"30,000 ... I thought we surpassed that greatly"

[Boomer]

OK maybe I can start a rumor----Say we actually collected money for a certain amount of season tickets (remember that ALL the seats were sold between the 20 yard lines or maybe even the 10 yard lines) now some of these seats were not sat in for some games----OK now the walk up gate comes into play and say that they are not all reported or that some are deliberately NOT SCANNED ---this would allow that the numbers could be diverted to keeping some walk up gate cause the non scanned evened that out!!!! OK total take is the season tickets and the non season ticket take ---the total attendance with the people in the stadium is much more with the students, the season tickets, and the walk ups!!!! Obviously I am kidding with all this but I would like to know the number of season tickets sold that did not occupy seats along with the people that did show up as all of this is revenue!!!! GEEE!

[Just1More]

I'm just under concerned about under reporting... if it occurs. Our number isn't off by more than 10% to 15%. Even with our "accurate" reporting, we're well above our contemporaries with their fabrications. Those that rate us for attendance aren't going to haggle about the gap we're haggling about. And in reality, we are benefiting financially and by our community support by our real attendance. That fact is astronomically more important. Other programs can lie about attendance, but their "reality" isn't helping them one bit.

[TravlnCajun]

I'm just under concerned about under reporting... if it occurs. Our number isn't off by more than 10% to 15%. Even with our "accurate" reporting, we're well above our contemporaries with their fabrications. Those that rate us for attendance aren't going to haggle about the gap we're haggling about. And in reality, we are benefiting financially and by our community support by our real attendance. That fact is astronomically more important. Other programs can lie about attendance, but their "reality" isn't helping them one bit.

Agree. Off by 1500/3000 is not an big deal

[CajunDreDog]

Novel idea, why doesn't NCAA require teams to publish both sold and actual?

[Just1More]

Novel idea, why doesn't NCAA require teams to publish both sold and actual?

Why do they care?

[SlappyCajun]

I read somewhere that Tilane counts their entire enrollment since students pay fees for free tickets.

[Turbine]

I'm just under concerned about under reporting... if it occurs. Our number isn't off by more than 10% to 15%. Even with our "accurate" reporting, we're well above our contemporaries with their fabrications. Those that rate us for attendance aren't going to haggle about the gap we're haggling about. And in reality, we are benefiting financially and by our community support by our real attendance. That fact is astronomically more important. Other programs can lie about attendance, but their "reality" isn't helping them one bit.

A few years back Dr. Authement sent a famed number cruncher named David Walker over to UL Athletics to balance the books before his upcoming retirement would become a reality.

In probably the biggest shocker of the last 20-years (not counting the winning ways of Hud) Mr. Walker didn't have to fix a deficit, he had to fix a surplus.

Out of seemingly nowhere, he declared he had "found" $1,000,000 in athletic funds that had heretofore been unaccounted for.

I remember thinking how is this possible with such tight annual reporting and all. I never did, nor was I provided with, a satisfactory answer to the million dollar question. So I moved on and marked it up to accounting quirks I will never really understand.

Until now that is.

When I read "We've always done it that way" as far as reported/underreported attendance is concerned. It dawned on me, over time you could accumulate a cool million.

I wonder if David Walker ever figured out the source?

[Just1More]

Out of seemingly nowhere, he declared he had "found" $1,000,000 in athletic funds that had heretofore been unaccounted for.

It was actually $3 million and it's grown much larger.

[Boomer]

It was actually $3 million and it's grown much larger.

--please explain how could I have missed that???

[Just1More]

--please explain how could I have missed that???

People with skills. It was intentional.