Ravens release Ray Rice

[ethat001]

Surprising Lache Seastrunk is still unsigned. Even with the mess at the Ravens, doesn't look like they've called him. He did work out with Green Bay this week however.

Would've been nice to parlay our overabundance of RB talent this year into trades / draft picks with teams like Ravens, but unfortunately RB's seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays and don't think they'd give up anything for ours..

[Chico23231]

Floyd Mayweather Thinks The NFL Was Too Hard On Ray Rice

god lord, i have officially heard it all.

"Mayweather, who has been convicted of, pleaded guilty or no contest to, or pleaded down from at least 15 combined counts of domestic violence, battery, harassment, stalking, and violating a protective order, said that he himself has been falsely accused before."

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Floyd Mayweather Thinks The NFL Was Too Hard On Ray Rice

god lord, i have officially heard it all.

"Mayweather, who has been convicted of, pleaded guilty or no contest to, or pleaded down from at least 15 combined counts of domestic violence, battery, harassment, stalking, and violating a protective order, said that he himself has been falsely accused before."

This shit with Ray is Bullshit.......
--OJ
P.S. According to John Clayton, Goodell ain't going anywhere

[over the mountain]

not a fan of mayweather. supposedly paq and him are in talks but at this point they both missed the window to give boxing fans the fight we so desperately deserve for sticking with such a POS disorganized sport.

when mayweather and fox news has your back .... thats not a good look.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

not a fan of mayweather. supposedly paq and him are in talks but at this point they both missed the window to give boxing fans the fight we so desperately deserve for sticking with such a POS disorganized sport.

when mayweather and fox news has your back .... thats not a good look.

Mayweather is garbage. This is a low character criminal and too often our society equates people having money as people with high character. Never is it more false than in today's society.

[Chico23231]

Im just now hearing the Goodell interview on CBS from last night...Goodell comes away not sounding so good and Im kinda confused. It sounds like to me they obviously didnt do their due dillegence in the investigation. I would imagine some changes are coming to the NFL on how they handle crime and punishment.

[Defensewins]

I hear some people calling for Goodell to be fired. I thought that was a stretch, but after seeing that CBS interview I am not so sure anymore. He really made a major mistake.
Does not look good at all.

[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.

[MTK]

I'm more concerned about the fact Rice isn't behind bars than a botched NFL investigation. I think a lot of parties are at fault here.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I'm more concerned about the fact Rice isn't behind bars than a botched NFL investigation. I think a lot of parties are at fault here.

Also, a lot of people seem to be letting the Ravens organization off the hook. The Redskins and Dan Snyder get a lot of flak over the name issue; yet the Ravens and Steve Bisciotti are getting off easy IMO.

[Dirtbag59]

I'm seeing the media speak a lot about double standards regarding stars like Floyd Mayweather but he's been on my list of grade A-Dbag/wife beaters for a while now.

If one good thing has come out of this Ray Rice fiasco its that domestic violence finally seems to be getting treated seriously. Feels like we've come a long way since Chris Brown got community service for felony assault. Ironically enough Mayweather seems to be one of the few high profile wifebeaters to actually have been punished by the courts.

Though I will admit our pitchforks may be getting a bit too sharp at this point. With domestic violence finally getting long overdue attention hopefully people will remember that being labeled a wifebeater is deservedly one of the worse labels a person can carry and it shouldn't be thrown around lightly.

Of course when you have a layup like the Ray Rice case and offer probation in the court of law and a 2 game slap on the wrist with the NFL it becomes hard to resist the temptation to slam your head into a wall.

By the way has anyone seen that now there's rumors that the NFL most definitely saw the elevator tape?

Jackie Mesa Pepper ‏@Jackie_Pepper 33m
Read this. The details are BAD. RT @AP: Law enforcement official says he sent video of Ray Rice to NFL 3 months ago AP Newsbreak: Source says Rice video sent to NFL
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.

Hooray no TMZ breaking the story this time....I think.

[NC_Skins]

The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice expresses thanks and says: "You're right. It's terrible."
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lol.... You have to fire Goodell at this point.

[Hijinx]

At this point Roger can only be incompetent or a liar.

BTW I saw a stat today that said since 2000 there have been 740 plus NFL player arrests, 87 of them domestic abuse related. No one cared though until someone got 1 on tape.

[Chico23231]

Cover up can be worse than the crime. Goodell should know better