US Senators call on Goodell to give Rice harsher punishment

CBS Sports ^ | August 1, 2014 | Ryan Wilson

[ConservativeStatement]

Now that everybody on Capitol Hill has weighed in on the Redskins name controversy, the men and women elected to represent the people have moved on to a new sports-related target: the NFL and Ravens running back Ray Rice.

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent letters to commissioner Roger Goodell calling for Rice to face a harsher punishment beyond the two-game suspension handed down by the league and considered too lenient by many critics.

[ConservativeStatement]

"intimate-partner violence..." Is that an expanded term?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

There you go, they are too busy getting stuff done to get stuff done. What a bunch of fatuous a**holes.

[doc1019]

In the meantime, the world goes to hell in a hand basket.

[txrefugee]

Well, this Senate has nothing else to do since Dingy Harry won’t let any of the 300+ House bills on his desk come up for a vote. And Obama calls the House “obstructionist.

[ConorMacNessa]

Has he been convicted yet in Court? Just asking.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Rembrandt]

Being punished for the same infraction a second time is a violation of star jeopardy (consult the professional athlete handbook).

[okie01]

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent letters to commissioner Roger Goodell...

At least, Sen. Juan McCain avoided the temptation to stick his nose into it...

[Chode]

the stooopid vow married him AFTER he hit it... he'll lose half of everything he has in a year or two, punishment enough

[matt04]

But the two idiots from my state did. Damn you Bridgeport and Hartford.

[RockyTx]

did this happen on the field?

if so, what was the penalty?

[kiryandil]

Say, what about that old pervert Joe Biden wagging his shriveled shrimp in front of his female Secret Service agents?

[ConservativeStatement]

It is not football-related. It involves his wife.

From a few weeks ago:

Janay Rice didn't elaborate on the role she played, although a February court summons stated that she tried to hit her husband, who then knocked her unconscious.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24571153/ray-rices-wife-i-deeply-regret-the-role-i-played-in-the-incident

[doug from upland]

Rice is black so isn’t this racist by the Senators?

[ConservativeStatement]

Add to that Stephen A. Smith being suspended from ESPN.

And yet Dana Jacobsen of ESPN cursing Jesus didn’t upset some as much as this.

[Cen-Tejas]

.........well, let’s see, Sterling used the N word and the NBA stole his team and banned him from the league forever!

The NFL on the other hand suspended this player for 2 games for knocking his wife out COLD !

Meanwhile the woman stills loves dat husband with all dat money!!!

[Mark17]

But the two idiots from my state did. Damn you Bridgeport and Hartford.

Totally aside from the incident and the punishment, which I think was not enough, I hate it when politicians stick their ugly noses into these things. The politicians should stick it where the sun don't shine.

[11th Commandment]

These Democratic Senators are racists. They should be calling for Goodell to resign for handing down such a weak punishments after seeing the video. Always the black guy, not the white guy.

[Jane Long]

Goodell should resign...for not reviewing the AVAILABLE elevator video, that showed this horrific beating.

[Vermont Lt]

The US Senate has bigger fish to fry than how the NFL treats their thugs.

[discostu]

Charges were dropped when he sought counseling.