talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
Do we have an aluminum foil hat emoticon somewhere?
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
Do we have an aluminum foil hat emoticon somewhere?
claver2010 {l Wrote}:"I woke up this morning feeling like I had a horrible nightmare, feeling like I'm mourning the death of my closest friend," Janay Rice wrote. "But to have to accept the fact that it's reality is a nightmare in itself. No one knows the pain that [the] media & unwanted options from the public has caused my family. To make us relive a moment in our lives that we regret every day is a horrible thing. To take something away from the man I love that he has worked his [butt off] for all his life just to gain ratings is horrific.
"THIS IS OUR LIFE! What don't you all get. If your intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, make us feel alone, take all happiness away, you've succeeded on so many levels. Just know we will continue to grow & show the world what real love is! Ravensnation we love you!"
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twballgame9 {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
Do we have an aluminum foil hat emoticon somewhere?
talon {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
Do we have an aluminum foil hat emoticon somewhere?
Believing that someone at the NFL saw the video before TMZ released it = believing UFOs and little green men exist.
talon {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
Do we have an aluminum foil hat emoticon somewhere?
Believing that someone at the NFL saw the video before TMZ released it = believing UFOs and little green men exist.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
Do we have an aluminum foil hat emoticon somewhere?
Believing that someone at the NFL saw the video before TMZ released it = believing UFOs and little green men exist.
Again, give me one reason the NFL offices would jeopardize their jobs and the league's reputation for Ray fucking Rice.
talon {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:talon {l Wrote}:The NFL says they never saw the video before the 2 game suspension. I don't believe them, but what if I want to give them the benefit of the doubt ... less than 2 weeks ago, Goodell admitted that he messed up, 2 games was probably too lenient and he said from now on, it'll be six games. Was that a reaction to seeing the video a few weeks ago?
Do we have an aluminum foil hat emoticon somewhere?
Believing that someone at the NFL saw the video before TMZ released it = believing UFOs and little green men exist.
Again, give me one reason the NFL offices would jeopardize their jobs and the league's reputation for Ray fucking Rice.
underestimating how people would react?
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Yes, they certainly did, but given the history of this commissioner, what about this player made them act more leniently than with respect to many other players? Nothing. There's no way they saw yesterday's tape and only gave him two games thinking that would fly. Based only on the first tape, I could see them being that stupid.
talon {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Yes, they certainly did, but given the history of this commissioner, what about this player made them act more leniently than with respect to many other players? Nothing. There's no way they saw yesterday's tape and only gave him two games thinking that would fly. Based only on the first tape, I could see them being that stupid.
I don't think that the NFL thinks that Ray Rice is some superstar who needs extra protection. If anything, they thought he was just like any other starting RB in the league and figured that this would blow over.
talon {l Wrote}:Did Daryl Washington get a severe punishment for breaking his girlfriend's collarbone?
Did Ahmad Brooks get a severe punishment for punching a woman in the eye causing her to lose consciousness?
Did James Harrison get a severe punishment for punching his girlfriend?
Brandon Marshall was suspended 1 game for domestic violence.
Erik Walden was suspended 1 game for domestic violence.
There have been plenty of NFL players who have hit women before and got slaps on the wrist if they got any punishment at all.
For substance abuse.twballgame9 {l Wrote}:PS Washington is already suspended a year, and has to be reinstated. Should they suspend him twice?
talon {l Wrote}:For substance abuse.twballgame9 {l Wrote}:PS Washington is already suspended a year, and has to be reinstated. Should they suspend him twice?
We saw the TMZ video of what happened outside—when he was dragging her out unconscious—but inside, I'm told from those who have seen the video, it wasn't pretty. In fact, she attacks him—we don't know the reason why—and he strikes her, strikes her hard. And her head—according to the sources I've spoken to—struck the rail inside the elevator and she was unconscious.
NFL: Ray Rice video was not made available to them,despite requests to law enforcement. Nothing on whether NFL had account of what happened
talon {l Wrote}:ESPN's Chris Mortensen in July:We saw the TMZ video of what happened outside—when he was dragging her out unconscious—but inside, I'm told from those who have seen the video, it wasn't pretty. In fact, she attacks him—we don't know the reason why—and he strikes her, strikes her hard. And her head—according to the sources I've spoken to—struck the rail inside the elevator and she was unconscious.
Chris Mortensen yesterday:NFL: Ray Rice video was not made available to them,despite requests to law enforcement. Nothing on whether NFL had account of what happened
His sources in July gave a very accurate description of a video they never saw. Must have been a very lucky guess.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Again, fucking up and underestimating the public reaction has nothing to do with their reasoning for being so lenient to Ray Rice in the first place. I never said that they didn't fuck up, I just said no one at the NFL was going to stick their necks out for an overrated aging RB. This is not Michael Jordan we are talking about, it is more like Michael Ray Richardson.
Bumpers {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Again, fucking up and underestimating the public reaction has nothing to do with their reasoning for being so lenient to Ray Rice in the first place. I never said that they didn't fuck up, I just said no one at the NFL was going to stick their necks out for an overrated aging RB. This is not Michael Jordan we are talking about, it is more like Michael Ray Richardson.
Underestimating public reaction and organizational self-interest go hand-in-hand. You might say the reason for underestimating is wishful thinking driven by self-interest of protecting the NFL's reputation. Throw in a delusional belief that something like this can be kept under wraps, and there you have it. You have to figure for them to be this delusional, they've done this and gotten away with hiding bad shit before.
Anyway, smart people make really dumb decisions when they are scared.
There is precedent for this. Check out this video of an off-duty Chicago cop pummeling a little blond bartender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kgG0s7lVk
The Chicago Police Supt. and his chiefs (a lot of smart people) looked at this video and seriously thought, so what? She didn't die, nothing broken, just bumps and bruises, just charge him with a misdemeanor. They actually believed they could keep the video quiet.
Wrong. Shit blew up. The State's Attorney's Office accused the Police Department of charging the misdemeanor against their directions. And the Supt. lost his gig. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/03 ... fta=y&_r=0
Guess what's going to happen to Roger.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Bumpers {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Again, fucking up and underestimating the public reaction has nothing to do with their reasoning for being so lenient to Ray Rice in the first place. I never said that they didn't fuck up, I just said no one at the NFL was going to stick their necks out for an overrated aging RB. This is not Michael Jordan we are talking about, it is more like Michael Ray Richardson.
Underestimating public reaction and organizational self-interest go hand-in-hand. You might say the reason for underestimating is wishful thinking driven by self-interest of protecting the NFL's reputation. Throw in a delusional belief that something like this can be kept under wraps, and there you have it. You have to figure for them to be this delusional, they've done this and gotten away with hiding bad shit before.
Anyway, smart people make really dumb decisions when they are scared.
There is precedent for this. Check out this video of an off-duty Chicago cop pummeling a little blond bartender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kgG0s7lVk
The Chicago Police Supt. and his chiefs (a lot of smart people) looked at this video and seriously thought, so what? She didn't die, nothing broken, just bumps and bruises, just charge him with a misdemeanor. They actually believed they could keep the video quiet.
Wrong. Shit blew up. The State's Attorney's Office accused the Police Department of charging the misdemeanor against their directions. And the Supt. lost his gig. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/03 ... fta=y&_r=0
Guess what's going to happen to Roger.
Not so sure this analogy works. The Chicago police are actually justified in thinking they might be able to cover up a tape like that. If Roger Goodell saw this tape and thought he could hide it, he should be fired for stupid.
Don't really think there is any scenario, short of this being Peyton Manning, where the league sees this tape and gives a player two games and keeps their fingers crossed that it never comes out.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Bumpers {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Again, fucking up and underestimating the public reaction has nothing to do with their reasoning for being so lenient to Ray Rice in the first place. I never said that they didn't fuck up, I just said no one at the NFL was going to stick their necks out for an overrated aging RB. This is not Michael Jordan we are talking about, it is more like Michael Ray Richardson.
Underestimating public reaction and organizational self-interest go hand-in-hand. You might say the reason for underestimating is wishful thinking driven by self-interest of protecting the NFL's reputation. Throw in a delusional belief that something like this can be kept under wraps, and there you have it. You have to figure for them to be this delusional, they've done this and gotten away with hiding bad shit before.
Anyway, smart people make really dumb decisions when they are scared.
There is precedent for this. Check out this video of an off-duty Chicago cop pummeling a little blond bartender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kgG0s7lVk
The Chicago Police Supt. and his chiefs (a lot of smart people) looked at this video and seriously thought, so what? She didn't die, nothing broken, just bumps and bruises, just charge him with a misdemeanor. They actually believed they could keep the video quiet.
Wrong. Shit blew up. The State's Attorney's Office accused the Police Department of charging the misdemeanor against their directions. And the Supt. lost his gig. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/03 ... fta=y&_r=0
Guess what's going to happen to Roger.
Not so sure this analogy works. The Chicago police are actually justified in thinking they might be able to cover up a tape like that. If Roger Goodell saw this tape and thought he could hide it, he should be fired for stupid.
Don't really think there is any scenario, short of this being Peyton Manning, where the league sees this tape and gives a player two games and keeps their fingers crossed that it never comes out.
Bumpers {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Bumpers {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:Again, fucking up and underestimating the public reaction has nothing to do with their reasoning for being so lenient to Ray Rice in the first place. I never said that they didn't fuck up, I just said no one at the NFL was going to stick their necks out for an overrated aging RB. This is not Michael Jordan we are talking about, it is more like Michael Ray Richardson.
Underestimating public reaction and organizational self-interest go hand-in-hand. You might say the reason for underestimating is wishful thinking driven by self-interest of protecting the NFL's reputation. Throw in a delusional belief that something like this can be kept under wraps, and there you have it. You have to figure for them to be this delusional, they've done this and gotten away with hiding bad shit before.
Anyway, smart people make really dumb decisions when they are scared.
There is precedent for this. Check out this video of an off-duty Chicago cop pummeling a little blond bartender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kgG0s7lVk
The Chicago Police Supt. and his chiefs (a lot of smart people) looked at this video and seriously thought, so what? She didn't die, nothing broken, just bumps and bruises, just charge him with a misdemeanor. They actually believed they could keep the video quiet.
Wrong. Shit blew up. The State's Attorney's Office accused the Police Department of charging the misdemeanor against their directions. And the Supt. lost his gig. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/us/03 ... fta=y&_r=0
Guess what's going to happen to Roger.
Not so sure this analogy works. The Chicago police are actually justified in thinking they might be able to cover up a tape like that. If Roger Goodell saw this tape and thought he could hide it, he should be fired for stupid.
Don't really think there is any scenario, short of this being Peyton Manning, where the league sees this tape and gives a player two games and keeps their fingers crossed that it never comes out.
Admittedly not a good analogy as far as you go. I totally agree that police departments generally have a more valid belief of keeping shit out of the public view. But in this case, the tape was given to them by the bartender, the PD didn't confiscate it from the bar. They knew she (and her lawyers, wink) had a copy, and they still thought they could keep it quiet and that even if it got out, it wouldn't be that bad.
The point is, this off-duty POS was not worth protecting either. But that's not why they did it from an organizational perspective. Just because the cop and the PD's interests are aligned does not mean that the cover-up was done for him.
From the organization's perspective, the thought is what can we do to avoid another black eye, and can the backlash after a cover-up be worse than sunlight on the front end? Nobody ever gets that one right, because that's where delusion and a history of getting away with cover-ups gets 'em every time. On that level, these are analogs in my opinion.
Oh, and FWIW, I don't think it matters whether the NFL saw the interior video or not before it came out; they had every opportunity to get it directly from Ray and his defense lawyers, if they didn't actually have it, so either way they willfully sought out ignorance or are playing it now. Both just as bad.
twballgame9 {l Wrote}:
Had Goodell given a harsh sentence, he would have had to deal with some barking from the players' union. That would have been all. So no, I don't believe that he knew about the tape at the time. If he did, he's an idiot.
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