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Ray Rice terminated after newly released video shows NFL star punch fiancee
CNN/TMZ ^ | 9/8/14 | Jill Martin and Steve Almasy

Posted on 09/08/2014 11:49:41 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

The Baltimore Ravens have terminated the contract of running back Ray Rice, the team announced Monday, the same day a shocking video surfaced showing the NFL star punching his then-fiancee in February.

The news release from the NFL team was terse.

"The Baltimore Ravens terminated the contract of RB Ray Rice this afternoon," it read.

Rice had been suspended by the league for the first two games of the season, a controversial move that led to widespread criticism and to the league re-evaluating the punishment for domestic violence cases.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: domesticviolence; nfl; rayrice
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To: driftdiver
The NFL is a business. Businesses don’t make money by firing their best employees.

Except when the price of keeping that employee around (in terms of bad publicity and legal risk should the guy fail to control his temper and kill a fan with his bare hands) exceeds the value he brings in.

81 posted on 09/08/2014 2:35:45 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: relictele; driftdiver
It sounds mad but they will be more concerned with threats of boycotts by groups who don’t even watch the NFL than they will by their current paying customers.

What makes NFL profitable is the ad revenue from televising games. Advertisers are vulnerable to boycott threats from angry women. Of course, how outraged women will be over a black athlete who beats his wife (as opposed to an athlete who is pro-life) is another story.

82 posted on 09/08/2014 2:41:31 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: FamiliarFace

For the money. Bet she divorces him now.


83 posted on 09/08/2014 2:49:49 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: FamiliarFace

You have to be kidding right? You think these women are going to leave someone bringing in millions just because of a punch in the mouth? Give me my Rolls, Rolex watch, fancy clothes and shoes. For that a little physical abuse is nothing.


84 posted on 09/08/2014 3:15:40 PM PDT by animal172 (Calling Thomas Jefferson)
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To: 11th_VA

She’ll be divorcing him soon enough, if he’s not going to draw an NFL paycheck.


85 posted on 09/08/2014 3:21:34 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Somewhere, Bill Clinton is laughing.


86 posted on 09/08/2014 3:22:05 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: animal172
You think these women are going to leave someone bringing in millions just because of a punch in the mouth? Give me my Rolls, Rolex watch, fancy clothes and shoes. For that a little physical abuse is nothing.

Sure seems that way. Do a little cost benefit analysis, and there's a lot to gain for a little physical abuse.

Rice's now wife should have walked away after that incident--those stripes don't change in a man.

87 posted on 09/08/2014 3:22:23 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: raccoonradio
indefinite suspension by NFL

Two or three games max.This guy puts butts in the seats,

88 posted on 09/08/2014 3:26:30 PM PDT by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: exit82

“Rice’s now wife should have walked away after that incident—those stripes don’t change in a man”

You would think, but like I said the money is just too much for them to leave. It’s a matter of priorities and apparently her priority is living the high end lifestyle.


89 posted on 09/08/2014 3:59:19 PM PDT by animal172 (Calling Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Rodamala; mbarker12474

Sean Taylor is dead.


90 posted on 09/08/2014 4:36:46 PM PDT by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: RaveOn

Well that’ll keep me shaking my head for the rest of the evening.

:-)

.


91 posted on 09/08/2014 6:31:32 PM PDT by Mears
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To: TangledUpInBlue

an obvious frame up by the Ferguson Police


92 posted on 09/08/2014 7:18:22 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Justice for Officer Darren)
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To: Mears

Sorry, but I am personally tired of people dressed to the nines in Church, I welcome being real.

More important what is inside a man...that`s just me

I think it`s the Lord also


93 posted on 09/08/2014 7:28:38 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Justice for Officer Darren)
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To: Mears

Sorry, but I am personally tired of people dressed to the nines in Church, I welcome being real.

More important what is inside a man...that`s just me

I think it`s the Lord also


94 posted on 09/08/2014 7:28:38 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Justice for Officer Darren)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Not only should he never be allowed to play again in the NFL, he should be in prison.


95 posted on 09/08/2014 7:33:55 PM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Muslim president!)
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To: TangledUpInBlue; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Maryland "Freak State" PING!

96 posted on 09/08/2014 9:02:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Woman ‘marines’ are not serving in combat units.


97 posted on 09/08/2014 11:08:04 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: TangledUpInBlue; Rodamala

This ain’t the goddamned third world yet, football jersies are NOT appropriate church attire at any Catholic and most Protestant churches.


98 posted on 09/08/2014 11:28:00 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: detective

The NFL did not want to suspend him. Not for 2 games, not at all. It was the video that forced their hand. They don’t care that he beats her up,


Neither do the fans.

“She was victimized by Ravens fans, who cheered Rice upon his return to the field, where he was asked on TV what “encouraging words” his wife had for him before getting this ovation.”

“How do we know this? Well, look at Floyd Mayweather. He’s been convicted of domestic violence (and recently accused again of troubling behavior) and there will be plenty of cheers for him this weekend. There were plenty of cheers for San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald when he played against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday despite being arrested for allegedly abusing his pregnant girlfriend. And there were plenty of cheers on Sunday for Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Greg Hardy, who was convicted this summer for assaulting his girlfriend.”

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/culture-of-blaming-the-victim-is-root-cause-of-failure-for-nfl—ravens-in-ray-rice-case-220237076.html


99 posted on 09/09/2014 5:48:12 AM PDT by chessplayer
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