Ravens release Ray Rice

[Hijinx]

I don't understand the "fire Goodell" thing. As far as I know he didn't make Rice hit his wife. And it is not like the NFL hasn't made bad punishment choices before. Later this year, the Cowboys get back a player who got only 10 games for killing a teammate. The Panthers and the 49ers both had players week 1 who were accused of domestic violence. The only difference is that there is no video of them.

The only thing that I could see costing Goodell his job is if was lying about whether he had seen the elevator tape. At that point no one would trust his word ever again and he wouldn't be able to go forward.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Hijinx

I don't understand the "fire Goodell" thing. As far as I know he didn't make Rice hit his wife. And it is not like the NFL hasn't made bad punishment choices before. Later this year, the Cowboys get back a player who got only 10 games for killing a teammate. The Panthers and the 49ers both had players week 1 who were accused of domestic violence. The only difference is that there is no video of them.

The only thing that I could see costing Goodell his job is if was lying about whether he had seen the elevator tape. At that point no one would trust his word ever again and he wouldn't be able to go forward.

Agree. I think Goodell messed up something terrible, but this "fire Goodell movement" is the type of crappy media driven world we live in where its headline driven stories, provoking the "connected masses" to grab pitchforks brutelly punish all scapegoats. Once Ray was gone, you need more bodies to keep the story going...People need to look in their own communities and ask question now. Firing Goodell doesnt fit here.