Ravens release Ray Rice

I'm seeing the media speak a lot about double standards regarding stars like Floyd Mayweather but he's been on my list of grade A-Dbag/wife beaters for a while now.

If one good thing has come out of this Ray Rice fiasco its that domestic violence finally seems to be getting treated seriously. Feels like we've come a long way since Chris Brown got community service for felony assault. Ironically enough Mayweather seems to be one of the few high profile wifebeaters to actually have been punished by the courts.

Though I will admit our pitchforks may be getting a bit too sharp at this point. With domestic violence finally getting long overdue attention hopefully people will remember that being labeled a wifebeater is deservedly one of the worse labels a person can carry and it shouldn't be thrown around lightly.

Of course when you have a layup like the Ray Rice case and offer probation in the court of law and a 2 game slap on the wrist with the NFL it becomes hard to resist the temptation to slam your head into a wall.

By the way has anyone seen that now there's rumors that the NFL most definitely saw the elevator tape?

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Read this. The details are BAD. RT @AP: Law enforcement official says he sent video of Ray Rice to NFL 3 months ago AP Newsbreak: Source says Rice video sent to NFL (http://apne.ws/1tyfp7x)
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.

Hooray no TMZ breaking the story this time....I think.

The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice expresses thanks and says: "You're right. It's terrible."
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lol.... You have to fire Goodell at this point.

At this point Roger can only be incompetent or a liar.

BTW I saw a stat today that said since 2000 there have been 740 plus NFL player arrests, 87 of them domestic abuse related. No one cared though until someone got 1 on tape.

Cover up can be worse than the crime. Goodell should know better

Cover up can be worse than the crime. Goodell should know better

Everybody, people/businesses included, should know better at this point, yet the former always seems to be the route people take. There aren't any secrets in this day and age of cameras everywhere.

You know who is realy concerned right now? Greg Hardy and Ray Mcdonald

Rice’s wife: “How could you do this to me? I’m the mother of your kid” | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/10/rices-wife-how-could-you-do-this-to-me-im-the-mother-of-your-kid/)

Spit in her face twice? Really? That's almost just as offensive as the hit. Hell, that would have ended the relationship alone.

This thing is exploding into a major scandal.
The AP story that a police office sent the video to the NFL back in April. That an NFL employee then called back to verify they received and saw it. That message from NFL is recorded.
Goodell canceled his speaking event tonight. The NFL main office is circling the wagons.
Ray Rice's attorney said he had a copy of the damaging elevator footage in the first meeting they had with NFL/Goodell investigating this attack and they never asked him for it. They did not even ask if a video existed. Plausible deniability.

The irony in all of this is two years ago, Roger Goodell told the Saints that ignorance was not a suitable defense in the Bountygate scandal. In the wake of the second Ray Rice video, the NFL commissioner is using that same defense. His credibility is gone.

All this focus on Goodell is allowing the Ravens organization to get away with their mishandling of the situation.

It was the Ravens organization which tweeted on their official Twitter account an apology from Janay Rice (which since has been deleted), it was the Ravens PR that featured Rice's marriage on their website, and the Ravens could have given Rice their own punishment.

I'm not saying Goodell and the NFL are innocent, but no one is calling for anyone in the Ravens to be held accountable for their cover up.

PS: Now there's a story where Ozzie Newsome says that Rice told them was happened in the elevator video:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/ravens-gm---what-we-saw-on-the-video-was-what-ray-said-231233574.html

This thing is exploding into a major scandal.
The AP story that a police office sent the video to the NFL back in April. That an NFL employee then called back to verify they received and saw it. That message from NFL is recorded.
Goodell canceled his speaking event tonight. The NFL main office is circling the wagons.
Ray Rice's attorney said he had a copy of the damaging elevator footage in the first meeting they had with NFL/Goodell investigating this attack and they never asked him for it. They did not even ask if a video existed. Plausible deniability.

The irony in all of this is two years ago, Roger Goodell told the Saints that ignorance was not a suitable defense in the Bountygate scandal. In the wake of the second Ray Rice video, the NFL commissioner is using that same defense. His credibility is gone.

Check out the votes in Louisiana.
Should Roger Goodell resign or be fired in the wake of the Ray Rice situation? - Sportsnation - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=frontpage&pollId=4491455)