cajunfan96]

Athletics puts your degree on the map.

Otherwise you have a degree from a school they never heard of.

Tremendously is an understatement

Exactly how does that gauge competency from our graduates?

[JMV JustMyView]

I’m pretty sure you could get a single season ticket for football, basketball, baseball, and softball for less than $500 a year. No?

I think the cheapest softball ticket would be the outfield for like $110 plus $50 rcaf, $160 for softball only.

[Turbine]

Exactly how does that gauge competency from our graduates?

It certainly doesn't give an applicant Carte Blanche, but the less educating about your school an applicant needs to make, the faster the approval process can move forward.

If the employer already knows the school, a little R1 educating helps tip the competency ratings in their favor


Incidentally front porch advertising helped get research dollars that led to R1 status.

[CajunVic]

No need.

The effect is the same, RCAF donors are enhancing the schools reputation, post graduation.

Asking them to time travel and pay more because their income didn't reach it's full potential due to lack of investment in a timely manner to where they could have benefited to the full is disingenuous at best.

There are under 2000 RCAF MEMBERS. There are what . . . 1.5 to 2 times more graduates than that every year. RCAF is a joke . . .

[Turbine]

There are under 2000 RCAF MEMBERS. There are what . . . 1.5 to 2 times more graduates than that every year. RCAF is a joke . . .

Of course it's a joke AND a direct side effect of having no student fees for Athletics.

If you never helped paint the front porch while in school it's unrealistic to ask them to grab a brush after they depart

2000 is actually pretty good considering they were never educated to do so.

[JMV JustMyView]

Of course it's a joke AND a direct side effect of having no student fees for Athletics.

If you never helped paint the front porch while in school it's unrealistic to ask them to grab a brush after they depart

2000 is actually pretty good considering they were never educated to do so.

Out of the 2000 how many rcaf members are just members because they have to in order to purchase season tickets? The actual count would be much lower if it wasn't mandatory. For as long as they been around 2000 is weak.