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Rutgers’ athletics deficit hit a record $78m this year.. $517m total since joining Big 10

Posted on 1/26/26 at 3:51 pm
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 3:51 pm
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 3:57 pm to
That's ridiculous

Universities are running their finances like white trash who won the lottery
Posted by Buttermilk Pancakes
Philadelphia
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 3:58 pm to
People in Jersey making bad decisions when it comes to money! Color us shocked. They need to be kicked out of the Big Ten and add no value!
Posted by Rouge
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138309 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 3:58 pm to
Good thing Keli left LSU when she did only to jump into that nightmare.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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80180 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 3:59 pm to
Should revive the Big East.

And the SWC.

And the PAC.

And the Big Eight.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:00 pm to
Former LSU president Willam Tate and former deputy AD Keli Zinn took over there. Good hires if you want to fix athletics, but going to be tough to fix that mess.
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
4208 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:04 pm to
Maybe fraud? Don't they have a huge Muslim student population with many working for the university? I read it was like 16% of their students.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:07 pm to
How did they afford Ace Bailey and the PG?
Posted by RoscoeHarper
Edmond, OK
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:22 pm to
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How did they afford Ace Bailey and the PG?


On credick
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Member since Nov 2003
3572 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:33 pm to
Are they the Leaders or the Legends of that conference?
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:46 pm to
How does a team like Rutgers not just cruise along while collecting that sweet big ten tv money without doing shite?
Posted by hiltacular
NYC
Member since Jan 2011
20183 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:00 pm to
Reading the story, it is all pretty normal stuff. They are spending a lot to compete but aren't seeing the ticket sales and fundraising efforts to support. They only raised $8m or something last year which is insanely low. It says in the article the big10 averages $39M. That's their problem and the fact that they aren't winning in anything.
Posted by saintsfan22
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Member since May 2006
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:03 pm to
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How does a team like Rutgers not just cruise along while collecting that sweet big ten tv money without doing shite?

I'm sure the conference has strongly encouraged them to have facilities and staffing at a certain level because they can't have a conference team looking bummy. You gotta spend to look like you belong.
This post was edited on 1/26/26 at 5:03 pm
Posted by BHTiger
Charleston
Member since Dec 2017
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:19 pm to
Lol how they are buying any championships? Some deep fraud going on somewhere.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:23 pm to
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Lol how they are buying any championships?


Going 6-6 is their championship
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39225 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:27 pm to
quote:

New AD Keli Zinn says ‘It’s got to get better.’




DEI to the rescue!

What could go wrong?
Posted by MFn GIMP
Member since Feb 2011
22937 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:27 pm to
You mean, THE State University of New Jersey is debt ridden? Shocking. Surely, the state government would bail out their state university considering how important a college degree is and it not just being another way to indebt young adults to the government.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:29 pm to
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They are drowning trying to maintain the look of a big-time P4 program.
They’re doing that?
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
6396 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 6:03 pm to
What about the $70 Mill in subsidies they get from Big 10 media deal?
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14567 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 6:33 pm to
This is the overlooked time bomb we forget about. We discuss it and it’s in the back of peoples minds but what’s going to happen when the debt bubble explodes on the keeping up with the Jones’ schools?.
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