What’s funny is the possibility of the mediocre Shady returning seems to have some posters panties in a bunch. I personally agree he’s not all that good.
I’m just pointing out the faux outrage over the spending on football at RU not only on this board but in the comments section on NJ.com.
The outrage over spending is legitimate. Rutgers' Athletics Department annually must take funds from students fees, loans from the government or the school, and the school must fund the shortfall. The reality is that Rutgers is more than a half billion ($500,000,000.00), probably closer to a billion, in the red and is not expected to pay back any of the money. One billion dollars could go a long way on the education side of the school, improve academic and research facilities, allow more students to attend, the list goes on and on.
Juxtapose that with virtually every other D1 school that, especially when half of the D1 schools do not have the advantage of BTN monies. Yeah, we know, Rutgers does not get a full share, but they get more than the G5 schools, annually run in the red, and routinely make stupid decisions. Furthermore, the end is not in sight. Sure, a few speculate that they will break even, but the reality is that they are still raking in student fees to pay for Rutgers AD, that the school will still have to pay into the AD (which should be the other way around for a BTN school).
Take a look back at the AD records and see what revenue the AD brought in v. what they spent. Feel free to post the results, we have analyzed a few times. Running in the red may be necessary from time to time, but should never be the annual state of AD, otherwise, proper business principles must be employed.
To your first point, Shady will have deal with the truth in spite of himself. He can whine about SU, but SU will be one of many schools recruiting New Jersey. If/When he lies about UM, tOSU, MState, Wiscy, UNL, PSU, he will pay dearly. He will be lucky to get to year four of a deal if he fails clean up his act.
