Louisiana athletics operated at $8 million deficit during 2023 fiscal year

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Per its annual revenue and expense report filed to the NCAA each January, UL generated $33.2 million in revenue, almost identical to the mark it hit in 2022, but the athletic department saw its operating cost and expenses ramp up more than $3 million to $41.4 million, creating an $8.16 million deficit for 2023.

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Cory Diaz

[Esqueleto]

Yowsers

[CajunVic]

I guess after all, Louisiana did not have money to hire a HFC at a higher salary. Just the facts please.

[R1Letterman]

Total ticket sales dropped by over 500,000
Football dropped by 542,000.
One might surmise some other sports may have increased

[HelmutVII]

Maybe they get one supporter to make it up.

[Geaux]

This deficit will be a like chasing a runaway train.

We can't cut cost, you have to spend more, therefore we should have a greater motivation to increase our donor pool outside of Acadiana and into the larger metro areas (Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, NOLA).

[Scott Malkinson]

I guess after all, Louisiana did not have money to hire a HFC at a higher salary. Just the facts please.

Chicken and the egg... Hire or keep bad coaches leads to less tickets and donations.

[facelessjonmoon]

Chicken and the egg... Hire or keep bad coaches leads to less tickets and donations.

Oof ....Football Ticket sales were $500k less per year under Des than they were under Napier.

Definitely a chicken or egg scenario

[CajunVic]

Chicken and the egg... Hire or keep bad coaches leads to less tickets and donations.

Our tickets and donations were not good with Napier. The broken egg was already there before CMD was hired. How many times are the circle going to be started before we accept what has been in the circle forever. It is what it is.

[Scott Malkinson]

Oof ....Football Ticket sales were $500k less per year under Des than they were under Napier.

Definitely a chicken or egg scenario

1.5 mill in ticket sales in 2021 900k in 2022 less than 500k in 2023

[CajunVic]

Oof ....Football Ticket sales were $500k less per year under Des than they were under Napier.

Definitely a chicken or egg scenario

Oh, so we going to fill an $8mm hole with $500,000. That math did not work when Napier was here and does not work today.

[ManAboutTown]

Lol. The cost of incompetence.

[RedTails]

Well that's embarrassing, bet Martin Hall and Reinhardt Dr. aren't happy about that hitting the "local" paper.

[Scott Malkinson]

Lol. The cost of incompetence.

They need to get coaches out in the community. I'm sure that will rally the troops. Especially with Dez and Marlins great public speaking abilities.

[shof]

I’m not dismissing the lost ticket sales revenue, but is MH funding athletics fully yet??