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Excerpt from the article:
*But it was a significant declaration. For years, Rutgers has operated under the misguided perception that the university would someday profit off its teams, or worse, that the spending was a grand waste of resources that tarnished the entire institution.
This perception, to be clear, came from the previous occupants of his office. Holloway’s predecessor, Robert Barchi, used the word “siphoning” to describe how athletics was taking money away from the “academic mission.” It is hard enough to beat Michigan. Try doing it while your own president thinks the whole exercise is a waste of valuable capital.*
Excerpt from the article:
*But it was a significant declaration. For years, Rutgers has operated under the misguided perception that the university would someday profit off its teams, or worse, that the spending was a grand waste of resources that tarnished the entire institution.
This perception, to be clear, came from the previous occupants of his office. Holloway’s predecessor, Robert Barchi, used the word “siphoning” to describe how athletics was taking money away from the “academic mission.” It is hard enough to beat Michigan. Try doing it while your own president thinks the whole exercise is a waste of valuable capital.*
