Rutgers football player claims defensive coordinator Dave Cohen bullied and verbally abused him

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Seven months after men's basketball coach Mike Rice was fired for bullying his players -- leading to a national scandal, a housecleaning in the athletic department and public proclamations from school officials to halt any abuse of its student-athletes -- Rutgers is protecting another bullying coach, according to a former football player and his parents.

Defensive back Jevon Tyree and his parents, Mark and Clarice, have sought disciplinary action against defensive coordinator Dave Cohen, who during a spring study hall session, got in Tyree's face, called him a "pussy" and a "bitch" and threatened to head-butt him, the Tyrees told NJ.com.

The incident -- which Jevon Tyree said occurred in April with the Rice fallout still fresh -- happened in front of approximately 10 teammates and a tutor, Jevon Tyree said, and it led to the 19-year-old's escalating ostracization, eventually driving him to quit.

Clarice Tyree called it "an outright bullying episode," and Mark Tyree said the behavior soon "transferred to the other coaches." Jevon Tyree, a redshirt freshman on scholarship, said that after the frightening incident, his standing on the team plummeted, along with practice repetitions and any shot at playing time. He said there were team meetings from which he was excluded.

full: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2013/11/rutgers_football_player_claims_defensive_coordinator_dave_cohen_bullied_and_verbally_abused_him.html



Dave Cohen (right) is being accused by Jevon Tyree of verbal abuse and bullying. Cohen, during a spring study hall session, got in Tyree's face, called him a "pussy" and a "bitch" and threatened to head-butt him, the Tyree family said. (Photos: Tim Farrell and William Perlman/The Star-Ledger)

Oh wow.

More info about what happened with Rice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rice_Jr.#Rutgers_University_suspension_and_firing

I don't get it. If I threatened to head-butt you, I'd go to jail. So why can a thug like Cohen get away with this shit?

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1. wouldn't be surprised, that's the way football is, it creates that type of mentality!

kind of like being a cop