ULM profiting more?

[CajunT]

2 losses of any combination and chances for playoff drop to 0%. It's all about getting that G5 playoff spot, winning the conference championship is a given......playing multiple P5 road games does absolutely NOTHING to achieve the primary goal.

True.....you gain an extra half million or so after expenses. At the same time you are forfeiting any chance at making the playoffs and the mega payouts it offers as well as reputation gains for being in the playoffs. This is the national exposure we need.

Making the playoff is at minimum 100x more valuable in national reputation and at the minimum worth 50x more financially that winning 1 of 2 P5 games.

It would be nice to win more vs P5 but with how the current playoff $$$$$ are at stake .....playing multiple P5 is a terrible, absolutely horrendous business model in current environment.

That sums it up without beating a dead horse. Everyone else is entitled to their own opinion.

[CajunT]

How?

So, getting back to this original question. I did some digging around and asked a few questions. Conference Distributions (Non-Media and Non-Football Bowl) are exactly that, not part of the conference media share or bowl revenue. Some of the revenues share from the NCAA are formula driven based on the number of Student Athletes who receive Pell Grants, and other funding. Nothing can be done about that, but the money from the NCAA Tournament appearance will be payed out this year putting us near the top of the conference in revenue share.

[cajun4life]

There have been just as many schools with multiple P5s on schedule as those with only 1 that have made the NY6.

Having 1 or 2 P5s on the schedule will have NO affect on whether or not we make the CFP, NY6 or win a conference championship in most years.

... BUT beating a P5 transforms our program in the eyes of the rest of the country. We saw it happen.

...ALSO, using the 2 P5 model allows us to keep 1 payday game and use the 2nd P5 slot to work deals to bring P5 programs to Lourdes once in a while.


1 in-state FCS home
1 regional G5 rival home and home
2 P5
8 SBC

This is the perfect schedule for now.

NO MORE FCS PROGRAMS!

[Esqueleto]

NO MORE FCS PROGRAMS!

AMEN! Zero to gain from playing an FCS

[ZoomZoom]

AMEN! Zero to gain from playing an FCS

Big crowd if the right team. But I’m with you. History absolutely forgotten when UL started playing McNeese in FB. Never forget 1984. Never.

[lafman1]

Play the SBC schedule. Play all other games against P5 away opponents. Bank the guaranteed money and don’t worry about playing in a meaningless bowl game, which the university will lose money on again.

[CajunNation]

NO MORE FCS PROGRAMS!

Sorry, but that is an important game for many reasons.

- It is a much needed tune up game
- It is a virtually guaranteed win that counts towards bowl eligibility
- It is a chance to build community with in state programs. That kind of stuff pays off in Baton Rouge.
- It allows us to tap into the Southern/Grambling fan bases. Gameday revenues.

[CajunVic]

I hope to profit off of ULM tonight.

[Jacob81]

Liberty just proved you don’t need to beat a p5 to get to the playoff. You can have the worst schedule in the country. If you win all your games you have a 99.9% chance. Because most years there won’t be another undefeated g5. SMU is out and the rest of the top G5’s already moved up.

[cajun4life]

Sorry, but that is an important game for many reasons.

- It is a much needed tune up game
- It is a virtually guaranteed win that counts towards bowl eligibility
- It is a chance to build community with in state programs. That kind of stuff pays off in Baton Rouge.
- It allows us to tap into the Southern/Grambling fan bases. Gameday revenues.

We are so fricken worried about what happens in Baton Rouge. We are already hated by every single institution in this state.

It’s time to embrace being the heel. We do not need any instate FCS program. Absolutely every single one would stab us in the back.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Agreed. How do you think Florida State did it in the 70's? Anybody, anywhere. Took em a decade of beating the LSUs of the world, but they would have never gotten there with UL's mindset of today, that's for sure.

Agree about Florida St, but it's a lot different when you kept your players for 4-5 years.