PISCATAWAY -- Correcting the wayward Rutgers athletics department came at a cost.
After two straight years of decline, the subsidy needed to sustain Rutgers athletics jumped to $28.6 million in fiscal year 2016, according to a NJ Advance Media review of the annual report filed to the NCAA and obtained through an Open Public Records Act request.
A combination of $11.4 million in student fees plus $17.1 million in direct institutional support and $29,163 in state government support accounts for the total needed to balance athletics' total operating budget of $83.