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NFL Security is already full of FBI, DEA, and Secret Service folks. This rates a Full Yawn.
The appointment of Mueller appears to be a clear conflict of interest, and laughable, according to my local sports talk hosts. Mueller works for a las firm which has regularly represented different aspects of the NFL and which has sent many former employees to full employment by the NFL. This is getting mor and more stupid.
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Exactly. This is beyond farce, itâs obscene.
This has become a national embarrassment. The guy lost his job. He and the woman want this done. The judicial system has handled it like any other case at this level (first time offender, single incident, no history of other misbehavior). And yet, like a rabid dog in a nursery, it simply does not end. Disgusting. The case is much more dreadful than the actual act, which was not very important or very big. And, no, a single case of a reflexive swing at a person charging at you is not abuse. Itâs a reflexive act. It is not big. It is not important. It is a trivial moment.
IMHO, the various interest groups have become too quick to jump on calling for someoneâs head if anything comes up that is in any way connected to the cause they advocate. They use the national media, not to benefit the victim, but to make loud noises that draw attention to their group in hopes of greater contributions.
Ray Rice deserved every bit of the punishment, financial penalty and public ridicule, that has been heaped upon him since that video was released. I watched the video ONCE and was so sickened by the barbarous behavior of Mr. Rice that I literally began retching and dry heaving. I could not force myself to watch the video again. It is that horrific.
Yes, the punishment that Mr. Rice is now receiving is much more appropriate and well deserved than the asinine 2 game suspension that he was initially given. Banning from professional football for life and the loss of all the endorsement contracts are well deserved.
Yes, the NFL needs to reform its investigative practices, both for transparency and thoroughness. I hope Mr. Mueller takes his job seriously and produces a thoughtful and compelling report on reforms in the NFL.
But this screaming for Mr. Goodellâs head is absurd. He made an error in meting out discipline after an incomplete investigation. He should take the lead in reforming the practices of the NFL when it investigates its own. He recognized the error of the minimal punishment given Mr. Rice immediately after the video came to his attention (being the optimistic, trusting type, I will take him at his word that he had never seen the video until later) he immediately imposed a well-deserved âdeath penaltyâ punishment upon Mr. Rice. End of storyâŚ
How is it that somehow the video of Rice pulling his fiancee from the elevator was made public very early in this investigation, but the video from inside the elevator was somehow behind some investigatory âwallâ? The NFL had access the first video, as did the whole world, and it was presumably taken into consideration when their initial suspension was levied. I guess I just donât buy the supposition that the NFL was ârespecting the ongoing investigationâ by not pursuing the other more damaging video evidence.