Rutgers historic ineptitude was inevitable

Submitted by McGreenB on November 8th, 2018 at 2:58 PM

I’m not arguing that Rutgers’ admission into the B1G was  a good move — it was unquestionably a mistake. However, that mistake is much more the result of the egregious contract given to them by the B1G than it is a foundational issue with Rutgers athletics. 

According to NJ.com, from 2014-2020:

“The 11 established conference members (not counting other relative newcomers Maryland and Nebraska) will have pocketed $177 million more…than Rutgers.”

177 million over 6 years is huge.

Chris Ash makes 2 million a year and their OC and DC make a combined 1 million. Don Brown alone makes 1.6m..

Again, not defending Rutgers, but when you give a program the Treaty of Versailles you can’t expect them to be anything but dilapidated. A program builds on momentum and the B1G and Delaney did everything they could to stifle Rutgers’. 

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PopeLando

November 8th, 2018 at 4:21 PM ^

I call BS. Rutgers knew what kind of revenue situation they were getting into, and they would have been stupid to decline it.

The bigger issue is that they signed themselves up for 4-6 games per year with national contenders and the attention/comparisons that invites.

So you have coaches and recruits who can see how Rutgers looks next to the rest of the B1G, and can choose lower-tier ACC or MAC teams instead. 

And, dont forget, the rest of the B1G, even the bottom dwellers, have already gone through the growing pains of learning how to hang with or beat Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin...

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