The money that Rutgers spends — and loses — on its athletics program will be examined on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on Tuesday at 10 p.m. EST.
NJ Advance Media viewed an advance screening of the 15-minute segment entitled, "Arms Race.'' With Jon Frankel reporting, the piece examines how the pursuit of winning on the athletic fields continues to drive up college costs and notes that Rutgers is among the majority of schools that loses money on its athletics programs.
It starts off by showing a packed High Point Solutions Stadium, with the band performing, with fireworks exploding, and with former Scarlet Knights football coach Kyle Flood leading his team out of the tunnel for the 2014 Big Ten opener against Penn State.