I have not been able to figure out how to post my audio recording of this post from GarageBand to WordPress. When it comes to selecting the actual file, I am unable to highlight it. I do not know how to fix this problem but here is the written version of what I was essentially talking about:
Hello out there! This is Eric Weber coming at you with my very first podcast for RUnation. So i want to talk about Rutger’s move to the Big Ten Conference. Im sure people are sick of hearing about the constant changing of the NCAA and which team is leaving which conference to join up with another one. But this decision has huge implications for our school. I think the decision is awesome.
Right now the big 10 conference shares revenue from tv deals that total up to over 200 million dollars.That leaves Each school with a fat sum of 24.6 million dollars each. Now, we wont be able to get in on our full share of this money for 6 years which definitely sucks but thats the price for being the incoming freshman of the conference. its predicted that by 2017 each team in the big ten will be receiving about 40 million dollars each! by then we will have our full share, along with a completely new identity as a school. With that kind of money we can give back to the students by reducing admission costs,build and upgrade facilities like the Rac for basketball, and the track on Livingston.
Our sports programs are clearly going to benefit but theres no doubt its going to take a few years of adjusting.coaches will most likely have new recruiting stratagies. the goal will be to keep our states star athletes in new jersey while attracting out of state talent to our school. the perks of being in a dominant conference along with a well-respected academic program will be more than enough to attract our best athletes along with ones from across the nation. OUr state breeds talent in football, track, basketball, lacrosse, baseball, wrestling, and soccer players in the nation.walk-on opportunities will no doubt go down. student athletes will have to get used to cross country traveling for games and meets. but the advantages of this move far outweigh the costs.
some feel that this move is unfair to the sports programs that are not as big as the football program. Most of our other teams aren’t as primed with big-time talent and have lacked the amount of funding that the football program has had in recent years. Money has been pouring into our athletic programs, but in comparison to the big ten conference spending, we will be the second lowest spending athletic department in the big ten. competition we have been seeing in the big east isn’t even comparable to what they will be up against in a few years. but after some sure growing pains I know that we’ll work our way to the top of the big ten.
Fans will be treated to the most competitive sports showdowns in the country every week. I think this is deserved considering that All the support that our students have given to the sports programs, like the 8 million dollars that came out of student fees put towards athletics in 2010 will pay off with big. WE have put too much money and time into building up our school in academics and sports. The new buildings on Livingston, and the 102 million dollar project on high point solutions stadium is proof of this.
With all the money that will be coming in, our school will see a rapid change. There will be A boost in enrolled students and our sports programs will be upgraded to match the most competitive schools in the country.We will be regarded as one of the premiere colleges for research, academics, and sports.
R U Nation 