By Thomas Durante and Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:38 EST, 3 April 2013 | UPDATED: 23:05 EST, 3 April 2013 Thirteen Rutgers University faculty members are demanding the resignation of university President Robert Barchi over his response to a video showing basketball coach Mike Rice hitting, shoving and berating his players with anti-gay slurs. The professors' letter to the school's trustees and Board of Governors calls for Barchi's job. It says his handling of the 'homophobic and misogynist abuse' was inexcusable. Rice was fired Wednesday, a day after the video surfaced publicly. Barchi approved a three-game suspension for Rice last year after the school first learned of the video.
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Coach Mike Rice was fired by the university after a video was released that showed him pushing, kicking and spewing homophobic remarks at players
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Rice admits that his behavior was wrong, and apologizes to players, Rutgers, the community and his family
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Former NBA player Eric Murdock, who was Rutgers' director of player development until 2012, distributed the tape to ESPN
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Rice was suspended for three games and fined $50,000 in December after athletic director Tim Pernetti saw the tape and conducted an investigation
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