Mike Rice was not fired as the basketball coach at Rutgers on Wednesday because he abused his players.
He was fired because you and I and the governor of New Jersey and everybody across the country found out about his abusive behavior.
This scandal is a miniaturized version of Penn State, which knew all along about the heinous allegations of child sexual abuse against Jerry Sandusky, but only distanced itself from Sandusky and fired head coach Joe Paterno after the transgressions became public.
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