Actually, if Rutgers determines that according to whatever guidelines they use, they need a certain number of police officers (e.g., 100, 200 or 300), it is general emergency services practice to not have a couple/few agencies meet that requirement. You can't deplete all the local police forces (Piscataway, New Brunswick, Highland Park) to stand around and watch a football game.
These crossing guards help keep the peace, and ensure quick response for any issues that might arise.
Which is a good move. Remember where they used to be? I’d like to think some of us had a part in that particular shift of resources.
As mentioned this is done because of what was said earlier…there is not enough on hand (in Rutgers opinion) on their own to do what they feel needs to be done on gameday. But there can be some issues if anything were to happen, God forbid, when you have so many different groups (and types) interfacing.
I know for a fact they haven’t asked some more regional agencies that are the best at it. I do know the NJSP did ask one of those agencies to help them for an event at MetLife.
"In 2020, we won 3 games. In 2024, we won 7 games, a 133% increase, so the extra spending is generating results. We are literally paying for success."
Don't mind the extra security at all but just to be clear as crossing guards they suck . Ask anyone trying to get in or out of the blue lot.
That’s true. As they’re really not good at it either.
They work with the SP and Homeland Security, which is good enough. Point is, everything is planned, they don't just arbitrarily set staffing levels.
www.shorenewsnetwork.com
I think a terror attack is more likely here in Jersey because of the location and ethnic groups. You sure as hell won't find someone performing a terror attack at the WVU.
Rutgers University is not profitable.
When you include non operating income, Rutgers is profitable. It’s says so on the financial statements.
Where is the report showing $7.9 million and 85 football scholarships?
He didn’t say close, just remove the connection to Rutgers. If those people and NJ still want it, they can keep it.
Nothing wrong with this and it's what should be happening. Good move. But not who I was inferring.
Non operating like including the market value gain of the endowment should not be considered profit and therefore they do operate at a loss. They can’t use the gain to fund operations and it’s also highly volatile. There is a reason there is an operating income line item.
The first bomb-maker of the World Trade Center (1993) was an engineer student from Rutgers. A university is the perfect recruiting ground for young and easily influenced minds, plus a softer target to hit than bigger events. The attack would still receive intense media coverage because of the location when compared to middle America. Bottom line, an attack anywhere would be terrible and sickening for any American.
Rutgers Football Games are not more high profile than the aforementioned, but the events have similar risks. I would hazard a guess that the same state agency doesn’t have the manpower to also provide security for Rutgers events, so using resources from various Sheriffs Offices, is the workaround, that someone came up with decades ago. And it’s not like we can replace sheriffs officers with Acme Security Company because officers have to have the power to make arrests where warranted.
Agree on the bolded. You have to have real guys for at least the illusion.
While in college and for some time after I worked at the Price Club (now Costco) in on Rte 27 in Edison. If I only bought Price Club stock then...🙁
Yes, the school of engineering is charged $41,318,000 in this year's budget.
$151,909,000. The school gets huge $$ of contracts and grants.
I understand this and agree. That’s kind of the point and why this treating Rutgers like a business that should pay players beyond its core mission is stupid. I was just correcting you including non operating income inclusion in the formula.As a 501c3 Non Profit institution, Rutgers exists to primarily educate the citizenry of New Jersey, not to turn a profit. So going in, we know that Rutgers operations will never be profitable because it relies on state subsidies, which are not considered operating income.
Regular Corporations do not use non operating income to fund operations, but state universities are an exception, because state universities use state support, which is also volatile, to fund operations. Private University Princeton uses earnings from its endowment to fund 2/3 of its operating revenue. I’m sure Rutgers does something similar with its investment income as well.
Endowment continues to provide foundation for Princeton’s groundbreaking research, innovative scholarship and national leadership on college affordability
For the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2024, Princeton’s endowment generated a 3.9% investment gain and its value stood at $34.1 billion. The average annual return on the endowment for the past 10 years is 9.2% and is 9.9% for the past 20 years. The endowment is the financial foundation that...research.princeton.edu
Considering non operating income provides a holistic view of Rutgers Financial Health.
I was merely parroting what Rutgers shows on their financials. Profitability may have been used incorrectly. What Rutgers says on its Financials is increase in Net Position.
Correct and it could reverse next year. Correct to look at the operating income line to get a better sense. They shouldn’t necessarily be profitable but of course they would prefer to break even or run a slight profit. The main point is nearly all colleges and ADs lost money or make no profit. Counter to everyone saying “look at all the money they are making”
Even OSU has a deficit:
www.mindingthecampus.org
