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[rmcjacket23]

To make such a generalized statement without clarification is offensive.

 

The fact that Ray Rice's incident of DV was recorded on video has nothing to do with the severity of the issue of domestic violence as it relates to DV acts committed by other players in the league and to state so is an affront to the victims of DV.  Just because their incidents were not recorded on video doesn't make them any less egregious, appalling or abhorrent.

Actually it does. Society itself takes things much more seriously went they see it actually happen, and you already know that.

 

DV isn't some new concept that just popped up or become more prevalent, and Rice certainly isn't the most high profile person on this planet to ever be accused or even convicted of DV. So how is it that he becomes the face of it? Its called a videotape.

 

Do you think that watching somebody get murdered is equally egregious as reading about somebody getting murdered in a newspaper? I can guarantee the former is exponentially more traumatic. Actually witnessing something happening, as opposed to reading about it, being told about it, etc. makes it very, very, very more egregious and appalling.

 

Your theories are based more on how things SHOULD be or you WISH they would be, as opposed to how things actually are.

[sticks999]

Jacoby Ford was out there and should have been signed as a return man. That's a move I wish we had made.

[purpledown]

dont have much faith in Schaub, hopefully Flacco will have another relatively injury free season.

[Grapple Raven]

Actually it does. Society itself takes things much more seriously went they see it actually happen, and you already know that.

 

DV isn't some new concept that just popped up or become more prevalent, and Rice certainly isn't the most high profile person on this planet to ever be accused or even convicted of DV. So how is it that he becomes the face of it? Its called a videotape.

 

Do you think that watching somebody get murdered is equally egregious as reading about somebody getting murdered in a newspaper? I can guarantee the former is exponentially more traumatic. Actually witnessing something happening, as opposed to reading about it, being told about it, etc. makes it very, very, very more egregious and appalling.

 

Your theories are based more on how things SHOULD be or you WISH they would be, as opposed to how things actually are.

 

 

I am capable of expressing my opinion without the need for interpretation, so please do not insinuate what you think I know or don't know .  You are welcome to your opinion, even if it doesn't address the original intent of the commentary, but I respectfully disagree.

[January J]

None of those things occurred on video. Ray Rice's did.

It makes all the difference in the world.

And for what its worth... Rice is eligible to sign with any team that wants him. He's not currently being punished for literally anything. I think its time to stop pretending, and realize that his lack of perceived skills has a lot more to do with it than most people think.

I partially agree. Teams are a little worried about his production in 2013, but it's definitely more about not wanting the distraction. He would have been picked up by now at the very least as a backup- there are plenty of teams that could use him. He definitely deserves a second chance, but teams are just trying to avoid the media frenzy/ bad publicity it would cause. The video definitely created a larger perception of him being a bad guy- but it shouldn't be that way, Dv is Dv - video or not.

[rmcjacket23]

I partially agree. Teams are a little worried about his production in 2013, but it's definitely more about not wanting the distraction. He would have been picked up by now at the very least as a backup- there are plenty of teams that could use him. He definitely deserves a second chance, but teams are just trying to avoid the media frenzy/ bad publicity it would cause. The video definitely created a larger perception of him being a bad guy- but it shouldn't be that way, Dv is Dv - video or not.

Precisely. If you're an NFL team, why on Earth would you sign a player who, at best, will be a backup RB for you and brings the abundance of media attention and scrutiny with him? No NFL team (or even NFL fan for that matter) thinks Rice is a 1,500 yard back anymore, and even in a starting role, I think he'd struggle to find 1,000 yard status, even on a team with a great O-line.

 

The fact that Dallas, a team with no stability and arguably very little talent at the RB position, with a great Oline, a win-now mode, and a history of taking on players with off-field concerns (see Greg Hardy) won't touch Rice is a pretty strong indictment of the media backlash they'd expect from signing him coupled with his perceived lack of value to their team.

 

Greg Hardy gets a "second chance" over Rice for a large number of reasons, but beyond the scope of DV, he gets a second chance because he's at least perceived still as an elite NFL player. The last full season he played, he was about as dominant a defensive lineman as there was in the league, and he's only 27, which is borderline a "prime" age for players at his position.

 

Rice simply is not.