(09-08-2021 01:49 PM)BigEastMike Wrote:  

(09-08-2021 01:22 PM)ccd494 Wrote:  

(09-08-2021 12:43 PM)BigEastMike Wrote:  Cautionary tale? Haha don’t leave for a conference that pays a lot of money and stay in one that doesn’t pay much money and has no teams your fan base cares about?

Does the Big Ten pay a lot of money? Rutgers is seemingly not seeing any of it.

Also, granting for a second that the Big Ten was paying Rutgers a lot of money, is there a waiting list for season tickets to sit in the football stadium and watch the interest accrue on Rutgers' bank account?

Rutgers isn’t getting a full share yet, they have also made considerable upgrades to all their facilities and had to buy out two Coaches contracts. Acting like fans care more about playing whoever is left in the AAC over playing on the Big Ten is ridiculous. Ticket sales were down because the team has been god awful for a few years now. Like I said earlier, if they become consistent going to bowl games the ticket sales will go up. Schiano seems to be doing a good job so far. Leaving for the Big Ten was a no brainer and anyone who has moved up from the AAC recently will agree.

I remember when they were joining the B1G that they even said they would have to run huge deficits and probably have to borrow money until they got their full share. Now everyone is stunned that it's happening. It's going according to plan. They knew they would have to upgrade their facilities and get better coaches.