The Ray Rice Elevator Video

Oh, I don't know ... likely as not small. But certainly not 0. All I am pointing to is this idea that it's a certainty that the NFL's top echelon saw it. I don't think it's nearly that drop-dead a thing.

Not my bailiwick. But it's not, to me, absurd to think that someone might think he/she could run afoul of those things.

 

Lot of people have gone to prison for crimes committed while in intoxicated states, and the judge and juries haven't given a rat's ass if the claim is "that's not who I am."
Yes it is.

 

God bless Steve Spurrier. While others may call a spade a spade, he calls a spade a damn shovel.

"I've had a rule ever since I've been here that if you ever hit a girl, you're not going to play on our team. You're finished ...

We're not going to have any player on our team that's done that. I can't understand why every coach doesn't have that rule and why every company doesn't have that rule for their employees. I think it could put a pretty good end to this stuff. Really, it's amazing that America has sorta put up with it or compromised, but that is something that should never happen. Our players know that they're gone if they hit a girl. They know it."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24703059/spurrier-you-ever-hit-a-girl-youre-not-going-to-play-on-our-team

 

Spurrier's a preacher's son. Opposing coaches and fans and the media may hate him, but he's got pretty firm footing on the moral high ground.

 

I think you're underestimating the NFL's reach and black-hat powers as a multibillion-dollar operation. Do you think something like this could transpire at Microsoft or Apple or Goldman Sachs where the only conduit to law enforcement was a secretary who didn't inform her superiors? That's the scale of what the NFL is, only they have an even more elaborate "security force." Those guys hang around every locker room, and they are creepy just to look at.

I can envision a scenario where Goodell himself was insulated. (Not likely, but possible.) I can't envision a scenario where that video went to nobody who had any authority.

 

That is of course if you don't buy into the one rumor about him.

 

And often it is a lesser punishment. I am certainly not condoning what Rice did by any means, but it can see that the NFL could be swayed into being more lenient when the accused and the victim come them and say it was a drunken argument which turned physical.

 

You are making up excuses for Goodell, the league and the Ravens. Goodell, Adolpho Birch and the Ravens have discussed his punishment numerous times. Alcohol being a factor has never come up.

 

That made my day; thanks. Hilarious.

 

+1. I immediately stole it and put it up where I could make a couple of friends spew coffee on their computer screens.

 

+1 Made my day as well, and I am having a lousy week. Thanks!