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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 3054789, member: 7511"] WBB is hardly about money and the situation at Rutgers is a little more complex than simply a desire to win games. Rutgers established programs to accept and educate economically and socially disadvantaged students going back to the early 1900’s. Perhaps the most renowned example was the son of a former slave who received an academic scholarship to Rutgers. Paul Robeson was an AA football player, Rhodes Scholar and magnificent Baritone who we might never have heard of if Rutgers hadn’t given him an opportunity. The current problems at Rutgers are reflective of the problems with society itself. Geno has spoken frequently about the challenges in dealing with young people today vs when he was starting out, and Geno generally is dealing with the cream of the crop. What is also different is that for many years women’s sports were immune from many of the incidents that plagued men’s sports. Over the past 10+ years there has been an unwelcome trend in women’s sports that reflects a growing problem with maturity and behavior among young women athletes that mirrors some of the problems that have plagued men’s sports for years. While Rutgers WBB might have more than their share of problems, they are clearly not alone. Baylor, TN, TX and even UConn have had to deal with behavioral problems in recent years. [/QUOTE]