LSU football facility

[Get Nasty]

Ok, yeah nd doesn’t have anything close to this….. let’s go jack!!!!

Join the team behind the Tigers - Tiger Athletic Foundation

www.lsutaf.org

 

[Drinking The Green Koolaid]

That is pretty impressive. ND has some nice facilities, but nothing quite so bright and shiny as that. But in the SEC, football is religion and money is no object, so I suppose it is not surprising. Alabama (not surprisingly) has very nice facilities, too.

USC has rather pedestrian football facilities, though I know they are being upgraded. Not sure how far along that process is.

 

[mva5580]

That locker room is flat out weird. I don’t think I’d want 18-20 year old kids playing football being in a room that looks like that. Looks TOO comfortable to me. But I get the thought process.

 

[Get Nasty]

Long long days at the facility… allows them to study, homework, eat,
Build chemistry, nap, recover, etc…… I would have lived there if we had that in college!

 

[Get Nasty]

That is pretty impressive. ND has some nice facilities, but nothing quite so bright and shiny as that. But in the SEC, football is religion and money is no object, so I suppose it is not surprising. Alabama (not surprisingly) has very nice facilities, too.

USC has rather pedestrian football facilities, though I know they are being upgraded. Not sure how far along that process is.

Nd is 5th in value of a football program, only Alabama is ahead of them from sec. Nd has the money and then some…

 

[mva5580]

Long long days at the facility… allows them to study, homework, eat,
Build chemistry, nap, recover, etc…… I would have lived there if we had that in college!

Oh I hear you, I would have lived there too. Those kids are probably living better in those 4 years than a LOT of people are in that time. Hell, perhaps even better than a lot of them will ever liver afterwards. Talk about luxury. I guess it's just a bit hard to fathom/stomach. But I get it.

 

[IrishHerb]

Always thought colleges and universities were supposed to be places of higher learning and wondered why some schools spent so much on athletes.

You can't say sports bring in money, since many programs are running at a deficit. Yes, they do attract donors that donate to other university priorities.

 

[Golson5]

Always thought colleges and universities were supposed to be places of higher learning and wondered why some schools spent so much on athletes.

You can't say sports bring in money, since many programs are running at a deficit. Yes, they do attract donors that donate to other university priorities.

Football brings in huge money, donors, exposure, and notoriety

 

[IrishHerb]

Football brings in huge money, donors, exposure, and notoriety

Not sure about huge money ... especially if the millions brought in are funneled back into the football program not the university. My understanding is that many colleges and universities athletics programs are operating at a loss. Their football and basketball programs bring in X dollars, but the cost to pay their coaches, their facilities, tuition, room and board for the athletes is usually more than X. As a result the schools have to use money they'd rather use for other things in their athletic programs.

Donors, yes, because their gifts, especially the larger ones, are tied to specific things like buildings, programs or scholarships.

 

[Golson5]

Not sure about huge money ... especially if the millions brought in are funneled back into the football program not the university. My understanding is that many colleges and universities athletics programs are operating at a loss. Their football and basketball programs bring in X dollars, but the cost to pay their coaches, their facilities, tuition, room and board for the athletes is usually more than X. As a result the schools have to use money they'd rather use for other things in their athletic programs.

Donors, yes, because their gifts, especially the larger ones, are tied to specific things like buildings, programs or scholarships.

You're wrong

 

[Runforit]

LSU's celebrity children's rowing facilities are not up to USC's standards.

 

[Runforit]

It is an arms race for who has the best facilities.

 

[IrishHerb]

You're wrong

See this report ...

https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/do-college-sports-make-money/

 

[Juniper_Run]

See this report ...

https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/do-college-sports-make-money/

Herb, I love your spirit man, but you are just out of touch with the times. Posting an article with researched facts and data? That's so outdated. You need to learn how to sling smug, meaningless 1-liners if you want to be an influential poster on this board.

 

[Get Nasty]

Always thought colleges and universities were supposed to be places of higher learning and wondered why some schools spent so much on athletes.

You can't say sports bring in money, since many programs are running at a deficit. Yes, they do attract donors that donate to other university priorities.

Football pays for all other sports and then some at places like nd.

 

[Get Nasty]

Not sure about huge money ... especially if the millions brought in are funneled back into the football program not the university. My understanding is that many colleges and universities athletics programs are operating at a loss. Their football and basketball programs bring in X dollars, but the cost to pay their coaches, their facilities, tuition, room and board for the athletes is usually more than X. As a result the schools have to use money they'd rather use for other things in their athletic programs.

Donors, yes, because their gifts, especially the larger ones, are tied to specific things like buildings, programs or scholarships.

The top 25-50 college football and basketball programs operate total athletic department as a profit. If you tend to sell out your football stadium regularly you make big money

 

[Get Nasty]

Herb, I love your spirit man, but you are just out of touch with the times. Posting an article with researched facts and data? That's so outdated. You need to learn how to sling smug, meaningless 1-liners if you want to be an influential poster on this board.

Article does not take into account donors that get reported differently

 

[Ara64]

It wasn't but a few years ago that ND entered into a 400 million dollar building fund. One report said they had the money in hand just a few months after the announcement. Down here in Kentucky it's widely believed that ND has a printing press that prints out money as needed. BK knew this and that's why he never gave ND an opportunity to match lsu offer. His wife and kids could wait to move to Louisiana? I don't know why since there's nothing there? Jack did say ND was ready to start another building fund to address needs in the athletic facilities over the next three years.