Last year Rutgers used nearly $27 million in university and student-fee money to balance its athletics budget. It was not unusual: since 2006, Rutgers has spent more than $115 million to cover athletics spending...Consider also that Rutgers is a state university.
From Critical Mass:
This is the school that just paid Toni Morrison $30,000 to give a graduation speech. It’s also the school that paid Jersey Shore’s Snooki $32,000 to speak. Fittingly, Snooki’s advice, delivered to two standing-room-only crowds, exemplifies Rutgers’ budgetary priorities: “Study hard, but party harder.”Notice that "Snooki" out-earns "Toni" in the state-funded speaker sweepstakes here.
