Ray Rice

[Fafnir]

News is that the nfl may lift the suspension.  Rice being signed by another team is another story though

Ray Rice will not play in the NFL again this season.

Yeah, he will probably get another shot next season if allowed by the league. But not as an in season addition. Too much of a "distraction" in NFL terms.

[Celtics4ever]

I wondered if he would try CFL or the like this year.

[Donoghus]

@AP: BREAKING: AP Source: Law enforcement official sent copy of Ray Rice tape to NFL executive in April

Ruh-Roh Roger!

[D.o.s.]

Pfft, the AP. How about you get a tweet from a real news source before posting these absurd claims?

[Fafnir]

I wondered if he would try CFL or the like this year.

CFL has a rule against players suspended by the NFL from playing in their league.

[Fafnir]

@AP: BREAKING: AP Source: Law enforcement official sent copy of Ray Rice tape to NFL executive in April

Ruh-Roh Roger!

Being revealed as very public liars would force a resignation at this point.

[fairweatherfan]

@AP: BREAKING: AP Source: Law enforcement official sent copy of Ray Rice tape to NFL executive in April

Ruh-Roh Roger!

I think Goodell is trying out his Colonel Klink impression as we speak.

[Donoghus]

@AP: BREAKING: AP Source: Law enforcement official sent copy of Ray Rice tape to NFL executive in April

Ruh-Roh Roger!

Being revealed as very public liars would force a resignation at this point.

I hope so.  Screw Goodell and anyone else who was involved in that coverup. 

[D.o.s.]

I'm reminded of Doc getting that letter from the Celtics and never opening it.

Vastly different circumstances, obviously, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

[Donoghus]

I'm reminded of Doc getting that letter from the Celtics and never opening it.

Vastly different circumstances, obviously, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

That a video from a law enforcement agency came into the league office and no one there acknowledged it?

[D.o.s.]

As Chris Kluwe just put it:

"Well, see, yes, we got a video, but it was one of those newfangled Ru-Blays, and we only have Betamax, soooo, we, uh, didn't watch it."

https://twitter.com/ChrisWarcraft/status/509808929065672704

Remember: the NFL front office as an entity is creepy, evil, and corrupt. It is, more or less, Big Tobacco in that sense: they make their money off of something that is actively bad for the people who participate. I put very little past them.

[Donoghus]

Supposedly the NFL called the investigator confirming it had received the Rice video.

Yikes!!  What was the league office thinking?  Did they not think the police would fight back on its claims.  Is the league now gonna say the police are lying? 

[fairweatherfan]

Supposedly the NFL called the investigator confirming it had received the Rice video.

Yikes!!  What was the league office thinking?  Did they not think the police would fight back on its claims.  Is the league now gonna say the police are lying?

The next logical move is to claim it never got to upper levels and scapegoat some poor schmuck early in the chain of custody.  Or barring that, at least shield Goodell and scapegoat some more culpable schmuck in the upper levels.

[D.o.s.]

The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice expresses thanks and says: "You're right. It's terrible."

The law enforcement official, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, says he had no further communication with any NFL employee and can't confirm anyone watched the video. The person said he was unauthorized to release the video but shared it unsolicited, because he wanted the NFL to have it before deciding on Rice's punishment.

The NFL has repeatedly said it asked for but could not obtain the video of Rice hitting Janay Palmer - who is now his wife - at an Atlantic City casino in February.

The league says it has no record of the video, and no one in the league office had seen it until it was released by TMZ Monday. When asked about the voicemail Wednesday, NFL officials repeated their assertion that no league official had seen the video before Monday

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBN_RICE_VIDEO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-09-10-16-51-00

Again, from the NFL's perspective it's all about being able to plausibly deny it.

[Donoghus]

Supposedly the NFL called the investigator confirming it had received the Rice video.

Yikes!!  What was the league office thinking?  Did they not think the police would fight back on its claims.  Is the league now gonna say the police are lying?

The next logical move is to claim it never got to upper levels and scapegoat some poor schmuck early in the chain of custody.  Or barring that, at least shield Goodell and scapegoat some more culpable schmuck in the upper levels.

Well, I now know which CBer to reach out to for advice when I get in my first inevitable scandal a few years from now.