If you are like most sports fans and tuned into SportsCenter the last few weeks, you are aware of the recent news following the Ray Rice video.
Investigations have grown over the past week, and a number of players are now being accused.
After the Baltimore Ravens terminated Rice’s contract, more players like Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy from the NFL were brought under investigation for similar actions.
As of Wednesday these players have been put under the commissioner exempt list, which basically means they are on the shelf until further notice, or until the court makes its decision.
Since the initial two-game suspension of Rice was handed down, the NFL and its spokesperson Roger Goodell, has made a series of bad decisions.
As the second video of Rice visibly abusing his wife came to the front page, Goodell seemed to be lying through his teeth. He stated in an article on CBS New York, that the NFL asked for the second video, but no police department cooperated with the organization to give them evidence.
His statements about the video were put on the judging table, and the Associated Press said law enforcement officials did give a copy of the tape to the NFL.
So who do we trust? Did he see it and turn a blind eye to save face and continue profiting?
Goodell is at the front of the line to be tossed under the bus to save the league’s integrity.
The NFL has hired an FBI investigator to look into the elevator video and see which side is telling the truth. I have a tough time believing TMZ can get a hold of a security tape, but a thriving, powerful industry like the NFL can’t seem to get its hands on it.
With the NFL’s viewing audience pushing hard, the organization needs to regroup and keep its remaining fans both male and female. This is a move that would ultimately push Goodell out the door, regardless of the FBI’s results. He is the one fans are blaming for the poor job representing this game, and he is too deep in the quicksand to save his job.
A commissioner who slaps a player on the wrist for abusing a woman shouldn’t be at the forefront of an organization that influences so many lives. What is Goodell teaching by letting these players play a game that is a privilege, and not a right? He has no control over these individuals.
The commissioner is supposed to be the face of this organization and protect its name and its value, but he has done neither. The NFL seems to be a league that has fallen under the watchful eye of Mr. Goodell.
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