“We, as a department, have a responsibility to provide our student-athletes leadership for their particular programs, their sports,” Stricklin said. Those players said Newbauer made racist remarks, threw basketballs at them and belittled everyone around him. Newbauer had one year left on his deal, so Stricklin gave him a three-year extension so he could better recruit. In the meantime, he has to deal with the regret he feels about keeping Newbauer in place as long as he did. “Had I been aware of everything ... when we made the contract extension, I never would have done the contract extension,“ Stricklin said.

Source: thestar September 28, 2021 23:22 UTC