Even if not a “bus tour,” more meet and greets around the region.
The old RCAF parties at Cypress Bayou were literal examples of inviting the every-donor into the club.
I was in my 20s and a low-level donor. I went to that and got to meet HUD and ended up playing blackjack with Bob Marlin and his wife. It was such a cool experience.
The place was packed with red and you felt like this was the start of something great.
What the heck happened? (Rhetorical question. I know the answer(s).)
I'm glad you said this, and I couldn't agree more. I don't think UL or any other athletic dept. (most of the time this includes the greedy state school across the basin) runs at a surplus in Louisiana. Very few in the country do. The budgets are essentially designed this way.
It's all how it's worded and presented. This is just a hack job by the writer, not presenting all the facts and steering the conversation to make UL look bad. It's an agenda, typical of writing these days.
I agree, ticket sales should be the focus here. Others that have said it and are right on. Dr. Maggard (and the UL Admin) has damaged the tailgating with the policies put in place after he arrived. Also, the hiring of Des, an inexperienced coach with no real FBS background, showed the fans which direction they were headed and wanting to go. The decline was foreseeable by many (most on this forum went along with it).
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