I have not defended Ray Rice before now because I'm really pissed off at this nonsense! Rice didn't abuse his wife or threaten her in any way. She sure as hell wasn't afaraid of him in the elevator and wasn't afraid of him just days after. Ray made a horrible mistake and struck a woman! That woman is the mother of his child and the love of his life! Did he make a mistake? Of course he did! But look at at this guys resume..... Look at all the good he did before and after this stupid mistake...... Come on man! We are supposed to solve this not make it worse. If anything, this is so not fair to his wife or his daughter. Who's gonna support them and who's gonna provide for that family? Two wrongs don't make a right! So Janay Rice gets knocked out in an elevator, then gets robbed of her dignity as this goes public, then her loved one loses everything, then they go broke. The media and women righ advocates really got this one wrong..... Ray rices life got destroyed just for the NFL to learn a way around allowing these things to harm their image. Greg Hardy should be in rehab as we speak. Based on his previous actions, he is a threat to any woman involved with him. He's still a multi millionaire. Teams are still drafting guys with checkerd pasts. Teams don't get punished and players still get to play. Who are the real victims here? Who's paying the price? Greg Harry should have never been released by the Panthers until this case was resolved. The team should have been somewhat accountable. I'm not saying they should be blamed but held accountable to correct this horrible mistake! If a player becomes an alcoholic he should not be released until his team makes sure he does rehab! If a player commits murder, he stays on his team until the issue is resolved or the guy goes to jail. This system is so flawed in so many ways! And it's always a few that pay the price for the mistakes of the majority. Then teams that have media in their back pocket jump to the opportunity to help their team regardless of what off field crap their players get in. Someone please respond if you feel I'm out of line. I just feel horrible because we have been lied to by the NFL over and over again. And the good ones always pay the price.