Quote:He can always bring a suit against the NFL Maps. His employer is not the NFL, but the Ravens franchise.
The question for the court would be whether the league has the jurisdiction to punish him via the suspension for an incident which occurred off the field in his private life?
Well it wasn't a full force punch to her face. It was kinda like "I told you so woman" kind of punch. I think the elevator railing did more damage than Rice did. I am not justifying what he did. It is completely wrong to hit a woman, but from the video it looks as if her hitting the railing resulted in more damage than from Rice's punch.
They saw the video and are only reacting because of the outrage from the images. I don't really know what to say about the incident. In America, you have mainstream news outlets relishing in the glory of vilifying Ray Rice but not for what he did in the elevator alone ... it's also a sick and twisted mentality to destroy a black man. America has some serious racial wounds. Anyway, The Ravens and NFL should have took this footage seriously once it was made available to them. The iron fist should have came down at that moment and someone within both organizations should have step forward and convince Rice to get some help. Instead, they tried to hide everything and now it all blew up in their faces.
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I agree pattycake and snoops.
I will not look at that video. I dont want too see that. much violence of the sort is stuck in my mind from personal experience. that wud just raise old childhood traumas.
but from all reports Rice and his wife represent a serious case of emotional disorder. if that woman has relatives and parents still alive they should intervene to get that woman some help, to make sure she she has made and is making decent, sane decisions with regard to staying with that man.
as far as I know once an abuser... always an abuser. there is no chance at all that such people change as far as I understand
if she insists on staying they cant stop her. but if they can they shud look out for her,help her to see clearly,reclaim herself and move on. and Rice himself ought to get help quickly. he has a major problem.
and now that he has lost his livelihood in something he has trained for all his life what is he to do?
as a result Rice has a serious challenge that he may not be able to deal with emotionally, while he talks about staying strong for his family. it is questionable whether he can stay strong for himself first.
that is a situation that must be carefully watched for disaster, especially if there are children involved..like murder/suicide.
fcuking Goodell is a mad man. he took his own sweet time with Irsay of the Indiana Colts owner, but he has been precipitous here despite all the signs that serious emotional issues may be involved. by acting so punitively and precipitously Goodell has heaped a weight onto that mix that may explode tragically. the NFL skunt cared about Irsay but he does not give an eff about Rice and his wife and their issues
Goodel could have waited, took his time while making sure all parties were in good shape to accept the heavy penalty that had to be dropped, without potentially worsening a situation that appears may easily become tragic
[size=14pt]but the stunning thing in all this so far is the absolute lack of profile of the players union in the issue. the players union is nowhere to be seen at least I have not seen them yet do any dam thing in the mix. they are silent to the point of invisibility. so what the hell has rice been paying his dues for all the time ::confused::[/size]
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I have no sympathy for the wife or any other female like her because she want to be there and taking it. It's as she said, "It's our life." So let those two play football at home. He can be the foot and she the ball. And you are right that Rice can't be strong for his family or anybody until he's strong for himself. He's only kidding himself and living on idolatry.
