Ray Rice inside elevator punch video released.

Ray Rice gets screwed cause his bitch has a glass jaw. Now lets take his job away and hope he does not beat his wife because of it.

God forbid they offer counselling and anger management to him and her.

 

Not sure why the video has spawned all of this. What did they think happened in the elevator? 2 games was too light. I thought it would at least be 4 games, and probably more. But, I am kind of surprised people are talking about banning him from the game. It's not like he killed anyone. He didn't even get convicted of anything. Sucks for Ray Rice's wife. She gets knocked out and she loses a bunch of money.

 

The NFL has suspended him indefinitely formally. Informally, I'm sure Goodell has told every single team not to pick him up.

Frankly, I think this is bullshit. Seeing violence does not make the act worse. Yet that's what people are reacting to.

I'm frankly sick of this holier than thou bloodletting. Hey, let's hang guys like Sterling and Rice to make us feel better about ourselves and our moral superiority! We are all sinners, and we all make mistakes. These reactions, however, are over the top and too extreme.

 

Talk about double jeopardy. The guy was already punished for the act. Now, he's being tried and punished in the court of public opinion and by the NFL. AGAIN.

Clearly, his actions were deplorable. Hideous. Gross. Disturbing. But how it's being handled, now, after the public release of the video is quite disturbing as well.

 

Fantasy steal to fantasy bust! Damn you wife beater!

 

Bingo. It's bloodlust. Mob rule.

Sad.

 

So, a video released of what we already knew happened? Shouldn't change his suspension to a ban imo, this is the NFL saving face once again.

I don't condone hitting women by any means but I believe in second chances (as long as you don't murder anyone). If Michael Vick, Donte Stallworth and Josh Brent get a second chance for killing why won't Ray Rice get his second chance for something much less?

 

The only case I would say it is okay to hit a woman is if she is larger than you and trying to attack you. Otherwise there are ways to disarm/stop a physically abusive woman than punching her in the face.

Fuck Ray Rice, I don't care if the metal bar was what knocked her out , you don't hit a lady, especially not a full swing to the face.

Let him play in the nfl, and don't throw flags for him. I'm sure there are plenty of respectful husbands who would love to teach him a lesson.

 

Chris Mortensen said, back when this broke, that the contents of the video were described to him and he was sickened by it. It's hard to believe that the NFL had no idea what was in that video or that they didn't know a video of the incident existed that they'd probably want to see before ruling.

Goodell made a major mistake, seemingly assuming that first offenses should never be punished too harshly regardless of what the offense was, and it's bitten him several times since then.

 

I'm pretty sure the NFL knew. Goodell had even written a letter to the owners a while back informing them he'd failed them in this situation. Without having knowledge of what transpired, I can't imagine he'd have sent that letter.

 

So, basically because the video gets released - Ray Rice is given the death penalty. Can you imagine if there was video released of Vick's crimes?

 

Peter King wrote an SI article in July stating that he knew that the NFL had viewed unreleased footage from the elevator. Now today, he is saying that he wrote that based upon a source he trusted but he can't really prove that the NFL didn't view the footage.

 

Jail time seems obvious...oh, wait, he's a black sports celebrity, so ok?

 

Not cut him

Just send him home because his actions are an embarrassment to the team and the organization.

Letting him play week 1 makes Jim Harbaugh's word mean absolutely nothing.

Weak.

 

Here is the Peter King stuff

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Edit: link fixed