zekko said:
That is one herky jerky video, it's hard to tell what's going on. From what I can make out, he took a swing at her, she charged at him, and he knocked her out. Is that everyone else's conclusion?
That's certainly different than what we were originally told, that she hit him, spit on him, and bit him before she got punched. I'm not sure what the source of that info was, but if he was lying about what she was doing to aggravate him, maybe that's why the Ravens took the further step of releasing him.
I figured there had to be some story behind it.
Many feel Ray Rice lied and basically put his girlfriend on trial in front of the country with that lame press release and interview earlier in the summer.
There may have been other altercations between them before reaching the elevator area. That said, I think Ray Rice deserves what he gets. The dude intimidatingly gets in this woman's face, appears to spit on her in my opinion, she objects, he takes a swing, she charges, he knocks her out. With whats on the video, I dont see how people can still try and blame his wife and defend the piece of sh!t named Ray Rice.
He was waiting to get in the elevator to do this crap, and Im sure its not the first time he's put his hands on her. The lack of remorse or urgency to see if shes ok makes it apparent. Plus, what dude hits the woman he supposedly loves like that over some petty ish, and then shows no concern for her well being after she smacks her head on a railing? The punch is bad enough, but simply dragging her with little concern out of the elevator and acting like he isnt phased...thats what made people so angry.
Men have died from well placed punches...especially if their head hits something on the way down. A soccer referee out in the midwest just died in the last few weeks from a player punching him in the head/neck area. Same thing happened to another soccer referee in Utah last year and that was a punch from a damn teenager. (Google those stories please). So I dont see how anyone can defend Rice's actions at all or waste time blaming his wife.
If the woman had died or was put in the hospital, more dudes would be hush hush about this, though Im sure some would still support the fool. I stand with TicTac on this. Theres no reason to hit a 100 lb female like that over some petty crap especially if youre a big football player. The one bad thing about all this is that he wont have dudes targeting him on the field this season...because based on player responses I sure some players would have been gunning for Rice.