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Female nba player. you know what, it's much like barack obama giving back 5%. it's a stun the. >> it's a nice thing, but we'll see what happens. my bonus point goes to eric murdock. he played nine years in the nba. he was actually hired by rutgers coach mike rice to be the director of player development. now, mike rice should have hired him to be the director of coaching development. he's the guy that outed the tape to espn to get this guy fired. it should have been done months aago back in november. he did not get his contract renewed by the coach. >> my bonus point goes to senator from illin...

>> it sounds good, the commissioner in basketball said within 10 years there could be a female nba player. you know what, it's much like barack obama giving back 5%. it's a pr stunt, it's a good thing, we'll see what happens. my bonus point goes to eric murdock. he played nine years in the nba. he was actually hired by rutgers coach mike rice to be the director of player development. now, mike rice should have hired him to be the director of coaching development. he's the guy that outed the tape to espn to get this guy fired. it should have been done months ago back in november. he did not get...

>> reporter: this video obtained by espn's "outside the lines" shows rutgers head basketball coach mike rice going off the handle and abusing his players during practices from 2010 through 2012, according to the sports network. the footage surfaced after eric murdock who was rice's director of player development until he was fired showed it to rutgers athletic department officials. in an interview with espn murdoch says the abuse caused several players to leave. >> seeing your coach physically putting his hands on players, physically kicking players, you know, firing balls at players from poin...

And he is under intense scrutiny for physically and verbally assaulting the players. these are videotaped practices of the coach and his players. we don't know when these videos were recorded. we don't know who recorded them. our understanding is they date back a few years. but according to the school, these videos were given to espn by a former employee of rutgers university, a former assistant coach who is suing the school for wrongful termination. that man's name is eric murdock. he spoke yesterday to espn about the incident, about the coach's behavior and his behavior is receiving mixed re...

The footage surfaced after eric murdock, rice's director of player development until he was fired showed it to rutgers athletic department officials. in an interview with espn murdock says the abuse caused several players to leave. >> to see your coach physically putting his hands on players, physically kicking players, you know, firing balls at players from point-blank range. the verbal abuse, the belittling, yeah, i was like in total shock that this guy wasn't fired. >> reporter: former nba player says rice's behavior crosses the line. >> it's physical and verbal abuse. it's psychological an...