Someone should get fired
by On the Banks on May 9, 2011 9:34 PM EDT
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PrintMultiple mistakes have been made in operating the Rutgers Visitor Center over the past few days, the most recent of which being the decision to post five pictures on a brand new album on Facebook, posting a link to the album on Twitter in the process.
In the likely event that the online album gets taken down, here are the pictures.
The fourth picture clearly displays the Block R logo on a glass door, but the definitive proof is in the third picture. Compare the carpet pattern and windows to the 14 second mark of this video. There's your confirmation.
Hosting a Notre Dame Club event on the Rutgers campus is patently offensive, especially considering that the center is within walking distance of Rutgers Stadium.
Building a new Visitor Center wasn't cheap, and Rutgers certainly needs to be creative about raising revenue. But this, this is simply unacceptable. The interests of Notre Dame football are diametrically opposed to the interests of Rutgers University in every conceivable respect. Something like this can never be allowed to happen under any circumstances.
Whether it was an oversight or greed, somebody needs to lose their job for letting the Notre Dame Club rent the Rutgers Visitor Center, if not multiple people. Anyone with a hand in this is no friend of Rutgers.
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WTF
This is exactly why the rest of the Big East, and the rest of the NCAA for that matter, hates Notre Dame
There is nothing wrong with this at all
Every team in the league opens their doors to fellow conference schools for events like this. The development people at our institutions actually work together to ensure that events go smoothly for all member schools. I worked in development at USF for years, and if any fellow member needed a conference room for an event, we’d be happy to accommodate them. Rutgers, Notre Dame, and anyone else will have a friendly ear if they call Tampa looking for a place to hold an event, and I can assure you this happens everywhere in the league.
To call for people to be “fired” over this is preposterous, and shows no understanding of how schools can cooperate off the field for the success of all, and leave the competing strictly between the lines.
Editor, Voodoofive.com. The Toughest Blog In America.
if that's the case
then give them some other building far away from everything. To let a Notre Dame club use a campus crown jewel a stone’s throw away from Rutgers Stadium is offensive. This is one bridge I am all too happy to burn. What does Rutgers get from affiliating with Notre Dame? They have have an alumni base in NJ. Few Rutgers alumni live anywhere near South Bend.
by On the Banks on May 9, 2011 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
It might be a bridge that YOU are willing to burn
but others might not have that luxury, desire, or lack of professionalism. If someone wants a nice facility, allow them to use it, and hope that to be reciprocated someday. It might not even be on the same campus, but somewhere else in the league. Instead of ND, it could be at UConn or Syracuse or Louisville or TCU. You absolutely don’t want the reputation as the development team no one wants to work with in the future.
I’m sure there are RU alumni in Chicago, and I’m sure they might want to head over for a football or basketball game someday. Your attitude would deservedly come back to bite you when you’d like to host donors and prospects in the fancy new suites at the remodeled Joyce Center for a basketball game.
A rising tide lifts all ships, and your poor attitude about intra-conference cooperation doesn’t help our league become stronger.
Editor, Voodoofive.com. The Toughest Blog In America.
by Collin Sherwin on May 9, 2011 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Our league?
Join for football and we can talk.
Did they cover up the Block R on the podium?
If so, then I agree…….they should be asked NEVER to return… that a real disrespect.
You All Have It Wrong
I’m an alumnus of both Rutgers (‘03) and Notre Dame (MBA ’09) – as well as a member of the Notre Dame Club of Central Jersey. The club hosted the baseball team, after their game with Rutgers, for a mass and dinner in the student center. It had nothing to do with football and it is actually a common practice for universities to allow a visiting school’s alumni to schedule a formal event at their facilities. There was no disrespect here – on the contrary I went to see Rutgers play at Notre Dame in ‘02 and ND was very gracious in hosting the RU visiting fans. NJ has been suffering from image problems as of late, please don’t perpetuate them.
I agree
This has nothing to do with ND football. Looks like a harmless event for the ND baseball team after a weekend series against RU. What’s the big deal?
by ibleedscarlet on May 10, 2011 7:24 AM EDT up reply actions
no Notre Dame sport should feel welcome at Rutgers
like it or not, all of their sports recruit in New Jersey. Rutgers should not be accommodating those efforts in any way. We are direct competitors.
by On the Banks on May 10, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
don't be ridiculous
This is such an absurd article that I’m sure you’re just teasing to provoke rants. But I have one perfect way for you to prove you’re bonafide. Donate enough money for Rutgers to set up an endowment to replace all the money they make from renting out the visitor center. Then I’m sure they’ll let you have authority over who gets to use it.
you could say that have a chip on my shoulder about these things
but I promise you that the feeling is genuine. Rutgers showing any courtesy towards Notre Dame deeply offends me. That’s not to say they should be treated rudely. They should not be acknowledged whatsoever.
Plus, if the commentators are right in saying that RU let ND use the hall as a common courtesy, that would be even worse. Rutgers doesn’t have many alumni or fans outside of the Northeast. What do they get out of maintaining a positive relationship with other universities outside of an academic context?
Whatever it is, it’s far less than the other parties receive from having access to New Jersey.
by On the Banks on May 10, 2011 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
It's bad Enough
that Notre Dame interlopes on the quality basketball without doing shit for football, but then this stuff, too? I hate them and I always will.
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