Ray Rice is garbage. That’s easy to figure out, not that a video was needed – strangely everyone saw him dragging his lady out of an elevator…mild reaction. Did anyone really not put two and two together? So he’s out of the league. Now to point out the rest of the idiots.
Before I get all pissed at the NFL, let’s keep in mind Ray Rice is walking around a free man. Anyone in the legal system think a professional athlete bare knuckling a woman might warrant some follow up? I got a ticket once for driving through high water that cost me $115. Oh I’m sorry, he went to a counseling session. I’ll keep that in mind if I punch some granny for cutting me off in a grocery store line. “10 years for assault? No thanks, your honor. I’ll take an anger management class.”
The NFL. Wow, did you bone this one. You make players wear pink shoes for breast cancer for a month, but dole out a two game suspension for Raging Bull Ray. Lesson for the players – don’t do steroids, take free stuff in college or celebrate after a score. Drink and plow into a pedestrian, beat up a girl, be involved in a stabbing? You’re good, as long as there’s no tape. It’s worked for Jim Brown. He’s smacked around more ladies than a New Orleans pimp, yet he’s just now doing a little vacation in jail.
Part of the problem is the social media aftershocks from a 24 hour news cycle. Everyone is rage pissed, but in reality if you are the NFL commissioner, just hold your breath. Someone will do something soon and get you off the hook. The Atlanta Hawks owner said some racist things, but NBA owners being racist is soooo June 2014. We need something new to be pissed about! Seriously though, NFL, 2 games for assaulting a woman is pathetic. You could have saved a lot of face with a real penalty, like the local prosecutor issued. Oh wait…