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reason for termination likely for this
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=890846

 

[DrForester]

They fucking killed him?

Isn't that illegal? Even in football?

 

[HeySeuss]

Daaaaayum! Did not expect that, but good on the Ravens. Hopefully another team doesn't pick him up though.

 

[HeySeuss]

They fucking killed him?

Isn't that illegal? Even in football?

They're contracted employees. I'm sure they have standard clauses in their contracts that allow them to terminate the contract for various reasons.

 

[shwimpy]

Well done Ravens. Well done.

 

[BPoole]

Probably has to do with the video leaking. If it was "just" a domestic violence charge with no imagery associated with it, people wouldn't be as outraged. That video is straight up brutal.

 

[Squalor]

I'm a little surprised.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Perfecto.

 

[BruiserBear]

Good. Kind of pathetic they waited til now. It's hard to believe the team or the NFL couldn't get their hands on this video before TMZ did.

 

[Sephzilla]

Holy shit.

edit: i'm editing this part out

 

[SliceSabre]

Justice served!

 

[Badosh]

Good on The Ravens.

 

[Amir0x]

FUCK YEA

though I'm not sure why they needed to SEE the video instead of just hearing how fucked up it was.

 

[Syf]

Wish they hadn't waited, but good to see anyway. That video is awful.

 

[nateeasy]

Career over. No ones going to touch him.

 

[agrajag]

Good. As slimy as the team was for not taking any action before, they did more than the league.

 

[Cat Party]

Holy shit.

Massive respect earned by the Ravens

Don't give the Ravens any respect. They only did this because they had to. Look at what they did back in May.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

FUCK YEA

though I'm not sure why they needed to SEE the video instead of just hearing how fucked up it was.

They needed the video to be released to the public by a third party.

 

[nomster]

Probably has to do with the video leaking. If it was "just" a domestic violence charge with no imagery associated with it, people wouldn't be as outraged. That video is straight up brutal.

Agree that this whole scenario is stupid, but why did the video have to be the catalyst? What did people think happened? He slapped or pushed her unconscious?

Should have been done from the get go

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Career over. No ones going to touch him.

naw, he'll go to extensive therapy for it, beg on his hands and knees, and as soon as some team is desperate enough for someone playing his position they'll bring him on for dirt cheap.

 

[Squalor]

Career over. No ones going to touch him.

He'll be with a team next year.

You're naïve for thinking otherwise.

 

[DC R1D3R]

it was the right thing to do. that left was pure evil.

 

[Sephzilla]

Don't give the Ravens any respect. They only did this because they had to. Look at what they did back in May.

Agree that this whole scenario is stupid, but why did the video have to be the catalyst? What did people think happened? He slapped or pushed her unconscious?

Should have been done from the get go

It's entirely possible that the Ravens higher ups may have not seen the video until it got leaked.

Career over. No ones going to touch him.

Vick got back into the league.

Rice will land somewhere.

 

[MIMIC]

On the one hand, this is great news. Sends a strong message and makes a huge example out of Rice. On the other hand, it took fucking TMZ for it to happen.

 

[BumRush]

Chances of another team braving the onslaught and picking him up?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

It's entirely possible that the Ravens higher ups may have not seen the video until it got leaked.

But not probable.

 

[zroid]

Wow.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Don't give the Ravens any respect. They only did this because they had to. Look at what they did back in May.

Yeah this move hardly begins to wipe the grime off the NFL.

 

[Foggy]

Hard to feel good about how everything unfolded, but they did the right thing.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

The right move.

 

[DrForester]

Chances of another team braving the onslaught and picking him up?

I can see some team doing it next season. Have him give a big apology speech.

 

[Fox318]

But they stood behind him the entire time.

What changed? Hmmmmm

 

[Amir0x]

They needed the video to be released to the public by a third party.

well whatever, even if they're forced to do it just on bad PR, it's about damn time. Happy it's done. Guy is a lunatic, and I hope he doesn't take any of this out on his now wife.

 

[Sephzilla]

But not probable.

Probably. Just to play devil's advocate though, on what authority would the Ravens organization have to see the video? Wouldn't there be potential legal issues in play there?

(I honestly have no idea, just throwing it out there for discussion)

Maybe the owner/GM believed Ray's side of the story or some shit, saw the video, got pissed and cut him.

Spoiler

I doubt it, but my mind is just curious

 

[ivysaur12]

Reminder, this is from May:

 

[HerbertFish]

Breaking: ESPN hires former Ravens RB Ray Rice

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

He will sign somewhere later in the season and be fresh for a playoff push.

 

[Wazzy]

Good on them.

 

[j_rocca42]

I wonder how much the ravens still owed him. Good for them. They did the right thing since that new video surfaced.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Ravens HAD to do this. Do not mistake this as "doing the right thing." It took TMZ to make it happen.

The NFL and Ravens still have plenty of questions to answer.

 

[Mully]

He'll be with a team next year.

You're naïve for thinking otherwise.

Absolutely.

People have done worse and gotten off with far less punishment and public outcry.

It's a shame what we allow for the sake of being entertained.

 

[MMBosstones86]

In a prepared statement, Rice stated, "Failure is not getting knocked down, it's not getting back up."

That's the PREPARED version? ouch.

 

[MIMIC]

Wait a minute....he can still sign with another team, right?

lol wtf

 

[The Elite]

Reminder, this is from May:

Ravens now in panic mood after getting caught protecting this guy.

 

[BruiserBear]

naw, he'll go to extensive therapy for it, beg on his hands and knees, and as soon as some team is desperate enough for someone playing his position they'll bring him on for dirt cheap.

Yup. Next season most likely.

Ravens now in panic mood after getting caught protecting this guy.

This. Now that the public has actually seen what happened, they know how bad this makes them look.

 

[ivysaur12]

Also from May:

https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/469918292061061120

Baltimore Ravens
‏@Ravens

Janay Rice says she deeply regrets the role that she played the night of the incident.

 

[BPoole]

Agree that this whole scenario is stupid, but why did the video have to be the catalyst? What did people think happened? He slapped or pushed her unconscious?

Should have been done from the get go

Imagery is more powerful since it puts a face to the violence. If it was just "thiswoman who was beat by her husband", yeah it's still fucked up, but when it is "look at this video of this woman getting beat" and you see the damage done first hand, people tend to get much angrier at that sort of stuff.

 

[RoKKeR]

Dropping the hammer, good.

 

[Cat Party]

Rice doesn't have to be done in the NFL over this. But he has to earn his redemption. The Ravens, the NFL, and Rice all tried to shortcut redemption. They didn't get away with it, thankfully.

 

[Sephzilla]

So what are the odds the NFL changes the terms of Ray's suspension now in order to save face and maybe try to guarantee that nobody tries to sign him this season? Ray will be on a different NFL roster the moment anyone's starting running back gets banged up.