Ray Rice suspended & cut - trouble for Goodell?

[Soda]

Time for Goodell to resign. When you make yourself the moral arbiter of all things and somehow decide that spousal abuse gets two games and recreational drugs can get you 16, you have totally failed in your responsibilities.

Owners need to show how serious they are about not tolerating domestic violence and force Goodell out. He's an embarrassment.

The spineless Commissioner needs to stop standing behind futile rules. Poor punishment decision? "It was the rule!"... "We never had the opportunity to watch the video!" It's bullshit. They didn't get involved to the degree that they could and should have.

 

[Phills14]

I feel like we need to show the rest of the incident. Not only does he crush her in the elevator but when the doors open he callously drags her out. He shows no remorse for what he did nor does he show any concern for her well being. He just wants her out of the elevator and out of sight so he doesn't get in trouble. Check out the reaction after the security guy tells him something and he steps away from the body. Despicable.

 

[Frank Stallone]

Did the NFL see this before handing down his sentancing?

From my understanding, they've seen all the evidence, which includes this. I may be wrong, I'm in and out of twitter at work this morning.

 

[Phills14]

From my understanding, they've seen all the evidence, which includes this. I may be wrong, I'm in and out of twitter at work this morning.

According to Ian Rapport, Shefter and all those guys neither the NFL, the Commissioner nor the Ravens saw this video before it was release today.

I find that hard to believe.

 

[Soda]

According to Ian Rapport, Shefter and all those guys neither the NFL, the Commissioner nor the Ravens saw this video before it was release today.

They must not have tried all that hard...

 

[Frank Stallone]

According to Ian Rapport, Shefter and all those guys neither the NFL, the Commissioner nor the Ravens saw this video before it was release today.

I find that hard to believe.

I wonder if they saw it before or after the suspension. That IS really hard to believe. People can say what they want about Goodell, but he isn't a fucking moron. It doesn't take much common sense to know that video would be leaked. Maybe he just didn't view the video as that bad...? (Which, it really is that bad)

Just spit-balling, cause it blows my mind, really. Ray Rice is pathetic. He spit on her before she "hit" him, too. I love how people are trying to say he was defending himself. If a top-flight NFL player feels threatened by a small hit from some 1/4th his size, then, well, he has issues. If she was trying to stab or shoot him, then maybe you could justify it as him defending himself... but that isn't the case here.

 

[AZ_]

According to Ian Rapport, Shefter and all those guys neither the NFL, the Commissioner nor the Ravens saw this video before it was release today.

I find that hard to believe.

That's a law enforcement decision, so I can see it being true.

That said, there has to be additional action now. There is almost no way they can avoid it given the innumerable players who are now speaking out and demanding they take a stand.

 

[Jack Brickman]

That's a law enforcement decision, so I can see it being true.

That said, there has to be additional action now. There is almost no way they can avoid it given the innumerable players who are now speaking out and demanding they take a stand.

It's also making them look really bad with these substance rule negotiations going on.

On the plus side, I think the chances of getting Gordon back have increased significantly as a result of this video leaking. The league really needs a PR win right now, and reducing/overturning the Welker and Gordon (and others) suspensions will help there.

 

[AuxiliaryPie]

 

[Soda]

That's a law enforcement decision, so I can see it being true.

Wait, so then TMZ got law enforcement's blessing and not Rice's employer? Don't think it is that simple.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

That said, there has to be additional action now. There is almost no way they can avoid it given the innumerable players who are now speaking out and demanding they take a stand.

I personally would be shocked if there was additional action, and I think the union would go nuts. As to the content of the video, the league clearly determined that his conduct was inexcusable when it decided to punish him in the first place. The video doesn't change that at all.

I'm still floored that nobody seems to care that the cops had this video and that Rice could have been prosecuted even without his wife's consent/cooperation. Yet, the public outrage about that decision not to prosecute appears almost non-existent. Instead, people have gone collectively insane and decided that the primary responsibility for enforcing laws against criminal assault lies with a professional sports league.

What does that mean for every woman who is the victim of a similar assault whose abuser is not a public figure? Too effing bad, you don't matter.

I'd love to see Goodell call out the justice system on this one, and point out how pathetic it is that the NFL is the only entity apparently interested in punishing a guy caught on tape for punching out a woman.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Stock is trending up for my new Ray Rice's Punch-Out fantasy name, complete with a Photoshopped image from the classic game.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Wait, so then TMZ got law enforcement's blessing and not Rice's employer? Don't think it is that simple.

TMZ probably was willing to pay someone to leak the tape, and the NFL (for obvious reasons) couldn't do that.

 

[Jack Brickman]

I'd love to see Goodell call out the justice system on this one, and point out how pathetic it is that the NFL is the only entity apparently interested in punishing a guy caught on tape for punching out a woman.

You realize what a hypocrite Goodell would look like if he criticized law enforcement after giving Rice a slap on the wrist penalty, right?

Law enforcement obviously dropped the ball on this too, but that doesn't make Goodell's weak two-game suspension acceptable. It just means both sides handled this horribly.

 

[Soda]

Wait, so then TMZ got law enforcement's blessing and not Rice's employer? Don't think it is that simple.

This, I don't understand. The prosecutor wouldn't release the video to the NFL? Obviously, Rice's lawyer gets it if there are charges pursued (because it's evidence)... Charges weren't filed, though. The NFL can't ask the hotel?