Rutgers is having all type of problems.
A bunch of athletes were arrested and now the head coach has been suspended. At first, I thought he was caught get frisky with an employee Bobby Petrino style, but it is a much more mundane offense according to NJ.com.
“This suspension is the result of the very detailed extensive investigation that we carried out over the past several weeks regarding the allegations that the football coach had an inappropriate contact with a faculty member who was the instructor of one of our football players, a contact that is in violation of the university policy,” Barchi said. “That is what it’s about. That is what it’s in response to.”
Three weeks ago, NJ Advance Media first reported that the university’s office of ethics and compliance, with help from outside counsel, was investigating an email Kyle Flood sent from a personal account to a Mason Gross faculty member regarding the status of Nadir Barnwell, a junior cornerback whose academic eligibility had been in doubt since May.
It appears he was trying to call in a favor to get his player eligible and someone turned him in. This is what happens when you coach at Rutgers and not a football factory.
He has been suspended for 3 games and fined $50k.
