BREAKING NEWS – Newark, New Jersey – Rutgers University states that they have been long aware of the abusive behavior of their former basketball coach, Mike Rice before they recently fired him. In 2011, several of the players with countless welts on their backs admitted that they were beaten during practice with a horsewhip. After meeting with the fiery coach and confiscating the whip, Rutgers University reached a compromise with Rice, authorizing him to only use a taser.