Rutgers Athletics Lawsuit Over $516M Deficit Funded by Taxpayers

A class-action lawsuit filed on April 1, 2026, by Hector Rodriguez, an attorney, former Franklin Township judge, and member of the Rutgers Class of 1975, alleges that the university has squandered public funds by running its athletic department at a deficit exceeding half a billion dollars since joining the Big Ten in 2014. Filed in Middlesex County Superior Court, … Read more