Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to get some P5’s to come to Cajun Field, but other than Texas A&M (#2) and Alabama (#4), no other P5 teams that have come to Lafayette (ie. Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Minnesota) are listed anywhere in the largest crowds in Cajun Field history! Until fans decide to come support the Cajuns and not worry about who the opponent is, this athletic department must remain fiscally responsible. Paying big bucks for a P5 to come here when we fans have proven (by lack of attendance) that playing Southern is more attractive just does not make sense. Doing so would be acting like the government and be spending money we don’t have!
Initial reaction is that a 3-for-1 is unfair and should not be entertained.
That is short term thinking at its finest. That line of reasoning has Louisiana approaching a 20-for-nothing exchange rate with the P5.
As to why you pay them more than they pay you, it's because they lose more when they hit the road.
We don’t do it because it is not sustainable. Period.
20,000,000 > 10,000.000 is why we don’t do it
On a 3 for one, for every 4 games we get 3mm and pay 1mm so it’s a net 2mm times 5 4 game periods in 20 years is 10mm (assuming we would not have to pay more than we receive}.
Even doing this once at 2 for 1 is not financially sustainable. 3mm > 1mm. It’s not hard to understand. It’s not rocket science. It’s just simple math.
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