A new development in Rutgers’ investigation of football coach Kyle Flood’s alleged contact with a professor has been uncovered.
Per Kelly Heyboer of NJ.com, a university representative has said that the instructor whom Flood emailed regarding a student-athlete’s grades “was likely a part-time lecturer making less than $5,000 per class.”
The player that Flood was asking about is rumored to be junior cornerback Nadir Barnwell, and faculty union president David Hughes expressed his concern over the alleged contact.
“You can imagine how someone in those situations would feel,” Hughes said. “A guy earning a million dollars is talking to an instructor earning less than $5,000.