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(NewsUSA) - The situation at Rutgers is what happens when priorities are out of line.
Shame on the players and any parents who knew what was going on at Rutgers.
And if you don't think some players told their parents about the horrors going on at basketball practice, you're naive.
This is not to let Mike Rice off the hook one bit. He physically and verbally abused his players and it led to him being fired as Rutgers' men's basketball coach on April 3.
Sadly, Rice's dismissal only came after
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(NewsUSA) - The situation at Rutgers is what happens when priorities are out of line.
Shame on the players and any parents who knew what was going on at Rutgers.
And if you don't think some players told their parents about the horrors going on at basketball practice, you're naive.
This is not to let Mike Rice off the hook one bit. He physically and verbally abused his players and it led to him being fired as Rutgers' men's basketball coach on April 3.
Sadly, Rice's dismissal only came after