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[QUOTE="tipphill, post: 2155108, member: 4809"]
what i referenced had nothing to do with state funding. you are correct that increased in donors is directly related to their entrance into the big 10. however they claim that 71mil has been raised in donations as of mid-march with goal of 100mil in the R BIG 10 BUILD CAMPAIGN(their caps not mine). just suggest you read the article. 
  they already have strong research and hard science, together with the med school and rmj affiliation .
    you over state the idea that rutgers as an institution has "mortgaged their future on athletics". an institution of that enormity will not collapse because of athletics. their overall budget from the state in 2016 was 34.8 billion(i assume for the 3 campuses).  additional research grants for 2015 is 612.5 mil.
    athletics is not going to destroy the university.  nor as history has shown  the nj state legislature will not let rutgers falter,despite what the tax payers , and the university professors objecting to the monies spent say.
   a faculty group has called for a private outside consultant to review the the finances of the athletic dept. there is a 36.8mil shortfall in the 84mil operating budget.
    excellent  article by keith sargeant nj advanced media for nj.com. it appears to me they are trying to be in a holding mode until full share of big 10 hits in 2021.
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