Rutgers opened its 2015 college football season this past weekend to a stadium filled with cheers, music and merriment. Yet, those sounds were hard to hear over the din of bad news.
The past two weeks have not been good ones “On the Banks of the Old Raritan.” Coach Kyle Flood reportedly emailed an instructor regarding the academic status of one of his players. Rutgers policy forbids coach/teacher contact. The concern is the coach could pressure teachers to award an unearned grade. Still, forbidding all teacher contact seems excessive and is not the rule in most places. Of course, it doesn’t matter.