Documents that accidently included team-level spending information of four University of Louisiana System sports programs were posted online for the University of Louisiana Board of Supervisors meeting on Aug. 27, 2026. The leak was first reported by the Louisiana Illuminator, then picked up by The Advocate.
A few months earlier, on June 8, Louisiana lawmakers passed Act No. 818, which allows universities the ability to shield athlete-specific and team-specific payout details from the public. In return, universities are only mandated to disclose total athletic spending across all teams.
One of the four UL System sports programs involved in the documents was the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The University budgeted $1.5 million for the year for revenue sharing for the 2025-26 year, of which $647,500 went to men’s basketball, $591,895 were given to football, $120,600 were allocated for baseball and $157,354 were shared across all seven women’s sports…