That decision is likely a death knell for the program, such as it is.
Any decent players will transfer. Any decent recruits will opt to play elsewhere.
They caved to the weakest among them, and thus became weak themselves.
Southwestern La. became La.-Lafayette
Northeastern La. became La/=Monroe -
Southeastern La. did suspend football for a few years — my understanding is that the decision was not entirely theirs.
Northwestern St. of La. - I agree - they’ll have a tough time rebuilding the program.