Meanwhile in Ruston...

[Turbine]

Does this mean academics brings in more revenue than athletics? 43 M (does tuition count as well? What is that about 200M in tuition?) Athletics budget is 35M?

Academics brings in 30 times what athletics brings in, but if not for athletics no one would even know the school exists.

Which means, that whatever academics currently brings in, would eventually atrophy.

And no, that doesn't mean they get a trophy.

[CajunVic]

. . . “ atrophy” . . . is it that thing Zoom posted above . . .

[CajunEXPRESS]

Does this mean academics brings in more revenue than athletics? 43 M (does tuition count as well? What is that about 200M in tuition?) Athletics budget is 35M?

Athletics influences student growth numbers. Those numbers increase both state, and student dollars. Kind of a chicken and egg thing.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I know we love to hate on the Turds for all the stuff they pull historical but logically what value does L.A. tech bring to the state as a whole? I mean why are there 4 public 4 year Universities in north Louisiana?

Seems like a better use for shrinking state funding would be split up the programs between the other three Universities and Ruston tech becoming a 2 year Juco. The remaining employee could go work for the new bucees. They'd probably be paid more there too. Lol.

Grambling and RustON U are less than 30 miles apart. Grambling isn’t going anywhere except up. Then RustON and Monroe? Monroe currently at a similar academic level with the Dog Killers. I’m fine with RustON U getting diminished into a juco or satellite of ULMost. Just not going to happen.

[Jeaux]

Grambling and RustON U are less than 30 miles apart. Grambling isn’t going anywhere except up. Then RustON and Monroe? Monroe currently at a similar academic level with the Dog Killers. I’m fine with RustON U getting diminished into a juco or satellite of ULMost. Just not going to happen.

Oh man. Totes forgot about Grambling be right there too. Just the four traditional university was on my mind but it's even worse when you include Grambling and Louisiana Christian (college) a couple hours to the south