Schiano's Salary

It seems Schiano's salary and the perceived shiftiness by the RU athletic department and administration has made front page news in New Jersey and mention in sports sections nationwide. I wish the naysayers would give it a rest. When you make a commitment to have a competitive Division I football team you need to retain a top-flight coach, and that costs money. Bob Mulcahy came up with a creative way to supplement Schiano's base salary, which quite possibly could have been the difference between Schiano staying or bolting for Miami or Michigan in each of the past two years. By having that marketing company pay his salary, the money was at no extra cost to NJ taxpayers or the students who currently attend Rutgers.

The bottom line is this: after reading the article in the Star-Ledger my boss passed me in the hallway and said, "You're a Rutgers football guy. How come the coach makes 3 million a year and you don't?" My response, "because I don't fill 43,000 seats every night." And that will be 56,000 filled seats once the expansion is done. Multiple either of those numbers times the cost of a ticket. Then multiply that times the 8 sold out home games last year and the 7 sold out home games for the upcoming season. I'm no mathematician, but....

Later,
DD

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