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>> 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...

>> rutger's head basketball coach mike rice going off the handle and abusing players during practices from 2010 through 2012 according to the sports network. the footage surfaced after eric murdoch, 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. >> to see your coach physically putting his hands on players, physically kicking players, firing balls at players from point-blank range, the -- the verbal abuse, the belittling, i was in total shock this guy...

Spot. >> reporter: on espn tuesday, the school's athletic director was asked why he didn't fire rice? >> the moment we became aware of the video no november when it was presented to us by eric and his lawyers, we immediately convinced an independent investigation on the matter. we talked to everybody in the program. we evaluated the situation and suspended mike in a more segue than coaches have been success suspended in recent memory. >> reporter: many are calling on them to reconsider and fire rice. lebron james said if my son played for rutgers or a coach like that, he would have some real e...