US Coach
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Wednesday, 3 April 2013
STORY:US Coach- Rutgers fire coach Rice after video release causes mounting criticism
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STORY NUMBER: 886045
DATELINE: Various - 3 April 2013/Undated
LENGTH: 02:24
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1. Various of Rutgers University basketball practice with Mike Rice, former Rutgers University basketball coach, throwing basketball at players, pushing and swearing at them ++PART MUTE AND CURSING COVERED WITH SOUND++
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Rice, former Rutgers University basketball coach
"I can't say anything right now except I'm sorry and there will never be a time where I'm going to use any of that as an excuse, or would there be any excuse. I've let so many people down. My players, my administration, Rutgers University, the fans."
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3. Various of Rutgers basketball practice with Rice swearing and pushing the players
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Rice, former Rutgers University basketball coach
"It's troubling but I will at some time, maybe I will try to explain it, but right now there is no explanation for what's on those films because there is no excuse for it. I was wrong."
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5. Various of Rutgers basketball practice with Rice throwing basketball at players, pushing and swearing at them ++PART MUTE AND CURSING COVERED WITH SOUND++
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6. Various of Rutgers campus
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirstie Kendall, student at Rutgers:
"Rutgers is in the news again for something negative rather than all the positives we do here, so it's upsetting to see that again, you know, we are in the news for something negative."
8. Pan from Rutgers sign to campus
9. Wide of student centre
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Jimenez, student at Rutgers:
"I think it was the absolute right reason to fire coach Rice because what he was doing wasn't coaching it was more abusing and if you're going to be a coach who wants to inspire players and lead them to victory, abusing them isn't the way to do it."
11. Mid of students walking
12. Zoom out of Rutgers building
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Morris Brown, student at Rutgers:
"I actually do think it is kind of embarrassing. The fact that, like, many of us are just finding about this now and its been going on since 2010, I mean, like, why are just hearing about it now."
14. Zoom out of Rutgers building
STORYLINE
New Jersey's Rutgers University fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after amateur video surfaced which appeared to show him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.
With mounting criticism on a state and national level, the school decided to take action, relieving Rice of his duties after three largely unsuccessful seasons at the Big East school.
Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the video in late November by a former employee. After hiring independent investigators to analyze the tape, he suspended Rice for three games, fined him 75-thousand US dollars and ordered him to attend anger management classes.
University president Robert Barchi signed off on the initial punishment.
But in a Wednesday email, Rutgers referred to new information and "a review of previously discovered issues" as the reasons for Rice's termination.
The video shows numerous clips of Rice at practice firing basketballs at players, hitting them in the back, legs, feet and
shoulders. It also shows him grabbing players by their jerseys and yanking them around the court.
Rice can also be heard yelling obscenities and using gay slurs.
Outside his home on Wednesday, Rice said there is no excuse for his behaviour.
"I can't say anything right now except I'm sorry and there will never be a time where I'm going to use any of that as an excuse, or would there be any excuse. I've let so many people down. My players, my administration, Rutgers University, the fans," said Rice.
New York Governor Chris Christie, who said he was appalled when he saw the video on Tuesday, supported the firing at the state's flagship public university.
Students on Rutgers campus were disappointed with the news.
"Rutgers is in the news again for something negative rather than all the positives we do here, so it's upsetting to see that again we are in the news for something negative," said senior Kirstie Kendall.
In 2010, Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi killed himself after learning that his roommate had used a webcam to see him kiss another man.
The roommate was later convicted of bias intimidation in a case that drew worldwide attention to bullying of young gays and led to policy changes at Rutgers.
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