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Posted by Mike Florio on August 14, 2017, 8:09 PM EDT
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...y-to-ray-rice/
At the time of Ray Rice’s initial punishment (which happened before the elevator video emerged), the NFL had a standard practice of suspending players two games for first-offense domestic violence. When Rice was suspended only two games, fans and media unleashed a hue and cry that caught the NFL by surprise, forcing it to change the baseline suspension for first-offense domestic violence to six games.
Then came the release of the notorious knockout video, which frankly didn’t show the NFL anything the NFL didn’t already know. The aftermath nearly brought down the Commissioner. After that, the league decided that it would never again defer to the criminal justice system, and that it will always conduct its own investigation in order to ensure that a player who gets the benefit of the doubt in a court of law when perhaps he didn’t deserve it doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt in the Court of Big Shield.
Three years ago, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot would have faced no scrutiny at all from the league if he was never arrested for or charged with domestic violence. Today, thanks to the Rice situation, Elliott faces the loss of six game checks, partial forfeiture of his signing bonus, elimination of his future guarantees, significant loss of endorsement income, and the scarlet letter of domestic abuser.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...liott-suspension-traces-directly-to-ray-rice/
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...y-to-ray-rice/
At the time of Ray Rice’s initial punishment (which happened before the elevator video emerged), the NFL had a standard practice of suspending players two games for first-offense domestic violence. When Rice was suspended only two games, fans and media unleashed a hue and cry that caught the NFL by surprise, forcing it to change the baseline suspension for first-offense domestic violence to six games.
Then came the release of the notorious knockout video, which frankly didn’t show the NFL anything the NFL didn’t already know. The aftermath nearly brought down the Commissioner. After that, the league decided that it would never again defer to the criminal justice system, and that it will always conduct its own investigation in order to ensure that a player who gets the benefit of the doubt in a court of law when perhaps he didn’t deserve it doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt in the Court of Big Shield.
Three years ago, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliot would have faced no scrutiny at all from the league if he was never arrested for or charged with domestic violence. Today, thanks to the Rice situation, Elliott faces the loss of six game checks, partial forfeiture of his signing bonus, elimination of his future guarantees, significant loss of endorsement income, and the scarlet letter of domestic abuser.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...liott-suspension-traces-directly-to-ray-rice/
