WHY THE HELL HASN'T MIKE RICE BEEN FIRED YET?

Did all of these incidents occur in one practice? And does 20 examples of physically and verbally abusing kids count as a "first-time offense."

The hell with getting fired. If my kid is one of the ones getting kicked, punched, pushed and hit in the head with a ball, we're pressing charges to assault.

 

Correct me if i'm wrong here but the players didn't report him...? None have spoken out against him since the video has been outted or have i missed something here? Do we really think it was malicious? Yes the situation needs to be addressed I'm not saying it is okay, I'm just saying......

 

It's unclear from the story whether the AD said that at the time of Rice's suspension - or said it a day or two ago in response to the OTL story.

The difference being that if it was said in December, it was said with the intention of concealing the violence eventually revealed by the videotape.

 

Another coverup in college sports....

If people can't learn from Penn State, what will it fucking take?

 

Fear of getting kicked off the team and losing their scholarships is a powerful motivator to keep silent.

 

Some interesting connect the dots here. The whistle blower Eric Murdock played at Providence College. His Freshman year coach in '87/'88 was Gordie Chiesa who was fired after that season supposedly after players went to AD John Marianato and complained that Chiesa was too tough on them. Marty Conlin who went on to play in The NBA actually quit the team because of Chiesa.
Jeff Van Gundy was an assistant coach on that team.

 

Rice will be fired by end of week.

 

Does the AD survive? That's the most interesting question for me here. Can you dump a guy who just moved heaven and earth to get you in the Big 10? I would hope so, but we'll see.

 

Tell all this to Tyler Clementi's family; I'm sure they'd love to know that throwing rubber balls at athletes are the real problem here, not the flinging of harmless slurs.

 

If Rice wasn't 15-16 and 5-13 in the Big East this year, no one would give a shit.

 

Yeah, lots of bullying goes unreprted. What's your point?