Will Rutgers Tennis Return?

by: Hopeful

Thu Feb 26, 2009 at 01:26:09 PM EST

Blue Jersey users seemed to universally regret the loss of tennis, swimming and other "minor" sports as Rutgers pursued pigskin glory. So I was interested to see that Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan Jr. hasn't forgotten as he welcomes the new Athletic Director:

"I ask that he makes the restoration of the six varsity sports that were cut in summer 2006 a top priority.
"Men's heavyweight crew, lightweight crew, fencing, swimming, diving and tennis and women's fencing may not have received the same spotlight as football.
"But members of these teams were scholar-athletes in the truest sense who performed for the love of competition and achieved some of the highest grade point averages and graduations rates of any group of students at Rutgers.

If you were in charge at Rutgers, would you put your resources into trying to compete with the Florida's, U.S.C.'s, and Oklahoma's of the college football world when even Notre Dame can't manage it, or would you support smaller, less famous sports?

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It's a false choice, like the choice between athletics and academics.

The state university of arguably the wealthiest state in the nation should be able to provide appropriate financial support for outstanding academics while also maintaining a top-notch, and comprehensive, athletic program.

by: Jeff Gardner @ Thu Feb 26, 2009 at 21:54:44 PM UTC

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....are only gay men weighing in on this sports thread ? what's wrong with this picture?

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 14:23:25 PM UTC

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if we don't have athletic programs.... (0.00 / 0)

....then all middleclass kids in NJ with scholarship ambitions will be forces to look out of state for their college goals. and of course out of state means out of state tuition.

besides Rutger's gridiron success lasted, what, a season and a half?

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by: Jay Lassiter @ Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 14:22:05 PM UTC

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