Ex-Rutgers coach Mike Rice due $100K bonus

Rutgers fired hoops coach Mike Rice after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice. (Photo: Mel Evans, AP)

Story Highlights

• He gets bonus because he lasted through the season
• Rice wouldn't have collected it if he had been fired in December when university first saw video
• Rice earned $622,500 last season

  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers University's fired basketball coach is due a $100,000 bonus for lasting through the season.

  Mike Rice was dismissed Wednesday after a video was made public of him kicking and shoving players and spewing gay slurs during practices.

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  He would not be collecting the bonus if he had been fired in December when the university first saw the video and the administration decided only to discipline him.

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  Rice was paid $622,500 last year under a deal that also included bonuses for winning games and graduating players. His five-year contract called for a $100,000 bonus if he completed the 2012-13 season.

  Athletic Department spokesman Jason Baum tells The Associated Press the bonus will be paid because it's contractually obligated.

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