Ravens release Ray Rice

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)

They are still bitter, makes sense.

Again while I've been extremely critical of goodell, I still don't think he should go unless he personally saw the tape and lied about it. Yes mistakes were made, I don't think he should step aside.

They are still bitter, makes sense.

Again while I've been extremely critical of goodell, I still don't think he should go unless he personally saw the tape and lied about it. Yes mistakes were made, I don't think he should step aside.

Yea I hear ya me too. I've Mofo'd him plenty. If he tried to pull some cover up crap he needs to go. But he didnt jump on the Skins name change bandwagon. :Smoker: tough one, I'll need to drink on it.

From the article, so much BS floating around on this one:

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league suspended Rice because his account was not consistent with what the video showed. Presumably, that was the Ravens' reason too, but we didn't know because their brass was in hiding.

Then Bisciotti, Cass and Newsome spoke to the Baltimore Sun on Wednesday, and Newsome said no, Rice told them what happened and that's what the tape showed.

Sun: "Did the video match the story Ray Rice told you?

"You know. Ray had given a story to John [Harbaugh] and I," Newsome said. "And what we saw on the video was what Ray said. Ray didn’t lie to me. He didn’t lie to me.”That certainly goes against the presumed narrative, that the Ravens and NFL had to take serious action against Rice after it saw the video, because something more happened on the surveillance video than they were told, and they were misled by Rice. But Newsome said, pretty clearly, that Rice told them exactly what was on the video.

I thought "the video changed things."

John Harbaugh said he only saw the Ray Rice tape on Monday. "It's something we saw for the first time today," Harbaugh said. "It changed things of course. It made things a little bit different."

John Harbaugh: Seeing the Ray Rice video 'changed things' - CBSSports.com (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24701716/john-harbaugh-seeing-the-ray-rice-video-changed-things)

So Rice told them exactly what was on the tape. He didn't lie, he didn't mislead them. "I cold cocked her and knocked her out cold in one punch and then told the security officer she was drunk."

"Oh, okay Ray. Cool by us. Let's get her on the podium saying she asked for it and all will be good.":doh:

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

It's almost comical to think that if Goodell had admitted to seeing 'other' footage (ie the footage that was recently made public) when the two game suspension was originally announced that he would be in less trouble than he is now.

Speakin of which:
Ex-FBI director to investigate Ray Rice, NFL situation - FanSided - Sports News, Entertainment, Lifestyle & Technology - 280+ Sites (http://fansided.com/2014/09/10/ex-fbi-director-investigate-ray-rice-nfl-situation/)


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.

LMAO! I didn't even think of that. Wow, this has really turned into a cluster.

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NEW: Commissioner Roger Goodell announces ex-FBI director Robert Mueller III will conduct an independent investigation into Rice situation
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Commissioner Roger Goodell pledges Mueller will have the full cooperation of NFL personnel and access to all NFL records.
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The focus of the independent investigation? handling of Rice evidence. This will be overseen by owners Art Rooney and John Mara.



I have faith in this. /rollseyes

The "independent" investigation will be overseen by two NFL owners?
SMH!

The "independent" investigation will be overseen by two NFL owners?
SMH!

Well how about making one of them Tom Benson [Saints]? :devil:

49ers play by play announcers suspended 2 games for comments against Rice's wife.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ted-robinson-suspended-2-games-022400695.html

Former Steeler LB James Harrison who has been fined and scrutinized a ton by Goddel's office tweeted:
"@nflcommish ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun huh?"

Now ain't that a daisey?

The "independent" investigation will be overseen by two NFL owners?
SMH!

The first people who should be investigated are the police and prosecutors who had the video and gave RR a slap on the wrist and sent him on his way.