Sep 21, 2008 12:35 pm US/Eastern
Report: N.J. Lawmakers Aiding Rutgers Athletics
Sports Program Reportedly Receives Special Grants
TRENTON (CBS) ―
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Rutgers University football coach Greg Schiano. (AP)
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New Jersey lawmakers have reportedly been approving special grants to the Rutgers University athletics program even as academic aid is being slashed.
The Star-Ledger of Newark reports that Trenton lawmakers have approved $2.25 million in grants so far by tacking on earmarks to the state budget.
Documents obtained by the newspaper under the Open Public Records Act reportedly show the money being channeled directly to the athletics department and the university's football team.
The grants have been kept separate from the school's annual aid package.
Critics tell the newspaper there is nothing illegal about the grants but they seem to have been kept out of the public eye.
Rutgers officials did not immediately return a call for comment.
In the first 10 years of Bob Mulcahy's tenure as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Rutgers, the University's football program rose to top 25 rankings and bowl championships, and the women's basketball program reached the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight in three of the last four seasons.
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