What an idiot Cristobal was. He could have come to Rutgers back in 2012 and I’m sure we could have paid him $800k a year. Fast forward 12 years and we could be paying him $900k a year. Oh well, his loss.
Just did a double take. While you've always been a reasonably balanced poster from Nit-land, this direct criticism of Beaver Stadium is almost unheard of. Be careful, you may be excommunicated by the Cult speaking such blasphemies.
He basically said, the hell with this after he realized there was no protection from the oline. He declared medical retirement only to seek a pro career in Europe later on.
I don't recall anyone mentioning agent takes. I had always assumed that agents take a big chunk of the contract, pre-tax along the lines of 10%. I didn't realize league rules (unless they've changed) limit agents' takes to 3%.
Pacheco's already logged two years and has two remaining. He makes just under 1MM a year, so aside from any other streams of revenue, he's probably bringing in 550k a year net? What are the chances he'll survive another two years and still be able to negotiate another better paying contract...
I don't know what he said at the time, but what could he say? "If it were up to me, I'd fire the guy, but my President and General Counsel won't let me."
He was toeing the company line. We've all been there before.
I get it - it’s Tim’s version of the story, but I tend to buy it. It makes perfect sense.
And despite many posters rejecting the notion that Tim had anything to do with Rutgers joining the B1G…well he says otherwise here.
To be fair, he does say, "We've a chance..." That is true. We have a chance every year as does every team when we're all 0-0. Likelihood? Well, that's a different story.
Definitely seems B1G FB stadiums do not generally sell naming rights.
Certainly deals have become more lucrative recently, especially with short term deals. Some numbers from other programs:
B12 Houston signs 20MM deal for 12 years with TDECU
ACC Louisville signs 41.3MM deal for 20 years...
Wasn't long ago (~2011-2019), the licensing deal with HighPoint yielded about $600,000 a year.
At least we're headed in the right direction. At about 1.5-1.6MM a year, naming rights to the stadium are now better than most G5 stadiums, though still lagging behind most P5 stadiums.