The FCS Solution Nobody Asked For
Nick Domingue
Author
Updated
September 30, 2026
9 Mins
There are bad ideas, there are shortsighted ideas, and then there is the suggestion that Louisiana, Louisiana Tech and ULM should consider dropping their football programs from FBS to FCS because college athletics has become too expensive.
That idea is apparently serious enough to be discussed in the orbit of the Louisiana Board of Regents as noted in a recent article by Greg Hilburn from the News Star.
And that alone should raise some questions.
Nobody needs to be told that college athletics is expensive. The House settlement, direct revenue sharing with athletes, NIL, escalating coaching salaries, facilities and the widening financial gap between the Power Four and everyone else have created legitimate challenges for universities across America.
But if financial losses are going to become the justification for deciding which Louisiana universities supposedly belong at the highest level of college football, somebody might want to look about 60 miles east of Lafayette before drawing up the relegation papers.
Because LSU athletics reportedly lost $44 million during the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Not Louisiana. Not Louisiana Tech. Not ULM.
LSU.
Read more here: The FCS Solution Nobody Asked For