Karen Heller, Inquirer Columnist
Behaving badly is its own punishment, I taught my children. People who act poorly generally get what they deserve.
At Rutgers, bad behavior means being named athletic director with a plum $450,000 salary and up to $50,000 in annual bonuses.
This is the same Rutgers that last month ousted its basketball coach for abusive behavior, along with the athletic director for allegedly failing to take action. An assistant coach and university lawyer also resigned.
Julie Hermann, Rutgers’ first female athletic director, does not signal a fresh start for the Scarlet Knights.
As the University of Tennessee volleyball coach, she was so withering in her behavior that all 15 players signed a letter, the Newark Star-Ledger reported, that claimed “the mental cruelty that we have suffered as a team is unbearable.” Many players went public with stories of years of humiliation and abuse.
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