I always struggle with things like this.
The NFL wasn't in the elevator, and frankly has no damn business pretending it was.
No, no - I get the moralities clause. Heck, it should apply to everyone! You get a speeding ticket? You get sent home from your job for a week without pay. You get drunk over the weekend? Two days without pay! Karaoke? Two weeks no pay. Heck, they can decide, as they choose, without any judge, or any court, how your actions impact the company and in what manner and adjust your work and pay accordingly... Your skill set and contribution being completely irrelevant.
So, it comes down to some a-hole doing exactly what people like that always do, and in-turn, losing his career over it.
I don't agree with that. I don't think he's not an a-hole for his actions, but it was a domestic issue, and is for the police and/or his fiancee/wife to address.
I far more prefer that he publicly seek counseling, and make donations to domestic violence programs instead of being swept under the rug. He may be garbage, but he's a human as well. We all make mistakes, and not one bit of good has come from the solution the NFL came up with. Instead of addressing the problem and properly dealing with it, they got rid of any ties to it as quickly as possible which does nothing at all in terms of dealing with a very real problem. It doesn't help the Rice family in any way at all, and does zero for domestic violence issues.
It makes a bunch of people say "Good! He deserved it!" - but I bet almost none of those people wouldn't feel that way if their own job could pass such judgements.
Ray Rice acted the douche. But, the NFL didn't act appropriately, and should have stood up to help address the issue, and encourage Rice to be a better man. Instead they turned their back on him and walk away, leaving him on his own, and ignoring the real issue.
Pretty sad all around IMO.
