1. Mike Rice is history. Wasn't doing a good enough job to even have a discussion if he could survive something like this. The only question in my mind is whether the Chief of Police in Piscataway has the balls to show up at his house with a warrant to book him for a criminal assault.
2. Pernitti should also be gone as well. Apparently he knew about this and didn't feel like he needed to do more than suspend Rice for a few days. That will be more interesting, because Pernitti has capital in New Brunswick and Trenton with the Big Ten invite and a good football hire. But the potential liability for the state of keeping him is material.
3. This is not a small deal. Just from what is on the tape and what we otherwise know, Rice is guilty of criminal assault and violations of the civil rights of the foreign players whose accents he mocked. That is Section 1983 of federal law -- the Bull Connor statute (don't ask me who he coached). And Rice and Pernitti are guilty of violating state and federal whistleblower laws (Erich Murdock -- can you spell "caching?") his is not a small deal. Mike Rice is not an AAU coach. He is a highly paid employee of the State University of New Jersey. And, for Pernetti, based on the precedent set with Paterno, Spanier and others (admittedly for not stopping more serious crimes) he will be lucky to keep his job.
If there is any doubt after events of the last few years, it is not o.k. for state employees to assault subordinates, nor to make fun of them for being foreign born (or foreignors here legally to pursue an education) just because the state employee is a sports coach. Those days are (hopefully and rightfully) gone.,