HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel recently aired a story about college athletics’ cost to students. The segment featured Rutgers athletic programs. Correspondent Jon Frankel’s story left some troubling, inaccurate impressions.
Frankel’s piece opened with shots of Rutgers’ first Big Ten Conference football game against Penn State on September 13, 2014. As game video rolled, Frankel said, "This is the scene at Rutgers University on a Saturday night in the fall. It's the biggest party in New Jersey. Everything young people dream of when they go off to college. But, when morning comes and all that's left is the bill, some on campus say it was less a dream than a nightmare.