Originally Posted by
Jetstorm
Dwayne From Minden, I'd like to explore what you said further, if you don't mind.
Are you saying Louisiana Tech joined the Western Athletic Conference without realizing how much MORE it would cost than all-sports membership in the Sun Belt?
Are you saying the Louisiana Tech Athletic Department STILL has no long term plan for where they want Tech athletics to be 5, 10, 15 years down the road?
Are you saying Louisiana Tech's Athletic Department joined the WAC without any idea how to pay for the increased expenditures that would result from joining a conference with Hawaii and Boise St in it?
Is the Tech Athletic Dept. in financial trouble? Because if it is not, it will be very soon. If the football team's performance sinks lower, revenues from football, which fund pretty much the whole athletic program, will decline sharply. Then the vicious cycle of lost revenue, lower performance, lost revenue, lower performance will begin. Next thing you know, Louisiana Tech's on the verge of falling out of the WAC and Division 1-A alltogether.
I had serious concerns about this very kind of thing when Louisiana Tech joined the WAC. I thought you guys were doing it for one reason, and one reason alone; to avoid ULL and ULM. I felt you guys were honestly not ready financially (I didn't say anything about on the field performance, I said financially) to join a league like the WAC, and that Tech would soon find itself in way over it's head. It's too early to tell if I am right or wrong, but the things Dwayne and Houndoggy have said greatly disturb me. I fear Tech is indeed in way over it's head.