August 13, 2003, 10 a.m. Central time
TO: Fans, Friends, and Supporters of LSU Athletics
FROM: Skip Bertman, LSU Director of Athletics
I am writing to make you aware of a press conference that will be held today on the LSU campus to address the future of your athletics program.
At noon today, I will propose a plan that would help secure the future of LSU Athletics by allowing us to address all of our facility needs by the end of the decade, and at the same time establish financial stability for the LSU Athletics program.
Today’s announcement is the culmination of over a year of research and planning, meeting with fans, administrators from other universities and supporters of LSU Athletics, evaluating the needs of our program and establishing realistic goals for the future.
The plan presented today will be subject to approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors.
I think you will find that the plan addresses all of the challenges and goals presented to you in these Cyber-side Chats over the course of the last three and a half months. Your help in the way of e-mails, phone calls and letters has been invaluable as we have crafted this plan.
I look forward to sharing this plan with you today. You will receive a Cyber-side Chat from me with more details later this afternoon.
I thank you for your continued support of Tiger Athletics.