Which unknown D1 teams? The only non-power conference programs that are routinely competitive have significantly richer tradition and history than we do AND compete in a league with a little more forgiveness if you’re not ON consistently
Are you suggesting with a better coach and theoretically mid major level NIL that we would be better off long term? That’s not true for football or basketball and I think you know that
You’re probably just amongst the group that wants to complain but doesn’t want to contribute because you think it’s “wrong” to have $ involved in college sports
It's both honestly.
Short term: Rutgers, even with our limited resources (comparatively) should be able to compete more. Especially when our resources are more than nearly every other program.
How many programs are ahead of us? 40? 50 in total?
Long term: It's fairly obvious (and has been for decades) that the funding model of college athletics allowing fans to impact spending levels is a problem for Rutgers competing against the teams above us.
OSU or Bama can out spend their mistakes and minimize their down times.
Rutgers can't.
OSU or Bama will never have a NY Giants type downturn. They can spend (via their fans) for a new coaches, replace players and instantly snap back.
See Michigan Basketball.
Unless Rutgers is going to hit 100% on coaches and players, money will always be a problem.
Even 100% wouldn't fully overcome the money gap though.
