Rutgers athletics director Tim Pernetti said he spent \”hundreds of hours\” talking to those involved in the program to determine what happened.
He said the punishment levied in December was appropriate because it was Rice\’s \”first offense.\” Pernetti defended his decision to keep Rice as his basketball coach, and he did not give any indication Tuesday that he might reconsider that.
\”Honestly, we\’ve dealt with this issue,\” Pernetti told local reporters on Tuesday after allowing them to watch the clips before ESPN aired the video. \”When I became aware of this in November, within 24 hours we had the investigation underway. Now I became aware of it in a meeting. I took the DVD with me. I met with Mike later in the day. We started the investigation. Within that two-week period we made the determination on what we were going to do. I would tell you that all options were on the table at that time.
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