Football. LA Tech Football Announces Three-Game Series with NC State - latechsports.c

[Dwayne From Minden]

Dwayne - If we are paying Southern $350,000 to pay in Ruston, what do you think Tech will net at the end of the day for that game?

p.s. - assuming no fireworks cost.

Last I saw some where in the neighborhood of $140k - $170k

I think we are overpaying Southern & GSU in the neighborhood of $75k to $100k

[HogDawg]

I do

What's the exact buyout figure then? Your reputation is at stake.

[olddog75]

Last I saw some where in the neighborhood of $140k - $170k

I think we are overpaying Southern & GSU in the neighborhood of $75k to $100k

Thanks, that is in the range of my back-of-the envelope guess. I agree re opponent payment.

[Dawgonit]

This deal could be fine if we were paid more and if the home game were in the middle. Right now I find the deal lacking on our end.

[Champ967]

Last I saw some where in the neighborhood of $140k - $170k

I think we are overpaying Southern & GSU in the neighborhood of $75k to $100k

That may be a small price to pay for the goodwill of their legislative delegations.

[Tech77]

Last I saw some where in the neighborhood of $140k - $170k

I think we are overpaying Southern & GSU in the neighborhood of $75k to $100k

We always get the lion's share in those deals. Problem is, it's the skinniest lion anyone ever saw.

[sportdawg]

@ LaTech Ports Central: LA Tech football schedule news:

Back in 2021, Tech and NC State had agreed to push the Ruston leg of a 3 game contract out to 2034.

Now, the game will be played on 10/2/2027 in Raleigh instead of Ruston. NC State will pay Tech $1 million for the location change.

[PawDawg]

@ LaTech Ports Central: LA Tech football schedule news:

Back in 2021, Tech and NC State had agreed to push the Ruston leg of a 3 game contract out to 2034.

Now, the game will be played on 10/2/2027 in Raleigh instead of Ruston. NC State will pay Tech $1 million for the location change.

Still paying for McClelland's bad management and L.G.'s apathy toward athletics.

[dawg80]

Still paying for McClelland's bad management and L.G.'s apathy toward athletics.

Henderson doesn't care either.

[inudesu]

@ LaTech Ports Central: LA Tech football schedule news:

Back in 2021, Tech and NC State had agreed to push the Ruston leg of a 3 game contract out to 2034.

Now, the game will be played on 10/2/2027 in Raleigh instead of Ruston. NC State will pay Tech $1 million for the location change.

You're telling me a P4 team bought out an away game at a G6 stadium? Shocking.

This is why you have to play those when you have them.

But I wonder why we're letting them just pay us to move it. Why not make them buy it out and then go double dip by playing another P4 money game? Surely the flat buy out rate plus the money from a new P4 game would be more than $1 million, right? And it's not like we just really need to play NC State. I mean, it's fine to play them, but not at the expense of leaving money on the table (even a nickel). And if they want out of the deal, fine - buy out of the deal, we don't owe them favors or anything.

If it's us wanting cash, I guess that's on us. Probably not worth it to buy them out and then go find a $ game to cover the buyout (although we've done that before - Arkansas and Texas Tech, right?). But I'd think we'd want the P4 home game. And they can't be planning around SOS, that's like 10 years from now.

Ugh. Scheduling is hard, but why do we always make it so opaque and stupid-on-its-face?

[Blue Dawg]

You're telling me a P4 team bought out an away game at a G6 stadium? Shocking.

This is why you have to play those when you have them.

But I wonder why we're letting them just pay us to move it. Why not make them buy it out and then go double dip by playing another P4 money game? Surely the flat buy out rate plus the money from a new P4 game would be more than $1 million, right? And it's not like we just really need to play NC State. I mean, it's fine to play them, but not at the expense of leaving money on the table (even a nickel). And if they want out of the deal, fine - buy out of the deal, we don't owe them favors or anything.

If it's us wanting cash, I guess that's on us. Probably not worth it to buy them out and then go find a $ game to cover the buyout (although we've done that before - Arkansas and Texas Tech, right?). But I'd think we'd want the P4 home game. And they can't be planning around SOS, that's like 10 years from now.

Ugh. Scheduling is hard, but why do we always make it so opaque and stupid-on-its-face?

By 2034, betting that the average buyout amount will be massive. Well, massive for schools with real negotiators.

[DallasDog]

At the rate we are going Tech football wouldn't be around by 2034.

[OLDBLUE]

Who would be standing up and fighting back? Or, are we all satisfied to just "moan and bitch?" or ????

[DallasDog]

Lots of people have tried to work with this or previous administrations. Tried to raise money, raise alumni numbers, all kinds of things and have been shut down, or the admin half assed their end of the deal.

I imagine those same people are a lot of the ones still hanging around on this board, you probably fall into that category as well. So, some of us have earned the right to moan and bitch because we are at this point in Tech's history in spite of those efforts.

[PawDawg]

Lots of people have tried to work with this or previous administrations. Tried to raise money, raise alumni numbers, all kinds of things and have been shut down, or the admin half assed their end of the deal.

I imagine those same people are a lot of the ones still hanging around on this board, you probably fall into that category as well. So, some of us have earned the right to moan and bitch because we are at this point in Tech's history in spite of those efforts.

Yep, Bunch of underpaid Tech grads looking for the next gig with overpaid bureaucrats as bosses. Our new AD praising our DEI commish Judy was the last straw with football. Our "pitching coach" getting a promotion was the last straw for baseball.