Why would the state legislature need to allocate said funding? The University has the money to do it, without state intervention.
The reason it's not going to happen is because we're already tapping that revenue stream. The University "loaned" the athletic department more than $11 million last year as part of the funds required to close the athletic department's deficit.
Barchi's message was clear - by 2021 there will be no more institutional support of Rutgers athletics. The department cannot afford to incur any additional indebtedness that it can't pay off by then.
I'm trying to get creative. But it does seem to me like some donors were willing to pony up, in any case, based on what I am reading.