Just feels dirty to post a TMZ report.. but alas they bought the video.. so it is what it is.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/08/ray-rice-elevator-knockout-fiancee-takes-crushing-punch-video/ 

But the question I have is.. does it alter your opinion upon Ray Rice because we now see the video of what we assumed happened in the first place. Does it make it worse that we can actually see the force in which he hit her?

Should the NFL extend his suspension because they can now see the footage.. the actual act?


I will comment of what I think will happen is that the NFL and Goodell himself will use this to extend the suspension, which was too light in the first place. Goodell is going to try and repair the cowdung mess he placed himself into with a BS suspension and the cool the heat he is rightfully taking.

But other than confirming that Rice's fiance/now wife didn't strike the first blow, the video does nothing to change my opinion of Rice. I still think he is a pile of crap that needs some serious emotion help.. or he needs to stop taking whatever the hell he is taking.

Either way.. it will be fun to watch Goodell squirm a bit, as he should, for his chicken shit decision.

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I don't see "Badell" changing the punishment.
Had this video come up BEFORE the punishment was handed down, then it may have changed it.

I bet Rice would point to the "slap" she did before they got onto the elevator as the first "hit".

Any way you look at it, the guy is a punk.

Now the next problem I have is: WHY did she agree to marry this jerk after what he did? Does she think he won't do it again? Maybe he will wait until his NFL career is over, but it will happen again. Maybe next time it will end with him killing her.

I can't help but wonder: Had this happened before? And maybe the only reason we found out this time was because of the video?
Guys that do this usually have a record of this scumbag behavior.

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Ravens release running back Ray Rice after video emerges

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That is one of the mysteries of life.. why anyone would tolerate it. On this situation on can look at the money Rice makes and maybe draw a dotted line for staying with him. But it happens all the time in life.. it is mind boggling.

And it is good that he was released from the Ravens.. if they made the choice on their own accord, good for them. But I have to believe the NFL might have pressured it a bit.. the shit storm is raining down on the shield today again for this..

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Predictable.. deny seeing it.. then react on new evidence.

Goodell is getting flogged today again in the court of public opinion.

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“To be honest with you, it was just Lambeau Field. I didn’t see anything special. They put us in the middle of nowhere and it’s not a real exciting place. Everything about this place is terrible, to be honest with you.” - Ray Rice about Green Bay from December 2009.

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justice served may have been a little late but they got it right !!

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Doesn't this chick have any brothers, uncles, or a dad? Ray Rice would be eating out of straw if he did this to one of my family members.

Goodell and the NFL reminds me of the sidekick to the bully in A Christmas Story. Much like the little sidekick, they didn't do a damn thing but they'll talk a big game and thump their chest after "the bully" did all the work for them.

They come out and announce an indefinite suspension after TMZ did all the work releasing the video. What team would ever take on the PR blunder of signing Ray Rice at this point anyway? TMZ in essence forced Rice's retirement this morning...but hip hip hooray for the NFL, they really stuck it to him with that indefinite suspension!

The vikies, the raiders, the jets for sure. Probably 10 other teams if they thought they stood have a chance getting production from him.

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