TheOak

She swung twice and now she has no paycheck. Goodell punished the victim.

Justice is some how served?

Rez.... I get where you are coming from. There should be no morality clause where anyone takes physical abuse and stands there and takes it. If you don't want Ray Rice putting his hands on you.... Don't put your hands on him.

JPPT1974

It is very simple, do not hit a woman. Or even a woman hit a man as there are men that are being abuse, it is common but not as much as a man beating up a woman.

Really Goodell is trying to "Kiss and make up!" For the two game soft suspension by laying down the punishment that domestic violence is not to be tolerated. Not just to the league, but for the rest of the world to follow!

Rice should be set an example of this! For all to see. Not just stars but everybody in this world!

MAY DAY, MAY FLOWERS, MEMORIAL & MOTHER'S DAY!

hitta

Actually according to all of the studies that have been done on the matter, women abuse men more than men abuse women. CDC Study: More Men than Women Victims of Partner Abuse » SAVE: Stop Abusive and Violent Environments

Jack Vegas

This is all about to come down on Goodell hard.

SmashMouth

He still owes the Saints...time for him to pay up.

K Major

This is a black eye for the NFL. They tried to sweep this under the rug and it backfired.

Goddell needs to be be front and center answering difficult questions about the "Rice situation".

Audiotom

The media, fans and people need to be in a big public outrage

Tmz now claims they have definitive knowledge that Goodell knew

Goodell needs to resign immediately

Worse he will hold out and people will demand his head even more

SmashMouth

De Smith: Players deserve due process, just like Irsay | ProFootballTalk
Ravens, NFL easily could have gotten Ray Rice video | ProFootballTalk

WHODATINCA

Of course, the NFL already knew what happened in that elevator. When the first video came out, there was never any dispute that the reason Ray Rice had to drag his fiancee out of that elevator was because he had beaten her to unconsciousness.

Personally, I don't think larger ( more physically dominating ) humans should attack smaller ( less physically threatening ) humans unless they have a weapon. Spit is not a weapon. Notice, I am making this comment gender-less -- because on one level this issue is not about gender. If this had been a child -- would we be hearing the current 'blame the victim' comments?

Neither the NFL, RG or RR has done anything to redeem themselves. It is sheer callousness when the NFL or the Raven's concern themselves solely with their PR image. This real issue here is whether or not we care about the crime of physical assault.

It really doesn't matter that the victim was related to Ray Rice. If she had been intelligent, she would have hired a lawyer and taken him to court. Instead, while it is hard to believe, she apologized for HER actions! This is a sad story of co-dependency and they both should get treatment.

Shutdown defense in 2017 = Championship!

rezburna

Don't scream equality for women then change your mind in the instance you get your chin tapped. Her head hitting the elevator rail knocked her out. Not the punch itself. And no one is factoring in the fact that they both had been drinking. Don't hit anybody unless you want to get hit back. That's should be the theme. Not stand there and let a woman do whatever she wants to you because she's a girl. That's stupid. If this was a guy and Ray Rice reacted the same way it wouldn't be an issue.

Like I said before, he could have handled it better. It was a mistake, but a completely human mistake.

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