Shame that the program is being shut down. I was curious about what went into it so I was looking for some articles, ran across this crazy factoid. Had no idea about Rutgers.
The amount of the subsidy was due to the Rice fall out. Had to buyout him and our AD while we had no conference payouts for 2 years (Big East/AAC withheld everything).
Our AD was really popular so donorship died with him for a bit.
edit.
We also sponsor 27 sports which is way more than a school with our donorships levels should be supporting.