The Rev investigates why the new scoreboard sucks

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  1. PodKATT

    PodKATT Time to Put Your Pants On

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    BRETT LSU FAN Staff Member

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    So have the engineering dept design and construct two lightweight additions on either side for the ads. What a waste of 40% of your screen. Unless there is less than 2-3 years left on the existing contracts.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Renegotiate the contracts. Is Coca-Cola going to pull out and let Pepsi come in? I don't think so. Why do the signs have to be up 100% of the time? Change it so that the signs are there during pregame, halftime, time outs, showing videos, etc. Just turn them off for a few seconds and give us the entire wide screen for football replays. The Pause that Refreshes. The Ads would be up 90% of the time to sell the product, but disappear during replays to make the fans happy. Easy fix.
     
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    PodKATT Time to Put Your Pants On

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    Execpt that when replays are shown is when most people look at the board, which is why advertisers want their ads up all the time.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Fugg 'em. They don't pay more than the fans sitting in the seats.
     
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  6. OkieTigerTK

    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    i would really like to get a look at taf's books.

    and i agree with red. at some point you take the freakin fans into account in all of this. that seems to have been lost in the quest for more and more $$.
     
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    Meathead Founding Member

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    What exactly would you like to know? As a non-profit, their books are wide open if you jusy know where to look.
     
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  8. PodKATT

    PodKATT Time to Put Your Pants On

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    Uhhh, I'm almost sure they do. It's in the Millions.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    The money that ticket holders pay to the LSU Athletic department, surcharges to The Tradition Fund, and contributions to the TAF dwarf what LSU gets from corporate sponsors. The AD operates an $85 million dollar budget. You can buy a sponsorship for as little as $50,000.
     
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  10. OkieTigerTK

    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    i'd like to know what they bring in, where it goes, and if and how much they are sitting on. and just where do i look?
     
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