A few things you should really add in before you sit here fussing up a storm.
1) Prior to this incident Ray Rice has been a model citizen and has done more for others in his short lifespan than most of us will do in our entire lives. Yes he has a lot of money, but that doesn't change the fact that his level of effort and attention given to charities is nothing to be scoffed at. This was his first incident of any violent crime, I'd like to think we're all entitled to a mistake in our lives without everyone calling for our heads.
2) Ray Rice and his wife were both drunk that night. She started the altercation and attacked him first, I think it was perfectly reasonable for him to have reacted and hit her once while intoxicated. To clarify, it wasn't right that he hit her as he likely could have restrained her, however, alcohol was involved and I'm gonna assume he wasn't thinking clearly. The fact that she was arrested along with him for assault should speak volumes to show that they were both at fault in this incident. All in all I'm not going to assume he had malicious intent and therefore not label him as a "wife beater". In fact, his wife's own lawyer stated that both parties admit they were at fault. In the initial press conference she apologized for her part in it.
3) He did not beat her. He hit her one time, she happened to hit her head when she fell and got knocked unconscious. Sure he dragged her out of the elevator while she was unconscious, however, again he was drunk and clearly not thinking things through, I've done similar things dragging around friends who pass out after having too much to drink while I've been intoxicated. Not the best action, but again give the guy a break here.
He deserves to be punished, and he was, sure it was only 2 games and it probably should have been 4 or more. However, I'm far less outraged by him getting 2 games than I am about the fact that this isn't the first domestic violence incident in sports; far from it, yet everyone decides to dump on a generally good human being who made, in his own words, the biggest mistake of his life. At least this guy has come out and shown true remorse for his part in the events of that evening and has taken significant steps to better himself as a person.
Be mad at the NFL, make your voice heard, so that next time when there isn't such a gray area they drop the hammer. I honestly can't find myself to be outraged about this though. Maybe I'm just a sad excuse for a human being, but I find the outrage toward this to frankly be embarrassing. Things like this have been happening for awhile yet we choose now to throw anger at a generally decent human being and throw him under a bus for an offense I am certain he will never commit again. Mob mentality at its finest.
1) Prior to this incident Ray Rice has been a model citizen and has done more for others in his short lifespan than most of us will do in our entire lives. Yes he has a lot of money, but that doesn't change the fact that his level of effort and attention given to charities is nothing to be scoffed at. This was his first incident of any violent crime, I'd like to think we're all entitled to a mistake in our lives without everyone calling for our heads.
2) Ray Rice and his wife were both drunk that night. She started the altercation and attacked him first, I think it was perfectly reasonable for him to have reacted and hit her once while intoxicated. To clarify, it wasn't right that he hit her as he likely could have restrained her, however, alcohol was involved and I'm gonna assume he wasn't thinking clearly. The fact that she was arrested along with him for assault should speak volumes to show that they were both at fault in this incident. All in all I'm not going to assume he had malicious intent and therefore not label him as a "wife beater". In fact, his wife's own lawyer stated that both parties admit they were at fault. In the initial press conference she apologized for her part in it.
3) He did not beat her. He hit her one time, she happened to hit her head when she fell and got knocked unconscious. Sure he dragged her out of the elevator while she was unconscious, however, again he was drunk and clearly not thinking things through, I've done similar things dragging around friends who pass out after having too much to drink while I've been intoxicated. Not the best action, but again give the guy a break here.
He deserves to be punished, and he was, sure it was only 2 games and it probably should have been 4 or more. However, I'm far less outraged by him getting 2 games than I am about the fact that this isn't the first domestic violence incident in sports; far from it, yet everyone decides to dump on a generally good human being who made, in his own words, the biggest mistake of his life. At least this guy has come out and shown true remorse for his part in the events of that evening and has taken significant steps to better himself as a person.
Be mad at the NFL, make your voice heard, so that next time when there isn't such a gray area they drop the hammer. I honestly can't find myself to be outraged about this though. Maybe I'm just a sad excuse for a human being, but I find the outrage toward this to frankly be embarrassing. Things like this have been happening for awhile yet we choose now to throw anger at a generally decent human being and throw him under a bus for an offense I am certain he will never commit again. Mob mentality at its finest.