Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.(Photo Mel Evans AP)
NEW BRUNSWICK N.J. (AP) Rutgers University's fired basketball coach is due a $100 000 bonus for lasting through the season.
Mike Rice was dismissed Wednesday after a video was made public of him kicking and shoving players and spewing gay slurs during practices.
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He would not be collecting the bonus if he had been fired in December when the university first saw the video and the administration decided only to discipline him.
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Rice was paid $622 500 last year under a deal that also included bonuses for winning games and graduating players. His five year contract called for a $100 000 bonus if he completed the 2012 13 season.
Athletic Department spokesman Jason Baum tells the Associated Press the bonus will be paid because it's contractually obligated.
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Former Rutgers University Basketball Coach Mike Rice made an emotional apology to the school the players and his family after video of him shoving and kicking players and berating them during practice was made public. (April 3)
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