A few thoughts, which may or may not have anything to do with each other.
1. The punch was bad, but the way he dragged her out, and then just dropped her to have her head bounce off the floor was disgusting. It was clear to me he didnt care at all about her as a human being.
2. First he was suspended 2 games, then the league decided this type of behavior would be a 4 game suspension in the future. Then they see the video and basically ban him. They need to come up with a system of punishment and stick to it instead of changing things on the fly based on public reaction. Maybe the proper punishment is a certain amount of games or maybe it is a ban, but either way come up with a system and stick to it.
3. She slapped him in the face before they got on the elevator. ***hmmm i have watched another better video and im not sure she even slapped him. maybe lightly backhanded him but it didnt look at all forceful when i saw it again. the previous video was jerky and made it look a lot worse.
4. After all that they got married. I can't imagine marrying someone where things got that out of hand.
5. Ray Rice was known for his community outreach before this. He was considered one of the good guys. He is either a complete fake or he had one of the most horrific nights you can imagine.
6. NFL needs to clean up their act and it will be interesting what they do from here on out. This is what is known as a mud pit- everyone even slightly involved comes out dirty.
Those are some good points. Here are a couple of mine.
First the caveat - I never was a big RR fan even though I follow the Ravens. Also, what he did was inexcusable, period!
1. this is not your "normal" (from what we know) domestic violence incident. ie. the man comes home drunk or annoyed and punches his wife for little or no apparent reason etc
2. for all we know at this point, this is the 1st time RR struck her
3. we have no idea what "buttons she pushed" leading up to this
4. many males have been pushed to their limit without getting physical with their partner
5. she doesn't appear to be a weak little defenseless female
6. RR your normal male
7. alcohol was almost certainly involved
8. we shouldn't judge Janay for staying with him although I'm sure the money helps a lot. We have no idea of the dynamics of their total relationship
I'll just end with this although I'm sure some will jump all over me for it. From what we know now, from what we have seen, ranked from worst behavior to lesser bad behavior:
1. Vick
2. Rice
3. Josh Gordon suspended for entire season (indefinite suspension) for pot use (legal in two NFL cities)
