"positive effect Rutgers Football has had on... the university in particular" = more dumb yahoos take the bus tour cuz they got Scarlett Fever yo.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Damnit. Damnit.
Once again, Rutgers ends up being run by complete idiots.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Seriously. Why should University of Michigan, University of Texas, and University of Virginia have better reps than Rutgers? Rutgers is the closest large public university to New York city, its one of, if not the most diverse schools in the country, and its one of the oldest in the country (1763!!).
Its b/c we make stupid, stupid decisions like this. 30 million? Do you know how many top-notch kids we could have lured there with that money as scholarships? Or how many top-notch profs we could have lured there with that money as salaries for them?
But NO. Luxury boxes. Fuck that.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 22 August 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
seriously - you want to raise the profile of the school, you spend that money making sure Rutgers scoops up any top students that don't make the ivies, recruit them like THEY were football players, and put some resources into grooming a few for Rhodes scholarships.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
But of course that's not going to make the cover of the Daily News and light up the Empire State Building red, and that's what really counts, right?!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/sports/ncaafootball/18rutgers.html?ref=education
It's fucking painful, really. But funny.
― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link