Yea this whole thing is a shit show and it started years ago with the original adidas contract. The fact that the department was operating without a contract for over a year is negligent. Asbury park article stated the contract was visible on Rutgers website.
I posted the meeting agenda to TKR several times. Click the link in my post above then click the “Page 29”. There it is.
The wording on page 29 is open to interpretation. It states the contract is for 5 years 30 million in the body of the resolution. Then in synopsis makes the terms inclusive of 10 years. I’ve seen this in employment contracts where there are renewal clauses at a minimum of agreed upon terms and conditions mimicking the initial terms and duration. Not a lawyer. And this announcement is intentionally vague by design.
That won't stop the asshats on this board from taking the most negative interpretation of the agreement.
Between that and the fn lawyers we pay to surrender money to every complainant and to shut down anything that has any possibility of exposure.. WTH.. its not like we don't TEACH marketing and TEACH law and TEACH business. Its almost like these people in charge say, how can we cash a paycheck for doing nothing and making sure we never have to do anything.
When has teh most negative interpretation not been true where it came to Rutgers negotiations?
It’s because RU is loaded with people that know theory but have little real world experience. And the bureaucracy has forced out any person with experience only to be replaced by a political appointee.
The amount of time it takes to do the simplest thing for a donor is mind numbing. Multiple e-mails, texts, calls, etc. In our office, someone comes sends an e-mail to the management "committee" (3 people), and it is acted upon the same day or later. Much smaller organization, but we keep our clients and employees happy by getting the little things done right away and people appreciate that. Large organizations don't have bad intent, but things get tied up and lost in the bureaucracy of who do we need approval from to get the simplest things done. It's not unique to Rutgers, but fairly well perfected.
That is a great explanation of the inner workings of many large orgs. My post was specific to deal making, contracts and marketing. RU has done a world class job of screwing these simple tasks for greater than 50 years. Thinking back to my time in the banks in the early to mid 90s. It was nearly impossible to find anything branded Rutgers outside of some shitty 3rd class sweatshirt. But yet anyone trying to print a t shirt for homecoming would get shut down for copyright infringement. I have mentioned on this board many times. I tried to work with RU to get hi end branded merchandise (shirts hats sweatshirts etc…)produced going back to early 2000’s through a vendor I know that produces for many athletic manufacturers and has contracts with most colleges and conferences. RU made it so difficult that the company walked away. Luckily some of this has changed. But as you can see by who, how and what we contracted with for these uniforms I think Rutgers is still “Rutgersing”.
I custom make some of my Rutgers apparel. You should be able to find a small tshirt shop that doesn’t ask about copyrights or trademarks.
Yea. Exactly my experience. Go into any other universities bookstore and you are inundated with multiple branded options. If you are a Nike, Adidas, under armour school, you have entire sections specific to that brand. Huge corporate logos indicating you are a branded school. Go into Rutgers bookstore and you will have a hard time finding anything but some third rate junk off brand TJ max level item. This is not due to Rutger’s fans or students not willing to spend. It is 100% the bureaucracy and politicized positions of Rutgers management.
But knight shift said everything is fine and that Martian drones are invading NJ!
