We all know for a fact what Ray Rice did because it is on video for all to see. However, listening to some people who advocate automatically suspending a player when allegations are brought forth. But what happens (if anything) when once the investigation is over it turns out the allegations weren't true? Yet this player was suspended from playing and basically ostracized by the organization for half a season?
I've not heard anyone come out and present this scenario to balance the debate. Because we've all seen that people can be accused of things, then months later, when it all plays out. We find out the allegations were bogus due to malicious intent of the accuser. We're not always going to have video evidence like the Ray Rice situation. Yet we're prepared to drop a major hammer on a player for allegations of something that hasn't even had a chance of going through any sort of due process. I know we don't live in a "fair" world and everything cannot be fair.
The discussion of Ray McDonald in the Sunday night game made me think of this.
I've not heard anyone come out and present this scenario to balance the debate. Because we've all seen that people can be accused of things, then months later, when it all plays out. We find out the allegations were bogus due to malicious intent of the accuser. We're not always going to have video evidence like the Ray Rice situation. Yet we're prepared to drop a major hammer on a player for allegations of something that hasn't even had a chance of going through any sort of due process. I know we don't live in a "fair" world and everything cannot be fair.
The discussion of Ray McDonald in the Sunday night game made me think of this.
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