By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Washington rolled out the Protect College Sports Act professing to save college athletics by reining in the SEC and Big Ten. Now, just weeks later, it’s rewriting key pieces of […]
By TODD HORNE, Tiger Rag Executive Editor If you want to know where LSU athletics is headed in 2026, you didn’t need another hype video or mission statement — you only need two dates. November […]
The latest chapter in the panic over the future of college sports in general – and football in this specific instance – was one of real concern. The NCAA was rendered powerless in the quarterback […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR There is a moment in every public‐ finance story when the words themselves betray a shift in power. At first, the jargon is reassuring—economic development, public‐private partnership, infrastructure, catalytic investment, […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR The City-Parish Revenue Division has notified businesses inside the Bayou Fountain Economic Development District that new sales-tax reporting requirements took effect July 1, even though the Metro Council has deferred […]
By Todd Horne, Executive Editor The Protect College Sports Act of 2026 is being described nationally as an NIL bill, or a transfer‑portal bill, or a response to the House settlement, or a legal shield […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Wade Rousse is not wrong about the arena. This is where the conversation should begin. As LSU’s president, Rousse has made a clear point: the Pete Maravich Assembly Center is […]
By TODD HORNE, Executive Editor Attorney William Most said Monday at the Baton Rouge Press Club that a lawsuit challenging LSU’s economic development districts is not aimed at stopping the school’s proposed new arena, but […]
By TODD HORNE, VICE PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE EDITOR Trump’s college-sports executive order, Charlie Baker’s response, and Louisiana’s HB 608 all expose the same truth: major college athletics now operates like a professional business while public […]
By TODD HORNE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Let’s start with the point that has been misunderstood — and sometimes deliberately mischaracterized — since this lawsuit was filed. This lawsuit is not about LSU football. It is not […]
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