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The economic loss of not playing Texas

Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:56 am
Posted by Riolobo
On the lake
Member since Mar 2017
4315 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:56 am
Is going to be huge for LSU and Baton Rouge. Not to mention the other non-conference home games that bring in millions of dollars. Hopefully our leaders can do the right thing and let all games happen.
Posted by tlsu15
Capital of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
10050 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:58 am to
Will there not be an economic gain if every opponent is an SEC team?
This post was edited on 7/10/20 at 9:59 am
Posted by schwartzy
New Orleans
Member since May 2014
9053 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:59 am to
We should just keep the Texas game and cancel that trip to Houston to play rice
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
136847 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:59 am to
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SCHEDULE HOME-AND-HOMES AND ALWAYS BEND THE KNEE TO PLAY ON THE ROAD FIRST.

THIS HAPPENED WITH ARIZONA STATE, AND IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
11201 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:00 am to
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other non-conference home games that bring in millions of dollars


the other games would be a financial loss if you cant put fans in the stadium. That's what theyre preparing for. theyre trying to keep conference games because they will still bring a ton of tv money

These school NEED football to happen to stay afloat financially , but its going to be a tough sell to have football with no students on campus and no fans in the stands. I doubt we see any football this fall.
This post was edited on 7/10/20 at 10:04 am
Posted by Dizz
Member since May 2008
14776 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:05 am to
Hopefully our leaders can do the right thing and let all games happen.

Other than Texas playing the other non-conference games in an empty or close to empty stadium would be a huge money loser for LSU. These games are not being canceled for saftey but because of money.

If there was a way to make money the games would be played. Remember the goal of the athletic department when it comes to home games is to either make money or not lose money. Playing UTSA in an empty stadium will lose money.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
28470 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:07 am to
quote:

Is going to be huge for LSU and Baton Rouge. Not to mention the other non-conference home games that bring in millions of dollars. Hopefully our leaders can do the right thing and let all games happen.


If the attendance is limited, it doesn't matter if the games are played or not. LSU nor BR (if still under onerous restrictions) aren't getting much financial benefit by playing Texas in front of a 1/2 to 1/3 full Tiger Stadium. The money comes from the FANS, not simply just playing the game.

The financial DISincentive of playing schools like Nicholls and UTSA is that LSU would still have to pay the 6-7 figure contractual amount to those schools for the game WITHOUT being able to offset that expense with a full Tiger Stadium

I want college football to go forward in FULL just as much, if not more than anyone else. But if they're going to play it with significant attendance restrictions it probably doesn't make that much sense to do so financially...particularly the non-conf. games where LSU pays the opponent for the game.

Posted by Desert King
Member since Oct 2018
1936 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:14 am to
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Is going to be huge for LSU and Baton Rouge.


Ha... like the leftist shite stains that infiltrate this board care about feasible economics.
Posted by geauxtigers33
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2014
13734 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:17 am to
It’s not going to be a loss for LSU. They won’t make as much money but you can’t lose something you aren’t going to get. LSU doesn’t set their budget on what might happen they set it on what they have in the bank then reset it after they get the money for things that happened.

The G5 schools set their budget based off of those games with P5 schools being played. They are basically living off credit and that bubble is bursting in 2020.
Posted by Bristol Dawg
God's Country
Member since Jul 2016
2934 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:25 am to
If we're playing any type of season, it's guaranteed our leaders will be for it. It will be Texas or the conferences that would thwart it.
Posted by lsuohiofan
Alliance,Ohio
Member since Oct 2011
1504 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:44 am to
As much as I am a LSU fan, I think college and professional sports will not be wise. How can you close schools because of the virus and then have professional and college sports. You cannot! Miami and several other large cities want to close schools but have professional? I think not!
Posted by BlindTiger7
Houston
Member since Sep 2016
2683 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 11:08 am to
I'm hoping the SEC opponents offset this


To look at the upside, we aren't crushing Texas fans hopes week 2 so maybe they'll continue buying merchandise/supporting UT a few weeks longer
Posted by Brazos
Member since Oct 2013
20362 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 11:41 am to
Major college football and the NFL will be a joke this year and I’m afraid it’s permanent. Football as we knew it is gone, play on the field has taken a back seat to politics and virtue signaling.
Posted by ItTakesAThief
Scottsdale, Arizona
Member since Dec 2009
9243 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 11:55 am to
At this point there will be no crowd Or only a 30 pct crowd for games probably. Probably no bands. Etc.

At that point the financial impact is already taken.
Posted by TampaTiger22
Tampa, FL
Member since Jul 2012
6669 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 11:57 am to
What's about the economic loss of half filled stadiums? Or the possibility of no games at all in the fall?
Posted by Geauxlden Eagle
125 miles W. of God's Country
Member since Feb 2013
2020 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 1:24 pm to
For a bunch of people that hate Moscona, a lot of y'all were obviously listening to him yesterday.
Posted by tigernnola
NOLA
Member since Sep 2016
3589 posts
Posted on 7/10/20 at 8:30 pm to
This season is going to be hit to the local economy regardless with limited seating in the stadium & entertainment venues. A full season of SEC opponents would actually help with the better competition.
Posted by Harv1790
Member since Jul 2009
2550 posts
Posted on 7/11/20 at 7:03 am to
The entire season is a loss, economically. Every athletic department will be under for the year, possibly the next 2 years.
Posted by SOBMarcus
San Marcos
Member since Apr 2020
1433 posts
Posted on 7/11/20 at 12:59 pm to
Somehow I think both schools will be fine. Horns will likely buy out a G5 game in the future and make the return trip
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43063 posts
Posted on 7/11/20 at 5:47 pm to
It sucks we won’t play Texas
Have waited 10 years for this game in tiger stadium since it was announced
Haven’t had a decent non conf game
At home in awhile
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