Rutgers Athletics: Bring back crew!

rucrew.com Second in a series.

Okay, students, a quick quiz to open class. What do Stanford's David Shaw and Rutgers' Steve Wagner have in common?

What's that? Who is Steve Wagner? Hmmm, okay let's forget the quiz and get right to the lesson.

David Shaw is the Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football at Stanford. Right, he's the head football coach in an endowed position. And Steve Wagner? Well, he's the Bartels/Nicholas Head Crew Coach, and his is the only endowed coaching position at Rutgers, and that endowment is now worth over $2.5 million. Did someone say budget issue?

Last week, we opened this series looking not at a sport that was cut from the sports menu, but one that wants to get a…