Rutgers AD Pat Hobbs told NJ Advance Media the allotment begins at $1.7 million in 2017-18 and rises to $1.8 million in the sixth year.
Rutgers will receive $100,000 in cash for the purposes of marketing in Year 1 and each year after that will receive $75,000 annually, according to Hobbs. In terms of cash-in-hand, that's less than the Nike deal, which included an annual base payment of $130,000. "The money (from adidas),'' Hobbs said, "has to be used with the purpose of marketing. These are dollars that help them, dollars that help us to promote Rutgers with the adidas logo prominently.