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Article: Mulcahy says he was fired after refusing to resign
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- December 12, 2008
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Robert E. Mulcahy said he was fired as Rutgers athletic director after refusing a request by university president Richard L. McCormick to resign.
"When I asked if I had done anything wrong and was told 'No,' I felt there was no reason for me to offer my resignation," Mulcahy said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. "In effect, he terminated me."
Mulcahy said he had no idea that McCormick would ask for his resignation when he was summoned to the president's office about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Mulcahy said he did not try to talk McCormick out of his decision after the president said the university was looking to go in a ...