The Mike Rice scandal was a shocker to me; I was not pleased
at all with the tape or the treatment that the players received. To me this is a case of a coach going way too
far, calling his players homophobic slurs, hitting them, berating them and
getting physical as well that is inexcusable.
I have been asked by some friends what is the length a coach will go
before it is considered too far with how they talk to and treat their
players.
Before I talk about what going too far is and what crossing
the line means to me I want to explain what I think is in the right of the
coaches. Firstly I think any sort of
yelling that does not involve slurs is fine, sometimes you have to get into a
players face or head to get the most out of them that is not an issue with me. However, that being said I am appalled by
what I saw on the tapes, aside from the abuse what makes it worse is the fact
that these are kids that parents are entrusting the coaches with, and Mike Rice
failed to hold that trust. These kids
also live on campus and spend much time practicing and playing and probably
keeping in touch with the coach.
His actions are sickening to me, how can someone hit and
verbally abuse a poor college kid just trying to practice, I can only imagine
how angry he gets in the locker rooms if the game isn’t going well, but I hope
it is not as bad as it was on the tape. When
it comes to college athletes I think sometimes people forget that they are
students first because college is an educational place unlike professional
sports which is someone’s job.
I have
heard stories of NFL players being grabbed by face masks and told they were
awful players but that is their job and they must perform, but in NCAA sports
anything that is verbally abusive of physical threatening is unacceptable.
If coaches in college want to get to their players fine
yell, but don’t be using slurs and smacking them around, that is unfair because
they are kids. What Mike Rice did is not
only sad but pathetic as well, if it was my decision he would have been fired
as soon as I saw the tape…
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