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| Chris Christie: Rutgers college basketball coach Mike Rice 'an animal' | Chris Christie: Rutgers college basketball coach Mike Rice 'an animal' |
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| New Jersey governor Chris Christie has stepped up his criticism of disgraced college basketball coach Mike Rice, calling him an "animal" who should not be allowed around students. | New Jersey governor Chris Christie has stepped up his criticism of disgraced college basketball coach Mike Rice, calling him an "animal" who should not be allowed around students. |
| "One of my questions to folks was, what parent would let this animal back into their living room to try to recruit their son, after this video?" Christie said at a news conference on Monday. "I'd hang up the phone." | "One of my questions to folks was, what parent would let this animal back into their living room to try to recruit their son, after this video?" Christie said at a news conference on Monday. "I'd hang up the phone." |
| Rutgers University, in Newark, New Jersey, fired Rice last week after video of the coach roughing up players at practice and screaming homophobic slurs at them was made public. | Rutgers University, in Newark, New Jersey, fired Rice last week after video of the coach roughing up players at practice and screaming homophobic slurs at them was made public. |
| University officials had previously viewed the video and had fined Rice but had not moved to fire him. In the week since the scandal broke, the school has also fired its athletic director and the university president has come under pressure to explain what happened. | University officials had previously viewed the video and had fined Rice but had not moved to fire him. In the week since the scandal broke, the school has also fired its athletic director and the university president has come under pressure to explain what happened. |
| Christie initially released a message of support for the decision to fire Rice. On Monday he delivered a much harsher statement. "Who could actually look at that tape and say you'd want to entrust your child to Mike Rice?" Christie said. "Fire him and let him sue you, and let the courts decide. But get him away from student athletes. | Christie initially released a message of support for the decision to fire Rice. On Monday he delivered a much harsher statement. "Who could actually look at that tape and say you'd want to entrust your child to Mike Rice?" Christie said. "Fire him and let him sue you, and let the courts decide. But get him away from student athletes. |
| "I don't think that any rational person would look at what Coach Rice was doing on those videos … and would say: 'Well listen, if they win, that's acceptable conduct.' Win or lose that is completely reprehensible, unacceptable conduct." | "I don't think that any rational person would look at what Coach Rice was doing on those videos … and would say: 'Well listen, if they win, that's acceptable conduct.' Win or lose that is completely reprehensible, unacceptable conduct." |
| Christie said that university officials had apparently deliberated at some length over a decision that should have been easy. | Christie said that university officials had apparently deliberated at some length over a decision that should have been easy. |
| "I was so shocked that anybody could view this tape ... and come to any other conclusion than, 'We need to get this guy off campus immediately.'" | "I was so shocked that anybody could view this tape ... and come to any other conclusion than, 'We need to get this guy off campus immediately.'" |
| It was not the first time the governor has found himself addressing a scandal at Rutgers. Christie called the 2010 suicide of student Tyler Clementi, a victim of harassment by his roommate, an "unspeakable tragedy". | It was not the first time the governor has found himself addressing a scandal at Rutgers. Christie called the 2010 suicide of student Tyler Clementi, a victim of harassment by his roommate, an "unspeakable tragedy". |
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