There is so much misinformation, right here, I had to stop reading (and I agree re: Flood).
That being said , YES, our fans are "cheap." No doubt about it.
RU Econ Prof Killingsworth Op-Ed in NJcom
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There is so much misinformation, right here, I had to stop reading (and I agree re: Flood).
That being said , YES, our fans are "cheap." No doubt about it.
This is all very easily solved, increase the state sales tax from 7% to 7.25% and earmark the additional funds to Rutgers athletics. After all, Rutgers is the state flagship university, every citizen of the state should be expected to contribute to its success. I don't see how anybody could object to that small increase going to such a great cause.
Increasing the sales tax and earmarking that increase towards RU Athletics will just get the State Legislator making even more noise in their effort to control the BOG and will have more NJ residents support that idea because of the increase.
A good idea, but could backfire .
Rutgers fans and alums are cheap in general. If not our endowment would not be as pitifully low as it is. We have been around for 250 years to boot. A cheap and old fan base that complain about everything. That is why we have Flood. Thank you to the get off my lawn crowd lol. Just teasing but we are a horrid cheap fanbase. That article has a boat load of truths in it.
It's why the school should try and appeal to the more affluent of NJ, and focus less on the rest.
NJ's greatest export isn't tomatoes. It's college students from wealthy families who are more apt to give.
It's a process though. Our fan base has to develop, just as our programs and department have to at this level.
I don't think the AD needs another person lecturing alumni they need to raise more money
Neither of those two things are achievements in this context. The stadium expansion was supposed to be funded by private, outside money and it wasn't, and the Big Ten invitation (a) was about television sets instead of Rutgers Athletics success and (b) isn't an achievement if Rutgers is always DFL in the standings. -- all points sustained by the op-ed's thesis.
I think we all hope this isn't true, but it isn't easy finding evidence to the contrary.
Actually made sense, but, the opening line was douchey, considering last season ended well with a whipping of UNC.
The Star Ledger and NJ 101.5 would get very large erections. And that would not end well.
I can't argue with any of what Killingsworth said in that opinion piece. He's right. If you don't give then don't bitch about the piss poor situation we're in. NJ is one of the richest states in the US and Rutgers is treated by so many of the New Jersey population, not as a source of pride like all of the other state schools nationwide, but rather an unnecessary evil that the state has to put up with.
I've never seen anything like it and I've lived for 32 years outside of NJ. Where I live in California the UC schools have so much pride while Rutgers is treated like the red headed stepchild that no one wants to be with. It's time more people in NJ realize they have a GREAT SCHOOL and start giving to it instead of bitching why Rutgers isn't better in sports and slipping in the academic rankings. Rutgers needs to be a source of pride and not a loathsome school students apply to and attend because it's their best or only option. For many in NJ it should be their FIRST OPTION!
Rutgers Football Wishlist
1. A president that gives a damn about football and is willing to support it
2. An AD that can actually talk to the press, isn't afraid of them, realizes that football and football only has a chance of being a profit-maker and stops wasting time on soccer and baseball fields, and yes basketball as well.
3. A head coach that can at least recruit his home state.
4. A football program that will make fans want to see it and support it.
5. The fans noted in #4 above.
We had all 5 until 2012. Barchi, Hermann, and Flood have been a disaster for Rutgers football. Now we have none of these. When the Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Ambivalence, Incompetence, and Ignorance) are gone, then and only then can Rutgers Football start rebuilding. Until then, welcome to the 1990's. The more I think about it, I don't want the present administration to choose the next football coach. They'll only doom us for another four years with some cheap, bargain-basement fill-in.
1. A president that gives a damn about football and is willing to support it
2. An AD that can actually talk to the press, isn't afraid of them, realizes that football and football only has a chance of being a profit-maker and stops wasting time on soccer and baseball fields, and yes basketball as well.
3. A head coach that can at least recruit his home state.
4. A football program that will make fans want to see it and support it.
5. The fans noted in #4 above.
We had all 5 until 2012. Barchi, Hermann, and Flood have been a disaster for Rutgers football. Now we have none of these. When the Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Ambivalence, Incompetence, and Ignorance) are gone, then and only then can Rutgers Football start rebuilding. Until then, welcome to the 1990's. The more I think about it, I don't want the present administration to choose the next football coach. They'll only doom us for another four years with some cheap, bargain-basement fill-in.
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This column inspired me to make a donation to the athletics program.
I don't get it. You're pining for the previous administration? They've the ones who hired the current "cheap, bargain-basement fill-in."
