Mardi Gras at Cajun Field

[lafman1]

Ohhhhhh I don't know about this. The university is a public entity that is funded by the taxpayer. Also in athletics, fans are customers. If I go to a baseball game as a RCAF donor/paid customer and I have to be inconvenienced by an event that is held at the same property that has absolutely nothing to do with the university, AND it's allowed by a bad deal; it is DEFINITELY my business. Basically, you're putting the bad deal ahead of the paying customer.

Lord. You are inconvenienced at a baseball game.

Just because the university is a state university and you are a taxpayer doesn’t make you have a voice in government run agencies. So, you think you have the right to have a say in LCG business dealings, the airport commission, education business, the BVD, Highway dealings, etc? They are all government agencies.

[ULvictory]

Do those dealings actively inconvenience the fan during university sponsored events?

Not saying I should be in the meeting room, but I can definitely say that it's a bad deal.

[lafman1]

I understand what you are saying.

It being their business is being artificially withheld, but it most definitely should be made to feel it is their business.

If the University doesn't figure out a way to make Dan's feel it is their business, "academic" donations will dry up.

Fact: Athletic donors are the biggest academic donors.

The $303 million raised so far in the campaign includes the two largest gift commitments in University history – $20 million from LHC Group to the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions and $15 million from Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center for the renovation of Cajun Field. The University received both pledges this year.

[ManAboutTown]

The price tag is what the university and the customer agree on. It’s not anyone’s business what that price is, outside of the university and the customer. SOME people on here seem to think the University is valuing their own property too low. So what? It’s none of their business.

It’s a public university. So yea, it is our business.

No need to respond though. You’re clearly someone who has something to lose here. You’re either entrenched or actually work for the university.

[ManAboutTown]

Lord. You are inconvenienced at a baseball game.

Just because the university is a state university and you are a taxpayer doesn’t make you have a voice in government run agencies. So, you think you have the right to have a say in LCG business dealings, the airport commission, education business, the BVD, Highway dealings, etc? They are all government agencies.

They have public meetings and hearings for these things.

[lafman1]

Do those dealings actively inconvenience the fan during university sponsored events?

Not saying I should be in the meeting room, but I can definitely say that it's a bad deal.

I was inconvenienced on my way to work by the students crossing the street on St. Mary Blvd. Do I have a say in that it’s a bad deal to have students crossing the street during business hours? Please.

[ULvictory]

I was inconvenienced on my way to work by the students crossing the street on St. Mary Blvd. Do I have a say in that it’s a bad deal to have students crossing the street during business hours? Please.

You either work for the university, LCG, or you're just trolling.

There's no way you're being serious right now.

They're students attending the school! They're not some outside entity using university property for peanuts!!!

[lafman1]

It’s a public university. So yea, it is our business.

No need to respond though. You’re clearly someone who has something to lose here. You’re either entrenched or actually work for the university.

What do I have to lose? So, how did your valuation meeting go? I sure hope you put the president of the university in his place.

[lafman1]

You either work for the university, LCG, or you're just trolling.

There's no way you're being serious right now.

They're students attending the school! They're not some outside entity using university property for peanuts!!!

I’m not the one comparing being inconvenienced at a baseball game to a government run/owned university.

[lafman1]

You either work for the university, LCG, or you're just trolling.

There's no way you're being serious right now.

They're students attending the school! They're not some outside entity using university property for peanuts!!!

Again. What the university and the customer decide on is NOT your business. How many times do I have to say it?