A day after video was aired on ESPN of Coach Mike Rice shoving, throwing basketballs (often at players heads), kicking, hurling anti-gay slurs and other language at his players, he has been fired by Rutgers University.
Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti fired Rice on Wednesday. Pernetti knew of the video, disseminated by lawyers of a former Rutgers athletics employee, since at least December but says he tried to "rehabilitate" Rice instead of fire him.
"I am responsible for the decision to attempt a rehabilitation of Coach Rice," Pernetti said in a statement. "Dismissal and corrective action were debated in December and I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate, but I was wrong. Moving forward, I will work to regain the trust of the Rutgers community."
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