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Rutgers Athletics: Scholarships, Title IX, and Rutgers Olympic Sports

Well, we've got about $300 million in construction to do. Then add about a million in cost of attendance to plug in. Holy bankroll, Batman, we are in deep doo doo.

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It was at the end of the 2006-07 school year that Rutgers eliminated six sports in an effort to save money in a period of budget crisis and the need for austerity. The decision seemed to have been made almost exclusively by then-athletic director Bob Mulcahy. Meetings, presentations, and literal begging to save the sports by a host of alumni, athletes, and parents fell on deaf ears.