The Rutgers basketball program is a mess. Mike Rice was forced to resign after video footage of him abusing his players was released a few days ago. It involved him shoving players, throwing basketballs at them from close range, and using offensive politically incorrect slang words when doing so.
The bigger problem is that several Rutgers athletic department officials were aware of the incidents, which were a regular occurrence over a period of years, and they elected to do nothing about it to "protect" their program. Yesterday, a team assistant was also forced to step down. I'm thinking this assistant was sacrificed as the scapegoat but this will not be enough to satisfy those who are now investigating the charges.
It's just starting.
When big money is at stake it produces big corruption. More and more of these type of incidents are going to be reported from across the country in the near future. This is just the tip of the ice burg. University officials will start voluntarily giving up some information to protect their own jobs. They'd rather be the whistle blowing "heroes" than those dismissed in shame later. And ESPN will be there to listen to them.
In hindsight, I'm guessing those in charge of the Rutgers program had wished they'd said something sooner. Now they just have a lot of hurt and disgrace in their futures. And ESPN will be there for that as well.
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