Mike Rice, the head basketball coach at Rutgers, was fired yesterday morning. He was fired based on the same information the school had back in November, the only difference was that now the whole world knew of his cowardly, pathetic and violent behavior.
Tim Pernetti, Rutgers Director of Intercollegiate Athletics failed in his job. He failed to protect young people from a clear abuse of power.
Fire Tim Pernetti.
From Mr. Pernetti: "I spent more time with that option on whether we should fire Mike or
not than any other option," Pernetti said on WFAN Radio Tuesday. "At the
same time, the results of the investigation and where we ended up, the
determination was made to suspend him."
Some investigation. Look at the videos. Then fire the guy being violent, abusive and using anti-gay slurs. Mr. Pernetti saw the videos back in November.
Didn't something similar just happen at Penn State. That case involved sex abuse. Yet the same abuse of power existed, and people who knew about it did nothing to stop it, let along shine a light on it.
Does anyone at Rutgers believe that Mr. Pernetti is a shining example of someone young people should look up to and respect? Should anyone have faith in his judgement?
Let's speak truth to power. Hopefully those in power at Rutgers will tell Mr. Pernetti to take a hike.
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