08-22-2025, 10:39 AM
These numbers don't seem to add up to me. Can someone explain?
$18M or a portion of $13.5M? Which is it? Or does "costs" include money from the school plus other money not from the school, but would that be a "cost"?
The $18M figure, if that is out of the $20.5M cap, would mean that they spend 90% of the House Settlement money on FB, and 10% on everything else.
I don't see that using House money is going to stop under-the-table payments.... It just means they'll have to have a bigger table to move that much more cash.
Quote:LSU football head coach Brian Kelly said on his weekly radio show Thursday that the Tigers' 2025 roster costs "about $18 million" this year.
"LSU spent $5.5 million on the roster last season, the general counsel of Bayou Traditions previously told The Advocate, and $11 million over the previous three years combined.
"LSU, like many in the SEC, allocated $13.5 million for its football program. Kelly and general manager Austin Thomas previously said that money will be split between the 2025 and 2026 teams because payments operate on the academic calendar."
$18M or a portion of $13.5M? Which is it? Or does "costs" include money from the school plus other money not from the school, but would that be a "cost"?
The $18M figure, if that is out of the $20.5M cap, would mean that they spend 90% of the House Settlement money on FB, and 10% on everything else.
I don't see that using House money is going to stop under-the-table payments.... It just means they'll have to have a bigger table to move that much more cash.