Well, Rice has had his due process in the legal system. AP has not yet, but has admitted to beating his four year old, just that he did so as a concerned father and not as a child molester. I doubt the child knows the difference.Saw a clip on College Game Day or something and sometimes we just talk nonsense. Do men who hit women or children belong in prison - absolutely yes. There is no excuse for spousal abuse of any kind. However, what ever happened to due process and willing to completely throw out the notion that someone is innocent until proven guilty based on the type of alleged crime they committed.
Ray Rice's video pretty much put the nail in his coffin and that is enough evidence for me to say he should be done. A.P. I think is riding a line and based on what I have heard he likely crossed it, but we should at least allow the facts do their talking rather than innuendo and unsubstantiated claims.
Regardless if you are an overpaid star athlete or the blue collar guy who goes to work 8-5 everyday or somewhere in between, I think we would all demand due process if it were us being accused.
The loss of employment is an issue in most domestic violence cases. However, in this case, why do you think the family will be financially ruined? Rice has been in the league for many years and was on the tail end of his career anyway. He may have enough investments never to work again, or he may have to find a job.I'm not saying that's a rationale for justifying what he did in any way, I'm merely observing that kicking him out now will have the net effect of financially ruining her as well. So she will get penalized twice.
The irony that we expect them to act in a completely violent way between the whistles and even cheer loud when they are extra-violent, but they are expected to bottle it up. And no, I am in no way defending any man who hits a woman, but the irony of it all is quite striking.Another NFL player has been arrested for "Assault".
The NFL needs a good "cleansing" of the "un-controllables"......