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Respect. It's not about the word. It's about the connection the word implies. When we talk about the word "respect," most often we are referring to it in a hierarchical sense. You respect those above you, respect those who have more experience than you, respect those who can teach you, respect those who have your best interests. Even when it's hard to endure what they're asking you to do, what they're asking you to take. You respect someone or something enough, and anything is possible. The backwards, hypocritical, asinine, and insipid system currently active in the NCAA is a prime example of how words like "respect" continue their rapid decline in value in our society. Don't believe me? Recently, a man was fired from his coaching position for something he did in November. Or rather, something that he was filmed doing and was later given to the athletic director it November (which is important). It's implied that he could have been doing it for months. For years, perhaps. Of course, the man I am talking about is former Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice Jr., who was dumped by the program on April 3, when a video of him abusing his players during practice was first aired by ESPN's Outside The Lines television program. What do we mean by abuse? Gay-slurs. Smacking players in the back of the head. Throwing balls at players heads and chests. When the abusive video was given to then-Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, it was decided Rice would not be fired for his actions. Instead, he received a $50,000 fine and a three-game suspension, according to ESPN. Were it not for then-assistant coach Eric Murdock, who I will be discussing later on, turning over this video to Outside The Lines, Rice would still be the coach at Rugters and no one would have been the wiser. Here's the question. What do we want kids to learn from collegiate athletics? Loyalty? Yeah, loyalty. That must be it. Easy enough, right. Not quite. The current head coach of the Norte Dame football program is Brian Kelly. Before he took that position, he was the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats, where he racked up a record of 34-6 in four years en route to three Big East Coach of the Year awards. One of the players credited for his success in Cincinnati was a kid named Marty Gilyard, who played cornerback and wide receiver under Kelly's system. In 2006, Gilyard was redshirted for academic reasons. I imagine Kelly saying something to the effect of "In order to play, in order to be loyal to your team, you have to respect the academic process." And like the obedient rascals that football players are trained to be, Gilyard did just that. Improved his grades. Became a starter. Earned first-team All-Big East honors in 2008 and 2009. And for his loyalty, for his respect and commitment to his program and his coach, how was he repaid? In 2009, when Cincinnati earned a Sugar Bowl birth to play against the Tim Tebow-led Florida Gators, a game that's possibly the biggest of Gilyard's college career, Kelly departs for South Bend, Indiana. Gilyard was visibly upset, and rightfully so. Oh, but that was different, some might say. At the big-time schools, those things "just happen." Bret Bielema leaves Wisconsin for Arkansas. Pete Carroll leaves USC for the NFL. Hey, but at the smaller schools? Man, those coaches are loyal to their kids. Yeah, you wanna see loyalty, take a look at the smaller conference teams. Boise State (football). Butler. VCU. They've got it right. Ok, let's do that. One of the feel good stories of the year so far would have to be the basketball team at Florida Gulf Coast University. The bracket-busting team that no one saw coming. Led by a stud coach named Andy Enfield. Last month, Enfield led the 15-seeded Eagles to a dominating victory over Georgetown, a Final Four favorite in the eyes of many. After beating San Diego State in the next round, Enfield became the first coach to led a 15-seed into the Sweet 16, his loyal players chanting "Andy! Andy! Andy!" after the win. And although the team ultimately fell to the Florida Gators, FGCU is a program on the rise. With Enfield at the helm, perhaps the Eagles will shock the world again. Just one problem. Enfield left the program, left the small-nit community of basketball fans in Fort Myers, Florida, left the players who chanted his name and followed his lead when he asked for their loyalty and respect during every game and every practice. He left for the bright lights of Los Angeles to become the head coach at the University of Southern California. Ok, so maybe the coaches don't have it all together, some might say. But what about the athletic directors? They never leave their schools. They know about loyalty and respect. Yeah, the ADs have it right. College players should aspire to what they stand for, right? Well let's see. When Pernetti, now the former AD at Rutgers, was first made aware of Rice's behavior in the video back in December, he opted to fine and suspend him. When the proverbial "stuff hit the fan" in April, he decided to fire Rice. In a statement he made after the firing, in an attempt to explain why he hadn't fired Rice sooner, Pernetti said "I am responsible for the decision to attempt a rehabilitation of Coach Rice." He also acknowledged that it was the wrong decision to make. It would appear that, at the very least, Pernetti was owning up to his mistake. That's something that you can teach to college kids, right? When you make a mistake, don't go blaming others. However, on April 5, Pernetti submitted his letter of resignation to Robert Barchi, president of Rutgers. During a press conference to announce the news, Barchi read two statements, one of which was Pernetti's letter to him. In that statement, Pernetti said "As you know, my first instincts when I saw the videotape of Coach Rice's behavior was to fire him immediately. However, Rutgers decided to follow a process involving university lawyers, human resources professionals, and outside counsel. Following review of the independent investigative report, the consensus was that university policy would not justify dismissal." So on Wednesday (what I call Damage Control Day), he's responsible. Then two days later it's "Oh, wait, no. I wanted to fire him. But umm...the lawyers and the uhh..HR people said don't fire him." So which is it? More importantly, which answer did Pernetti give to the abused players. The fact is we don't know what communication, if any, Pernetti had with the players directly after he viewed the video, which leads me back to former Rutgers assistant coach Eric Murdock. According to stories published by NJ.com, Murdock was fired in July 2012. Murdock, hired by Rutgers in 2010, gave the video to Outside the Lines in April 2013 and told NJ.com that the video is compiled of "hundreds of hours" of practices. Murdock's attorney Barry Kozyra said "There was more, but how long do you want to make it? It's hard to watch." Let me get this straight. Murdock sifted through hundreds of hours of abuse that the head coach was administering to college kids, an unimaginable experience in and of itself. He watched players transfer as a direct result of the abuse. Murdock sat by, game after game, practice after practice as it happened. However, when news of these events finally breaks, it just so happens to coincide with the wrongful termination lawsuit he's filing against Rugters. As speculated by Deadspin.com, this would appear to be a PR move to maximize his legal position. I would understand Murdock's strategy if it were just about his termination. But it's not. What those kids when through far outweighs his unfair treatment at the hands of Rutgers officials. Don't tell me that the video couldn't have been given to the public, been given to ESPN, sooner than April 2013. Murdock held on to the video until it was beneficial for him. That's the point I'm trying to get to. The system in place by the NCAA and its conferences is this: "Loyalty. Respect. I get it. But what's in it for me?" And because of that mindset, we now have a sports system in place that can do nothing but abuse college athletes in big-money sports events (basketball and football). Brian Kelly and Bret Bielema didn't physically hit their players (that we know of). But preaching commitment and loyalty to their recruits, then bolting for the next big thing is just as abusive as a head slap. Making millions of dollars off an "amateur" sport, then telling kids they can't have any of it because they are amateurs is just as abusive as name-calling. When the NCAA hands down sanctions to programs like USC (in 2010), Penn State (in 2012), and SMU (in 1987) for lack of institutional control, or for a sex abuse scandal, or for repeated violations respectively, it's usually the players who had nothing to do with it that suffer. They can't play in bowl games or appear on TV, all because of what others did. Meanwhile, the true perpetrators leave with minimal to no damage. To me, that's abuse, too. But hey, that's just business as usual in college sports today. And that's the worse part of it all. The NCAA has us all desensitized. Somehow "respect" and "abuse" have become the same word. Information for this article was taken from the following sources: ESPN, NJ.com, Rutgers.edu, Deadspin, CBS Sports, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The South Bend Tribune, Yahoo! Sports, The Washington Post, USA Today, and NBC Sports. Aaron David Harris has been a sports writer since 2007. He has written for several news organizations including Yahoo! Sports, The Detroit News, The Battle Creek Enquirer, and The Associated Press. |
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