Rutgers Sells its Soul to Football

This is the kind of post that gets no reaction from anyone.  I'd be better off writing three paragraphs about Doug Flynn.   However, this is the kind of thing I like sharing because it makes my blood boil. The Star-Ledger has a blistering front page report on Rutgers Football today.   Below are some excerpts. Consider: In the past five years, as Rutgers hiked tuition, eliminated six other varsity sports and canceled classes to cut costs, the university more than doubled annual spending on football, from $7.5 million to $15.6 million. Rutgers now puts more into its football program than any school in the Big East Conference, including Pittsburgh and Syracuse, which have won national titles.   Sen. Shirley Turner, chairwoman of the Senate Education Committee, which drafts policy affecting New Jersey public colleges, said she worries that the school is putting too much emphasis on the sport. "I know that we're all great fans of the Scarlet Knights football ... (link)