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Again I will point out that you can go to any community basketball court and hear worse slurs all day long, and probably worse instances of shoving and throwing basketballs. I am not a law professor, but every legal definition of assault includes being able to prove that the perpetrator intended to harm the victim or had the capability to cause bodily harm, or at least the victim must fear that bodily harm was imminent. I do not see how that can be proven from a jackass coach acting like a jerk. If it was, why aren't there cases like this that are prosecuted? Can you cite some?
And the case of "sports violence" being prosecuted such as in hockey, such cases are virtually unheard of despite nearly every hockey game at every level involving fights, slashing, and violent physical attacks occurring numerous times a game.
Can you cite any cases recently where such physical altercations in sports lead to actual legal charges? I have tried to find some, but there are extraordinary few, and they all involve horrific, usually life threatening injuries sustained by far more vicious and violent acts that anything we are talking about here. And even then, in the tiny handful of cases where legal authorities attempted to file charges, most of them ended up being dropped.
I appreciate your thoughts on the matter, but I don't see it. I can't believe there is enough evidence to charge Rice with anything. If a prosecutor thought he'd win a conviction, there would be charges already.
add: by the way, the Rutgers President made it clear that they consulted their team of lawyers, and they all agreed and advised that Mike Rice could not be fired "for cause". Thus the President reiterated several times in today's press conference that he was fired not "for cause", and therefore Rutgers will be obligated to pay him the rest of what is owed him under his contract.
If a crime was committed, he easily could have been fired for cause and it could have saved Rutgers millions. But the president said that he was fired solely for "failure to be a leader".
And the case of "sports violence" being prosecuted such as in hockey, such cases are virtually unheard of despite nearly every hockey game at every level involving fights, slashing, and violent physical attacks occurring numerous times a game.
Can you cite any cases recently where such physical altercations in sports lead to actual legal charges? I have tried to find some, but there are extraordinary few, and they all involve horrific, usually life threatening injuries sustained by far more vicious and violent acts that anything we are talking about here. And even then, in the tiny handful of cases where legal authorities attempted to file charges, most of them ended up being dropped.
I appreciate your thoughts on the matter, but I don't see it. I can't believe there is enough evidence to charge Rice with anything. If a prosecutor thought he'd win a conviction, there would be charges already.
add: by the way, the Rutgers President made it clear that they consulted their team of lawyers, and they all agreed and advised that Mike Rice could not be fired "for cause". Thus the President reiterated several times in today's press conference that he was fired not "for cause", and therefore Rutgers will be obligated to pay him the rest of what is owed him under his contract.
If a crime was committed, he easily could have been fired for cause and it could have saved Rutgers millions. But the president said that he was fired solely for "failure to be a leader".
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