2012 New Orleans Bowl

[Bankruptcyman]

A team should be allowed to keep bowl money until their athletic income reaches the conference average. This year 3 of the lowest budgets in the SBC . . .UL, ULM and stAte are bowl participants and have to share with the remainder of the conference with much higher athletic budgets. This is our chance to close the gap by producing an attractive football team. Instead our dream of closing the budget difference with our conference mates are getting farther and farther away.

[RCAJUN90]

I've never seen that before. You could get LSU and Saints but never the Cajuns!

[82Cajun]

Also, Bed, Bath and Beyond has 5 different types of tumblers, glasses and mugs with UL and Ragin Cajuns logos. Walmart also has the New Orleans Bowl t-shirts.......
Which store did you see the t-shirts in?

[ULvictory]

I was perusing ECU's rivals site and came across the following post from an ECU alum (XBones.com). He says we were more talented than ECU and explains why:

"I certainly don't mean to ridicule anybody with my comments, but guys you need to take off your purple sunglasses. That team we played yesterday is more talented than East Carolina is. Their OL was big and agile. We got less penetration yesterday against these hogs than any team in CUSA. That includes UCF. Their receivers were tall and fast. Our backs looked like children compared to theirs. We may have had the edge on their defense, but it was close. This team reminded me of a good Southern Miss team... and there was a reason. I'd be willing to bet they are loaded with JUCOs and NQs. If you recall, LA Tech is able to take JUCOs with "D" grade credits. I'm sure the entire Louisiana University system allows this. I'm certain there is no limit to NQs in the Sun Belt. There was a reason it took a fluke touchdown from a blocked punt with 7 seconds to go in the game for the Florida Gators to beat them this year. We ran into a Hornet's nest in this situation. I suspected this prior to the game. But after the first couple plays, I realized we were in trouble."

http://eastcarolina.rivals.com/showm...d=1084&style=2

Someone please send this guy a note on the grade issue! All D-1 schools come under the scrutiny of the ncaa and the grade issue. A kid has to produce a 2.0 to play D-1 football and there is no difference with the issue of APR. NQ kids cannot play in the LA System - D-1 football programs. Fact!
Another issue are the jucos. We had 1 juco starting on Def and 1 on offense! We are not loaded with Jucos!
Send that guy a note and tell him we are an upcoming and productive program performing within the allowable limits of the NCAA.

[RCAJUN90]

Also, Bed, Bath and Beyond has 5 different types of tumblers, glasses and mugs with UL and Ragin Cajuns logos. Walmart also has the New Orleans Bowl t-shirts.......
Which store did you see the t-shirts in?

The Wal-Mart in Covington.

[Boomer]

I think we only share with the bowl schools....

[Crawfish]

I am fairly sure that the SBC exit fee failed to pass after Middle left. We need to make certain it does not pass unless it applies only to new members. We have served our time in this conference and it is time to move on.

[CajunT]

What is so galling is the fact this is NEW!

Last year we kept our earnings just like every team before us. It seems the members decided it was good to share when we netted toouch while other bowl participants suffered the expenses.

I read the article, and no mention of expenses were made, only levels of revenue obtained. Our school had to make sure it could stay in the black.

Obama reference makes perfect sense when you are taxed for new success while none achievers lean on us!

Our AD voted on this change.

[Zeebart21]

screw em.. you have to request permission to post.. It isnt worth it.. We just need to keep handing people their asses and watch em _____ about it..

Z

[Just1More]

So since that's the way our tax system has historically been structured, it could also be called the "Wubya Tax" or the "Bubba Tax" or the "Ronnie Tax".

Sorry guys, but there are no two ways around this. If y'all are looking for an exercise in free market capitalism, the last place to look is the NCAA.

If you would condemn a bottom feeder in the SBC for accepting revenue distribution (which I do because I think letting bowl teams keep their earnings would be a good inducement for teams to stay), then you have to condemn a bottom feeder in a bigger conference.

Monkee, there's a big difference in the implementation of revenue sharing within the top conferences and the SBC. The SEC has the ability to dominate the nation, as a conference, by sharing bowl revenue. They are all financially healthy. The bowl revenue sharing doesn't diminish their programs to the point that no single team can compete. In the SBC, revenue sharing is a misapplication. That revenue, when spread, doesn't amount to a hill of beans.

I know that you aren't arguing this fact. You're attempting to defend Obama and liberal taxation. If someone on here makes the mistake of a poor analogy, you feel compelled to defend. The issue with your argument is that when you are in a down economy (SBC), you don't implement "wealth redistribution". The SEC could have Obama as their commissioner and even he couldn't dick up the SEC.