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3. Why should it?

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 01:44 AM

Apr 2015

The LSU football program makes a profit and contributed over 7 million to academic endeavors at the school in 2013 according to Forbes. The program is one of the most valuable in the country and drives revenue for the school and local economy. http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2014/12/22/college-footballs-most-valuable-teams-2014/

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Louisiana State University drafting bankruptcy plans thanks to Bobby Jindal and friends [View all] Elwood P Dowd Apr 2015 OP

of course football will not suffer nt msongs Apr 2015 #1

The corndogs would riot if football suffered. Elwood P Dowd Apr 2015 #2

Why should it? Krytan11c Apr 2015 #3

You have to actually have a college in order to avebury Apr 2015 #8

ROFL alcibiades_mystery Apr 2015 #9

Football is all that will be saved yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #4

Can you have NCAA Football without Academics? Downwinder Apr 2015 #6

As an LSU alumnus... Feron Apr 2015 #11

Gol'durn fancy learnin... czarjak Apr 2015 #5

Charming Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #7

No, they just think more entitlement cuts will do the trick n2doc Apr 2015 #13

Comments are interesting n2doc Apr 2015 #12