Board of Regents Wilbert Pryor

[Fan of 71]

Pryor made headlines during the Board of Regents' budget hearings. Addressing the athletic departments of Louisiana Tech, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM)

Pryor suggested they take a "slice of humble pie" and consider dropping down from the elite Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) tier to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). He cited the staggering annual financial losses posted by these mid-major athletic programs as the primary reason they belong in a lower tier alongside schools like Grambling State and McNeese State.

[Turbine]

With that logic, where does that leave LSU, Division III?

[CajunSID]

No athletic dept in the country is sustainable long-term based on the current structure. Typical arrogance..and ignorance.

[Redgineer]

Former lsu grad?

[RedTails]

Quick look at his socials and he recently went watch TCU vs. Grambling, while wearing a Grambling polo.

State could save $100 million+ /year shuttering that campus and having ULM and LaTech absorb that enrollment.

[Fan of 71]

Played FB at Vandy, went to LSU Law

[NewsCopy]

A Louisiana regent says UL Lafayette's $20 million deficit means it's time to drop out of FBS football, and the UL System president isn't ruling it out.

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[CajunRed]

What a freakin turd.

[Headcase33]

What an idiot, ULM for sure should drop down but not UL and Tech.

[Houston Cajun]

Pryor made headlines during the Board of Regents' budget hearings. Addressing the athletic departments of Louisiana Tech, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM)

Pryor suggested they take a "slice of humble pie" and consider dropping down from the elite Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) tier to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). He cited the staggering annual financial losses posted by these mid-major athletic programs as the primary reason they belong in a lower tier alongside schools like Grambling State and McNeese State.

How does he view LSU's $171M loss over the past 6 years?

[RedTails]

"They have to have a humble pie."

Been a while since we had a know your place insult.

[Turbine]

Athletics is advertising.

$20 million or 7% of the overall budget is a prudent advertising / marketing allocation.

The returns on marketing are always down the road.

Drop to FCS and rewitness what happened to UNO

[WestUCajun]

I don't think that the regents will stop with athletics. I bet the powers in the state will want to eliminate the UL System all together and have every school in the state beside the HBCUs become LSU-Name of City, They want to take our research dollars also.

[RedTails]

Timestamp of the regent's comments. (6:27:00)

[RedTails]

Keith Myers (former CEO & founder of LHC Group) is chairing the athletic committee for the UL System athletic committee. So at least we have someone (hopefully) in our corner.

The not-so-great news is that Deloitte is under contract to find efficiencies and present a plan before EOY '26. We know what finding efficiencies means. Interesting times ahead.