UPDATE: Mike Rice has been fired. Rutgers should also fire Mr. Pernetti who clearly failed in doing anything about this until the public found out.
I hesitated writing the title of a blog post that includes words that make me uncomfortable. I assure you this is a direct quote, and because of the power of the two words combined, I decided to go ahead with the title.
I was enjoying morning time with the furries watching the CBS Morning Show and watched as they showed video of the Rutgers (university in New Jersey) head basketball coach Mike Rice hit, pushed, threw basketballs at and shouted gay slurs to his players. One of the things I heard him say on the tape is the title of this post. He also called his players "fairies".
As I have written about many times here, language is huge. In a time when it seems equality is getting stronger and more and more people are getting comfortable with the idea of gay people getting married let alone existing, we get to watch video of a very well paid man call someone this.
How far have we seriously come when the worst thing a coach can think of calling one of his players to denigrate him or make him feel small is a faggot?
And just in case you're wondering, this guy, as of this morning (April 3, 2013) still has his job.
The violence. The words. These are not actions and statements from someone who should be respected in any way. This guy is a coach!
Fire him. Today.
From the athletic director Tom Pernetti on suspending the coach: "This was not an easy decision for me to make but absolutely necessary to ensure what is best for our program."
Seriously? He saw the video in November! It seems he is now only taking action because of the video becoming public. By the way, thank you ESPN for showing the video. It was not an easy decision to suspend him?
I simply don't get it. Oh, I get the world of sports. I don't get that any university, school, program, etc would want anything to do with a man like Mike Rice.
Fire Mike Rice. Fire him today.
Thanks for reading.
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