Don't you get it. Money talks BS walks.
Florida does not restrict on how much money can be taken from their student tuitions. We are just now getting from our illustrious legislature the right to raise more funs from our Student fees. As a father of a UL student, I don't mind paying a bit more for Athletic fees.
Secondly,
Here is something to think about! What if we had had the University of Louisiana name since 1984 instead of 2000. There would be no University of Louisiana-Lafayette tagged to us.
You people must realize, it ain't all this administrations fault. We have been working on a small academic and athletic budget for years. We are just now getting some well deserved academic buildings and much needed repairs on old buildings. Look at Burke Hall, That is sad to see the window frames rotting away.
Also, USF is in a Metropolitan area, Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg FL. area. How many people do you think live within that University. Makes it a more attractive market than Lafayette for support and media coverage.
I suggest you listen to talk radio ( KPEL - Jay Walker) sometimes and ask questions. Jay is pretty knowledgable about the conference affiliations in the area. One thing I learned from him last month, was the fact that when we were being looked at as a CUSA member, We were USL, well, according to him our Bi-directional name did not sit well with some of the Presidents of the CUSA members. So we did not get invited to join. SO, going back to 1984 when our illustrious legislature decided to play GOD and reversed our name, that HURT us athletically and academically.
It doesn't help when you are not a winner and right now our football program is not respected but when YOU don't support it and the other college programs no it, they use it against us. So, think about this, Say we get looked at again by CUSA, you don't think they are going to look at our home attendance record. I bet it is going to be a factor. They see our students are even supporting our team. That ain't gonna help. To be winners, we have to support our Ragin Cajun Athletic Programs WIN OR LOSE. We don't WIN anything if we don't support them.
In closing, SUPPORT OUR UNIVERSITY , WIN Or LOSE. and we will be WINNERS.