also states Barchi not supporting RU athletics,says RU cancelled game because RU needs the money badly.'pinching pennies",'struggling in bank account"
https://maryland.247sports.com/Arti...-Maryland-Football-Game-from-Yankee-109216156
Rutgers football on Friday announced it's relocating the upcoming football game against Maryland, scheduled for Yankee Stadium, to High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. What was to be a showcase event featuring a wrestling-football doubleheader sold as "The Big Ten Battle in the Bronx," will now be played on campus at Rutgers.
But why? The Yankees are one win away from reaching the World Series, but even if they do advance, they'll be done playing games at the Stadium by Oct. 29. According to NJ.com, it would take a full week to prepare the field for football and the Yankees' staff might not have been available to help Rutgers prepare.
"We were looking forward to staging this historic event at Yankee Stadium," Rutgers athletics director Pat Hobbs said in a press release. "With two weeks until the date, it was important for us to finalize details that help ensure our fans and our student-athletes have a one-of-a-kind experience."
But the more important answer might be the same thing that often prompts these decisions: money.
Rutgers is struggling on the field and in the bank account. (Photo: Jesse Johnson, USA TODAY Sports)
By moving the game from Yankee Stadium, Rutgers gets its full $750,000 rental fee back from the Yankees, per NJ.com. That might sound like a relatively small amount for a Big Ten football program, but it's big money when you consider the state of the Scarlet Knights athletic program. It had to borrow $6.1 million from the university to help ease a $39 million shortfall -- in part because of money owed to fired football coach Kyle Flood, fired basketball coach Eddie Jordan and fired A.D. Julie Hermann -- in 2016, and the school's president is gradually withdrawing all university subsidies for athletics.
Rutgers president Robert Barchi recently announced a "financial roadmap" to ensure its sports teams will be financially independent by 2020-2021, the year Rutgers and Maryland finally receive full $40-50 million shares of Big Ten revenue. By then, Rutgers is expected to owe more than $24 million on loans, and Barchi appears steadfast in removing support of athletics. The Scarlet Knights, like Maryland, are also struggling to fill the stands on Saturdays. But unlike the Terps, they don't have a brand new football facility or top-25 recruiting classes to hint at future success.
So not only is Rutgers continuing to struggle in the main revenue sports -- see: a 5-23 record in Big Ten football games and no NCAA Tournaments since 1991 -- but its administration also appears to be kneecapping its sports teams. And you thought Maryland fans were long-suffering.
Sure, the TV money from that New York market's great for the Big Ten, but do you think Jim Delany winces every time he sees that red "R" on the conference roster? Which brings us back to the decision to move that game from Yankee Stadium, which has angered fans of both teams who've already made arrangements for New York City that weekend. It might be more about pinching pennies than any logistical problems.
https://maryland.247sports.com/Arti...-Maryland-Football-Game-from-Yankee-109216156
Rutgers football on Friday announced it's relocating the upcoming football game against Maryland, scheduled for Yankee Stadium, to High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. What was to be a showcase event featuring a wrestling-football doubleheader sold as "The Big Ten Battle in the Bronx," will now be played on campus at Rutgers.
But why? The Yankees are one win away from reaching the World Series, but even if they do advance, they'll be done playing games at the Stadium by Oct. 29. According to NJ.com, it would take a full week to prepare the field for football and the Yankees' staff might not have been available to help Rutgers prepare.
"We were looking forward to staging this historic event at Yankee Stadium," Rutgers athletics director Pat Hobbs said in a press release. "With two weeks until the date, it was important for us to finalize details that help ensure our fans and our student-athletes have a one-of-a-kind experience."
But the more important answer might be the same thing that often prompts these decisions: money.
Rutgers is struggling on the field and in the bank account. (Photo: Jesse Johnson, USA TODAY Sports)
By moving the game from Yankee Stadium, Rutgers gets its full $750,000 rental fee back from the Yankees, per NJ.com. That might sound like a relatively small amount for a Big Ten football program, but it's big money when you consider the state of the Scarlet Knights athletic program. It had to borrow $6.1 million from the university to help ease a $39 million shortfall -- in part because of money owed to fired football coach Kyle Flood, fired basketball coach Eddie Jordan and fired A.D. Julie Hermann -- in 2016, and the school's president is gradually withdrawing all university subsidies for athletics.
Rutgers president Robert Barchi recently announced a "financial roadmap" to ensure its sports teams will be financially independent by 2020-2021, the year Rutgers and Maryland finally receive full $40-50 million shares of Big Ten revenue. By then, Rutgers is expected to owe more than $24 million on loans, and Barchi appears steadfast in removing support of athletics. The Scarlet Knights, like Maryland, are also struggling to fill the stands on Saturdays. But unlike the Terps, they don't have a brand new football facility or top-25 recruiting classes to hint at future success.
So not only is Rutgers continuing to struggle in the main revenue sports -- see: a 5-23 record in Big Ten football games and no NCAA Tournaments since 1991 -- but its administration also appears to be kneecapping its sports teams. And you thought Maryland fans were long-suffering.
Sure, the TV money from that New York market's great for the Big Ten, but do you think Jim Delany winces every time he sees that red "R" on the conference roster? Which brings us back to the decision to move that game from Yankee Stadium, which has angered fans of both teams who've already made arrangements for New York City that weekend. It might be more about pinching pennies than any logistical problems.
