Hours after CBS decided to fire Don Imus yesterday afternoon for his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team, Imus, joined by his wife, and the basketball team and coach, joined by university officials and others, met at the NJ Governor's mansion . This afternoon, Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said :
We, the Rutgers University Scarlet Knight basketball team, accept -- accept -- Mr. Imus' apology, and we are in the process of forgiving. We still find his statements to be unacceptable, and this is an experience that we will never forget.Filling in for her husband on the Imus in the Morning radio show, Deirdre Imus told listeners to stop sending hate mail to the basketball players and instead "send hate mail to my husband." She added that the players were "beautiful and courageous." There's a lot of finger-pointing and blame right now, from many sides. Imus, for one, has complained about the treatment he's getting in the media, from MSNBC, from Al Sharpton, and more, but he has admitted that he was wrong to say what he did. When it comes down to it, it seems the only innocent people in this situation are the Rutger's women's basketball team.
