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‘Unsustainable’: How Rutgers athletics quietly racked up $265M in debt

Tango Two

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This was the year Rutgers University athletics expected to be on firm financial ground.

Instead, the athletic division has been losing more money than ever. And almost half of its $265 million in outstanding debt has not gone toward new buildings — it has instead been used to cover the ever-rising operating costs associated with joining the Big Ten Conference.


 
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