Louisiana Regent Urges Football Programs to Consider FCS Transition

There’s a spending problem in college sports these days. Athletic departments across the country find themselves running at major deficits anymore. In Louisiana, one member of the state’s higher education governing board suggested a drastic measure to mitigate monetary losses. Wilbert Pryor, a Louisiana Board of Regents member, suggested three of the state’s FBS football programs — the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks — drop to the Football Championship Series (FCS) level of Division-1 competition. The comments, reported by Greg Hillburn of the Shreveport Times, came during budget hearings on Sept. 22. “Schools that are trying…