3 April 2013 9:24 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Kudos to Espn for raising the psycho behavior of Rutgers University hoops coach Mike Rice, who was fired today as a result of the sports network’s report. Though I am a huge pro sports fan, watching Rice’s abusive behavior toward his young student athletes makes me glad I made a conscious decision years ago not to follow Ncaa sports. I just couldn’t wrap my arms around the notion that while everybody associated with big college sports is making fortunes — from networks like CBS and Espn, to broadcasters to coaches, and everyone in between — student athletes make this big business possible and only get scholarships that are paltry compensation compared to the proceeds their efforts generate. And since these kids work as hard at their sports endeavors as pro athletes do, graduation rates are understandably not high; imagine how little time and concentration powers a teenager has left »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
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