Bunkamania
ESPN Defector
Is he still protected by the NFLPA after the Ravens cut him? If not, maybe that aided in the NFL's decision to suspend him.
I think we might be missing another point - the only media company driving this was TMZ - the rest was an explosion on social media, which isn't especially liberal, just a zillion individuals. More like the hysterical media. The mob media.
The associated press is all over this
Maybe now, but no news organization could keep up on the 8th in the hours between the video release and the ban. That was a wildfire beyond what journalists can even play a role in. By the time they reported something they were already two hours behind.
My point is the press services, television, or traditional news sites are too slow to really drive public reaction over the course of a few hours, which is all it took Goodell to pull the trigger. The clue came from TMZ.
I absolutely disagree with a man punching a women out of anger - makes him a punk and he should be arrested and locked up for quite sometime with required anger management. If law enforcement did so, he couldn't play anyway regardless of the NFL conduct policy. (not sure how any other corporation would handle a situation like this - but it would probably lack the media attention - which leads me to the next point).
By the same token, I am also opposed to the liberal media driving yet another major corporate entity to alter or change their policies based upon their sensationalism of an event. I think it gets into very dangerous territory when the law of the land is based upon social media driven anything - yet that appears to be where we are. There are sooooo many other major issues facing this country that need to be addressed by the media yet they keep silent on those, as in, let cover some other stuff and 'pay no attention to the man behind the curtain'. .... (sorry for the vent)
Not sure what to make of her marrying the guy afterwards - but that another topic to ponder.
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of course!!! but dont you think we a nation is hypocritical about this... If it was just a weaker man, the outrage would be almost non existent... The criminal aspect would still be there, but the media and social media outrage just would not be there... We have to get over categorizing crimes and just calling them what they are instead... this is assault and battery!!!
it is a criminal issue and should be treated as such
So if Rice is suspended indefinitely for "domestic abuse" then it stands to reason that Peterson would also be suspended indefinitely for "child abuse." Right?