It's amazing how state schools in some of the poorest states (i.e. LA, ALA, Miss.) can justify

Author: NEPA Irish (1116 Posts - Joined: Aug 24, 2009)

Posted at 12:41 pm on Mar 31, 2026

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spending so much $$$ on college sports when their at-risk populations live in decrepit housing, lack of quality public education, poor health care access, broken down infrastructure, etc.

Replies to: “It's amazing how state schools in some of the poorest states (i.e. LA, ALA, Miss.) can justify”

LSU has spent an estimated $242 M on its FB and BB teams with $40 M going to the transfer portal. [LINK] - whatsamataU - 1:59pm 3/30/26 (13) [View All]
- Correlation? [LINK] - Curly1918 - 12:59pm 3/31/26
  - Presume that is schools that have a "national appeal"...as judged by US News... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 1:34pm 3/31/26
- If not for those cajuns, purpleface would probably still be coaching ND - humbaba - 4:40pm 3/30/26
  - Amen to that. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:15pm 3/30/26
- What this tells me is Kiff better win. And by better win, he better win now. [NT] - ELP - 3:17pm 3/30/26
  - Yep...or he'll face the dreaded...GOLDEN PARACHUTE... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:26pm 3/30/26
    - Exactly. There are no real consequences for failed big time college fb coaches. - murph78 - 1:00am 3/31/26
- "Nothing that I hear about Lane Kiffin ever surprises me." LOU HOLTZ [NT] - irishslovak - 3:05pm 3/30/26
- High wealth/education state like Maine and Mass? [NT] - DonMiller - 3:05pm 3/30/26
  - Low IQ/Insane fan base... I know how they wasted $100 million of that... - TakethetrainKnute - 3:34pm 3/30/26
    - It's amazing how state schools in some of the poorest states (i.e. LA, ALA, Miss.) can justify - NEPA Irish - 12:41pm 3/31/26
      - Mississippi's Education Ranking is now 16th overall, and #1 when adjusted for poverty and demo [NT] - Turkish - 1:51pm 3/31/26
      - I expect the general populace to turn on this at some point...but we shall see... - TakethetrainKnute - 1:32pm 3/31/26

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