There are a few things to look at to put this in perspective. Let’s follow the timeline first:
In spring of 2012 assistant coaches expressed concern about Mike Rice.
Then end of June last year Eric Murdock brought Rice's behavior to the attention of AD Pernetti. Murdock was let go.
The New President Robert Barchi came on board at Rutgers in September 2012.
Then it gets interesting November 26th 2012 when AD Pernetti watches the tapes that show abuse of players by Coach Rice. One week after officially joining the Big Ten Pernetti finally acts on Rice's behavior.
Why is the timeline important? How long had Pernetti been talking with the Big Ten? If he started talking with Big Ten in the spring of 2012 was this a delayed cover up till Big Ten deal was put to bed.
The other thing gnawing at me on this is New President Robert Barchi was made aware of the situation in November and never asked to see the tapes. This is failed leadership or planned act on his part. Either way it is poor judgment and he should resign or Board should fire him. It just seems like one bad decision after another. I would hope someone at Rutgers can practice leadership skills and start making decisions that will help the kids.
It looks like the Rutgers chaos is about the Money! The huge money that will end up in the Rutgers coffers from the Big Ten deal.
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