LSU Closing?

[Cantpickem]

Louisiana is facing a budget shortfall of nearly $1 billion just for this year, and its new governor, John Bel Edwards, said last week that the crisis puts college sports – including LSU's football program – in danger.




LSU currently isn't guaranteed enough funding to stay operational for the rest of the fiscal year. If the school doesn't get enough funding and has to close, there's a potential problem for football players and every other athlete at any public institution in Louisiana facing the same budgetary challenge:

If LSU is forced to close prior to the completion of the spring semester, all students would receive an "Incomplete" grade for the period. By NCAA rules, student athletes receiving an Incomplete grade are not eligible to participate in competition. That means that all players, in all sports, at all public universities in the state of Louisiana would be ineligible to participate.
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Edwards framed the potential problem in stark terms, via WWLTV
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...s-how-it-could-affect-lsu-football/ar-BBpqQ4H

 

[PigskinArmor]

school would close before football ends and it will not happen

 

[SECplayer]

Good scare tactic to increase taxes.

 

[cloverleaf]

LSU should make college FREE and that would solve all problems...wouldn't it?

At least one presidential candidate says so....................

 

[Albatross]

Good scare tactic to increase taxes.

Absolutely correct. Low life politicians made a terrible comment. Read somewhere LSU athletic fund (from boosters mainly) made a large donation to the school. Figure it out LSU, your sports make tons of cash, but the state says the University is losing.....hmm.

 

[cloverleaf]

LSU's athletic department donated $8.7 million back to the school last year.

It's not the sports programs at LSU causing debt problems.