Well, finally, albeit with their backs against the wall thanks to TMZ posting the video today, Ray Rice has finally been really sanctioned by the NFL and dumped completely by the Ravens. And several players are speaking out against domestic violence as well.
A Punch Is Seen, and a Player Is Out
The National Football League’s handling of a domestic violence case is under renewed scrutiny after a graphic video emerged Monday, leading to the termination of the Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice’s contract and his suspension from the league.
The video shows Rice punching his fiancée, who is now his wife, in the face, leaving her motionless on the floor of a hotel elevator in Atlantic City in February. He then dragged her unconscious body from the elevator.
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Previously published video of the altercation was taken from a camera outside the elevator and showed only the moments after Rice hit Palmer. But the emergence of the new video, published by the website TMZ, raised questions about what the N.F.L. knew, and when. A league spokesman said “no one in our office has seen it until today,” but he did not respond to inquiries about whether any of the league’s investigators who do not work in the office had previously seen the video.
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While the final professional punishment may have come late, one of the nicest silver linings about the whole affair is that several NFL players are speaking out about it and domestic violence and standards in the league.
Football Player Goes off on Ray Rice, NFL: Players ‘Must Speak Up’
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Video emerges of Rice punching wife: Broncos’ Knighton calls for him to be thrown out of NFL
NFL players, both current and former, are speaking out following the release of surveillance footage showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his wife (then-fiancee) inside an elevator.
Those players speaking out, I’m proud of them. And I’m right there with them in their anger. Thanks guys… 😀
So how you doin’?