In money spent on fireworks last season. $191k
WORTH. EVERY. PENNY
WORTH. EVERY. PENNY
we're #1!
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No one can touch our game-day experience. We just need to win now.
Fonseca is a nerdy *** creep who shouldve been left to ferment in his own excrement in whatever locker he got stuffed in back in 7th grade.
This X back and forth on the fireworks is amusing. Keli and Tate getting defensive on athletics department spending. Keli should have checked the OPRA response from Rutgers records people before knocking Fonseca's tweet, which seemed frivolous to me but I don't post on X so don't really know. Now it shows at Rutgers the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing, meanwhile Keli has inserted herself into fireworks expense line item debate with the media.
Funniest is when UMass did fireworks after making a field goal against Northern Illinois making the score 45-0 to 45-3 in an empty stadium.
Rutgers football is consistently near top of the conference on game day expenses, which includes security, ref crew, ambulances, and probably fireworks too. Penn State is number one by a lot. Not sure why that is though.
One point is hyper growth in game day spending has not translated to higher ticket sales revenue.
Rutgers football game expenses
2022 $3,157,550
2023 $3,770,587
2024 $4,681,394
2025 $6,128,237
Rutgers football ticket sales revenue
2022 $9,074,553
2023 $10,344,071
2024 $9,248,430
2025 $9,242,445
Sources: NCAA MFRS, FK
Funniest is when UMass did fireworks after making a field goal against Northern Illinois making the score 45-0 to 45-3 in an empty stadium.
Rutgers football is consistently near top of the conference on game day expenses, which includes security, ref crew, ambulances, and probably fireworks too. Penn State is number one by a lot. Not sure why that is though.
One point is hyper growth in game day spending has not translated to higher ticket sales revenue.
Rutgers football game expenses
2022 $3,157,550
2023 $3,770,587
2024 $4,681,394
2025 $6,128,237
Rutgers football ticket sales revenue
2022 $9,074,553
2023 $10,344,071
2024 $9,248,430
2025 $9,242,445
Sources: NCAA MFRS, FK
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You know he didn't write the article, right? He was just sharing the info....
Zinn zinged on Greg's staff.
I've posted, with evidence, Greg's support team size and expense is obscene by every measure. Tate and Keli can't blame this on NCAA reporting rules and NJ benefits costs, the twin pegs on which they hang their deficit excuses.
I've posted, with evidence, Greg's support team size and expense is obscene by every measure. Tate and Keli can't blame this on NCAA reporting rules and NJ benefits costs, the twin pegs on which they hang their deficit excuses.
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The problem isnt spending 200k on fireworks.
It's spending 200k on fireworks they crying how poor the program is.
Yes, we have a revenue problem.
But also a spending problem.
Revenue problem we can't help.
Spending smarter? Thats within the AD control.
It's spending 200k on fireworks they crying how poor the program is.
Yes, we have a revenue problem.
But also a spending problem.
Revenue problem we can't help.
Spending smarter? Thats within the AD control.
This is starting to look like how Julie "handled" the media when she first started.
Sure but if you aren't going to attract fans with a winning team, maybe a decent game atmosphere can do it.
Because we’re not spending enough. Spend a billion on Al’s Glorious Fieldhouse, a hundred mil on 50 more coaches and a new 500 million King Gregory Edward Schiano Rest Area on the NJT and we will begin to reverse the cash flow deficit
Football Expenses have doubled in 4 years while dollar revenue remains flat.
Correct on 2 points:
1. Rutgers is like Wil-E Coyote. Step on a rake, hit yourself in face, step back on a hoe and hit yourself in the back of the head.
Rutgers provided the data for "fireworks expenses."
2. 2024 ticket revenue down slightly, but expenses go up by nearly $1.5M, and double since 2022? That's bonkers.
Here's the image in full size.
100%.
It's like a panhandler saying he can't afford to eat, but he has the latest I phone.
And there are posters here who will browbeat fans for not giving enough. Some have given and stopped or will not give because they see money being spent foolishly.
Yes, but we also know why he was sharing the information.
I disagree. Julie trusted the media in the beginning. I've seen nothing out of Zinn that suggests she thinks these jerkoffs in the local media are winnable (and they are not).
Kelli will learn that there isn’t much upside to getting into to it with the media.
Fonseca is probably the biggest douche we have in our local media. That kid probably got stuffed in a lot of lockers in HS.
Boo hoo bro. All you do is post about how Rutgers spends on things. You don’t like Rutgers. You never have. Loser.
FatGPT is a crumb bum clown and needed to be kicked off the board for good a long time ago.
Cause she took an L on that twitter exchange.
So social media is blocked by my corporate firewall, so I can't see what's been posted above from X/Twitter. I'll look at it tonight.
I completely agree. They have improved the overall fan experience over the last few years with the boardwalk, drone shows, fireworks, etc.
Except, in the last 4 years our slice of revenue from the Big 10 has continued to increase until we are finally, I believe, receiving our full share this coming year.
See my point above about income. As for tickets, they need to stop this nickel and diming BS with donations, tickets and parking passes.
Huge mistake by Julie, one of the reasons she was very unsuited for this position.
They've been doing a decent job of that as I noted above. But they always seem to find a way to shoot themselves in the foot. Not having a Spring Game is indicative of that. With no open practices in the spring or summer along with not having a Fan Appreciation Day during Summer Camp, you've eliminated any fan exposure between the last home game of 2025 and the first home game of 2026.
I completely agree. They have improved the overall fan experience over the last few years with the boardwalk, drone shows, fireworks, etc.
Except, in the last 4 years our slice of revenue from the Big 10 has continued to increase until we are finally, I believe, receiving our full share this coming year.
See my point above about income. As for tickets, they need to stop this nickel and diming BS with donations, tickets and parking passes.
Huge mistake by Julie, one of the reasons she was very unsuited for this position.
They've been doing a decent job of that as I noted above. But they always seem to find a way to shoot themselves in the foot. Not having a Spring Game is indicative of that. With no open practices in the spring or summer along with not having a Fan Appreciation Day during Summer Camp, you've eliminated any fan exposure between the last home game of 2025 and the first home game of 2026.
this is apples and oranges. Marketing does the fireworks/game day stuff, and totally kick *** at it.
Greg is the one who decides no spring game. I don't have a problem with it. Last year we lost Famah Toure for the season from an injury in the spring game and So many schools are forgoing their spring games.
What I wish they would bring back is Lady Knight Football Camp. Because that was one of the best nights of the year, every year. (but it ain't happening. Greg already put the kibosh on that)
Won't be the last of her experiences with the RU Screw. The RU Screw not only screws students, it screws high level administrators.
The question Fonseca and these other Twitter dweebs should be asking is why all the other schools are paying so much for crappy firework displays.
The shows Rutgers puts on are head and shoulders above all these other programs and we are only paying a few grand more?
Kudos to Rutgers for being so savvy.
The shows Rutgers puts on are head and shoulders above all these other programs and we are only paying a few grand more?
Kudos to Rutgers for being so savvy.
Fonseca would fit like a glove with the creeps that comprise the Philly WIP dorks run by meth nepo baby Spike Eskin. The older I get, the more I follow this process map: Those who can't play, coach. Those who can't play or coach, and are rich, get into sports management. Those who who can't play or coach and are not rich, get into sports media and become hated by the fans their teams cover.
One thing to think about: is spending so much money on fireworks the most cost-effective way of improving the fan experience? Of course a better team would be the best way, but that's not something we can accomplish overnight. Are there other things we can do today that would make fans enjoy coming to games more than they do now? For instance, could the concessions be improved, and would that be a better use of money than fireworks? I don't know the answers, but it seems to me those are the questions worth asking.
The NJ media is just mad that no one cares about their anti RU screeds anymore.
Between the B1G money (which they play down if not deny); the school skyrocketing in the rankings; or the overall affordability crisis that causes all but the top 1% of NJ families to consider RU seriously, they have lost it all.
Remember too that the state stepped in to get GS here and get RAC work done, and every election result since has endorsed that decision.
Brian is just praying that some clown will ask the gov or Tate at a presser about this, and that if they did, it would be taken seriously. Good luck with that bro.
Between the B1G money (which they play down if not deny); the school skyrocketing in the rankings; or the overall affordability crisis that causes all but the top 1% of NJ families to consider RU seriously, they have lost it all.
Remember too that the state stepped in to get GS here and get RAC work done, and every election result since has endorsed that decision.
Brian is just praying that some clown will ask the gov or Tate at a presser about this, and that if they did, it would be taken seriously. Good luck with that bro.
"yeah, those cannon loads are expensive and we scored a crap more TDs and points last year"
She needs to be more careful with these guys and these guys are a$$hats always trying to embarrass .... we do a good enough job of that ourselves.
She needs to be more careful with these guys and these guys are a$$hats always trying to embarrass .... we do a good enough job of that ourselves.
I heard they didnt want to risk any major injuries which would have jeopardized summer vacations and the fall season.
If the SL or anyone else wants to get in the mud, Keli is not someone to do that with.
NJ is an incredibly expensive place to do anything. The amount of fees and extra support to have a fireworks display is probably eye popping. It’s naive and silly to think the school simply paid more for the fireworks themselves