Adapt or we will die

[CajunVic]

Coaches will try to buy players. If that is all you do then it will never work.

so, what will work . . .

[CajunVic]

PT degree is a doctoral program, unlikely to earn doctoral degree for cost of MBA or even a law degree from a state public school for that matter.

LSUS is about $25,000 less than Franciscan in tuition over the three years

[CajunJeaux]

hey, and that is perfectly ok . . . as grown adults we all do on a day by day basis what floats our boat . . . but condemning a system neither you or they can change and taking it out on those with Louisiana across their chest is probably not appropriate . . .

I actually think majority of fans will ultimately change this current system.

Before NIL was implemented, major dollars were already being dumped into programs - whether you're talking P5 or G5 schools. I just don't see a long term future where both athletic programs and NIL initiatives can both be funded at the same rate.

I'm willing to bet long term something will have to give.

[CajunVic]

I actually think majority of fans will ultimately change this current system.

Before NIL was implemented, major dollars were already being dumped into programs - whether you're talking P5 or G5 schools. I just don't see a long term future where both athletic programs and NIL initiatives can both be funded at the same rate.

I'm willing to bet long term something will have to give.

before NIL, athletes were being paid by the bag man. All that money plus many more is now available to be circulated over the table via NIL . . .

I heard the story from a local aTm supporter how he was in charge of placing an envelope every week with 5 $100 bills in an envelope and leaving it in the top desk drawer of a local running back from New Iberia . . . he was the bag man for that player

[CajunJeaux]

before NIL, athletes were being paid by the bag man. All that money plus many more is now available to be circulated over the table via NIL . . .

I heard the story from a local aTm supporter how he was in charge of placing an envelope every week with 5 $100 bills in an envelope and leaving it in the top desk drawer of a local running back from New Iberia . . . he was the bag man for that player

That is a fair point.

That leaves me to the following conclusion: either UL was not participating in under the table deals OR we were and there should still be (relatively) same amount of funds available to pay players.

If we weren't participating before & every other school was, we shouldn't see drop in performance.

[CajunVic]

That is a fair point.

That leaves me to the following conclusion: either UL was not participating in under the table deals OR we were and there should still be (relatively) same amount of funds available to pay players.

If we weren't participating before & every other school was, we shouldn't see drop in performance.

I believe the amount of participation across the board has always been fluid and that there is or was no way to reasonably or accurately quantify and infer from one year to the next what was or what is available in that arena and that goes from the likes of aTm, LSU and Ohio St all the way down to the likes of McNeese (case in point Wade and basketball this year), UNO and SouthEastern . . .

[JamesTheJeweler]

It's unsustainable at this rate. And I don't mean just financially.

[CajunVic]

It's unsustainable at this rate. And I don't mean just financially.

. . . so why don't you just tell us what you mean . . .

[Bandwagon King]

You know what's funny as hell?

[Bandwagon King]

All the people who cry & scream about the need for free enterprise & capitalism in every single area of our lives are the ones ____ing, moaning & crying about the effects of NIL the most.