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More Lies: NFL Had Rice Tape In April

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In a world of no consequences and where lying is justified "when it's serious enough," it is hardly surprising that mere hours after stating unequivocally that none of the law enforcement entities the league approached "was permitted to provide any video or other investigatory material to us," AP reports that, in fact, a law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive five months ago. More lies - but then we are sure, just as we have heard many times before, Roger Goodell was 'unaware' of the situation...

 

As AP reported earlier...

Commissioner Roger Goodell has sent a memo to the 32 teams reiterating that the NFL never saw until Monday the video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee that led to Rice's indefinite suspension and release by the Baltimore Ravens.

 

Goodell told the teams on Wednesday that none of the law enforcement entities the league approached "was permitted to provide any video or other investigatory material to us." He said the league did not ask the casino directly for the video.

 

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said Tuesday in a letter to the fans that the team tried to get the video from both the casino and law enforcement. The casino wouldn't share it and the authorities refused, he said.

 

Goodell also stressed his confidence in how the NFL will deal with domestic violence and sexual assault in the future — "seriously and effectively."

And now...

A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive five months ago, while league executives have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.

 

The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number on April 9 confirming the video arrived. A female voice expresses thanks and says: "You're right. It's terrible."

 

The law enforcement official, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, says he had no further communication with any NFL employee and can't confirm anyone watched the video. The person said they were unauthorized to release the video but shared it unsolicited, because they wanted the NFL to have it before deciding on Rice's punishment.

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So who's lying?

You decide:

Quickly followed by a denial...

  • *NFL SAYS IT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF RICE VIDEO BEING SENT TO LEAGUE
 

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Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:15 | 5203645 InjectTheVenom
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shocker ! ! !   seriously though, after Goodell voluntarily leaves his post to spend more time with his family ( /sarc ) , he'd fit  in perfectly at a top position in the Obama administration , considering his superior moral standards.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:18 | 5203676 Thanatos
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WTF is the NFL?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:19 | 5203686 Rainman
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Gladiator's senior management 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:26 | 5203724 CH1
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Fuck the NFL.

Played and liked the game, but the league has destroyed it.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:29 | 5203741 Divided States ...
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Goodell is a goner...hes gonna be replaced by a Jew so that all sports have a Jewish commissioner....Bettman in NHL, Selig in MLB, Silver in NBA. It reminds me of the Federal Reserve..

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:32 | 5203758 SafelyGraze
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"The law enforcement official, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation..."

uh oh

whistleblower

prolly gonna get swatted

you won't read about it though

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:03 | 5203903 max2205
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Serious hush money flying around now

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:10 | 5203931 kaiserhoff
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Well, Tiger Woods' ex sure got butchered in the media and had a long public trial for her attempted murder of her husband and his innocent car with a golf club...

Oh wait.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:25 | 5203995 El Oregonian
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Ask that NWO Slimeball why is FEMA and the DHS regard those stadiums as detention centers? The NFL is SOL in my book. Frigg'in Crime Inc. is a tax-exempt Crony fascist enterprise.

I gave them up 6 years ago...

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:04 | 5204130 Chupacabra-322
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@ El Oregonian,

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Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:46 | 5204249 Freddie
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NASCAR.  I forgot about that one.  That hot head and fat tub of shit Tony Stewart should be in jail or banned from NASCAR.  The kid he killed should not be on the track waving his fist but that was murder.  Two idiots and one is dead. 

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 02:58 | 5205329 California Nigh...
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Real men might play football, but mostly pansies watch TV to see the real men play. 

If we had more real men. there'd be no NFL, no Monday night football.

Wanna be a real fucking man? Get off your fat ass and play a sport, you fucking jelly fish.

Better yet, chase the ladies - the sport of the discriminating man. 

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 08:56 | 5205737 earnulf
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Real men, Like Ray Rice, Micheal Vick, Javon Belcher and a whole host of other pot smoking, women & dog beating Might Makes Right playboys.

Makes you a player, all you need is a gun.

Real men (and women) understand that with power, comes responsibility of the personal kind.   Too bad most get rich quick kids never learned that lesson, or most of our politicians for that matter.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:08 | 5203907 Yes We Can. But...
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Note to self: Commit no felonious acts in elevators.  Or hotel lobbies.

Matt Lauer, Anderson Pooper and gang will see to it that Goodell is toast.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:48 | 5204079 nmewn
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She spits in his face, slaps him, he cold cocks her (bad move, I don't condone it) so clearly the thing to do is take away his means of supporting himself (and her) now that she married him?

Yeah, they've gone full retard...meaning the NFL/Goodell.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:04 | 5204128 spanish inquisition
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Yup, and the unintended consequences? Rookie renegotiating contract for big money beats his wife and they have a couple of kids, what does she do? Nothing. Veteran players wife is being abused, again a couple of kids, what does she do? If she mentions that in a divorce proceeding she is out any settlement of future payments because he will be unemployed.

The punishment should be severe, but not so high as to keep women from speaking out and getting help. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:13 | 5204159 nmewn
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I don't hit women (retracted...only once, open hand, she had me literally by the balls, so cut me some slack). What we're talking about is a majority of opinion destroying two peoples lives.

By people (I might add) who if they ever had their personal lives exposed would be sitting in jail.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:20 | 5204362 NemoDeNovo
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I'd never hit a "Lady", but the first Bitch that puts her hands on me I will Fight like a Man.  We need to stop this PC Feminists Bullshit about how you never hit a woman regarless, if she acts out of control and can not maintain a lady-like type of composure, then all bets are off.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:33 | 5204395 nmewn
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Thats the other thing in this crock of bullshit, if the PC crowd is saying that men & women are equal before the law, why is she not being charged with slapping him first?

Now admittedly, I'm old school (and I hated myself for reacting the way I did in my circumstance above, even though it really REALLY hurt...lol...it was a reaction to pain more than anything else, she squeezed harder when I said___ let go) there is a double standard being deployed here.

Something for them to think about, not me ;-)

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 03:09 | 5205335 JLee2027
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I'm old school too. Been arrested, charged twice, never convicted for "domestic violence". Basically, it's a skim you for money game. They line their pockets employing lawyers and creating new special programs for "victims" to expand the government while yelling phony moral outage at you. 

The good news is the "PC" authorities are out of money, jails are full, which is why you see these "pre-trial" programs popping up all over the place letting first timers walk (and I'll bet it will spread beyond until these laws are no longer enforced). We can no longer afford have millions in prison for basically, minor issues, which were not even crimes until the 1980's. Cops used to leave married people alone once they verified both parties were still breathing.  It was viewed as none of their business. 

Bottom line is the cure for "domestic violence" is far worse than the "crime" itself.

 

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 01:59 | 5205286 NihilistZero
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Ain't nobody above an ass-whupping, male or female.  I remember Snooki from MTV 5 inches from a guys face yelling at him when he clocked her.  I'm not saying it was right, but I understand :-)

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:22 | 5204368 Bastiat
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Maybe I'm blind but I watched the tape a couple times and for the life of me could not see whether he punched her or slapped her.  I lean toward the latter.  She was drunk and it doesn't take much to drop a drunk. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:26 | 5204377 NemoDeNovo
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She also spit in his face and hit him several times before they got in the elevator and he smacked her once.  If it was a drunk chick jumpin on a cop and the cop put her down hard many would celebrate it and say the bitch deserved it.  What a hypocritical world we live in.........

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:45 | 5204427 nmewn
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I watched it only once, it looked like a punch to me...(no, thats not my down).

Still, everyone getting on the elevator as he was dragging her off could surmise what happened. I can't say what any one person would do and its hard to find fault with either under the circumstances, its not like he sucker punched her.

As far as I'm concerned, everyone involved is lucky she didn't die when her head hit the rail. It could have been manslaughter, completely unintentional (the killing) but that happens.

My biggest problem is with the pundits, who weren't there and the NFL for caving to "pundit pressure".

Again, I'd like to see inside their glass houses and what was hushed up as they present themselves as morally indignant to the whole thing.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 21:32 | 5204603 Harbanger
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Maybe in his head he thought she could take it as if she were a little bro.

I've asked young guys if they would ever hit a girl and many have said they would never hit a girl, unless she hits them first.  Makes sense considering we live in a Society that's losing it's moral codes. Right and wrong get twisted with make believe like "gender equality".  Then it gets reinforced by all the strong female characters on TV that can beat the crap out guys and eventually they start believing the genders are literally "equal". 

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 03:13 | 5205341 JLee2027
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I've watched that tape several times, and it's a phantom punch to me.  Oh he hit her, must have, but I still can't see it on tape.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:09 | 5204139 NihilistZero
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FUCKING A nmewn!!!

They're saying Goodell should step down fired over not getting justice for one struck woman, but it was all good him denying THOUSANDS of men with destroyed brains and bodies compensation from his billion dollar corporation.  Men who we watch destroy themselves weekly in a manner far worse than ray Rice did his fiance.  Stay classy America.

Once again we see the emasculation of Ameruica men.  As you said what he did was wrong but they are stringin this guy up like he's Ted Bundy.  As if no woman has ever PURPOSEFULLY tried to drive a guy crazy until he loses it (once again not condoning).  Go ahead and destro your body for us and we will give you NO help in retirement, but don't you dar make us look bad by reminding the public how VIOLENT our "sport" is.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:15 | 5204168 nmewn
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Vick, dog fights and is thrown in jail but is allowed to come back and earn millions.

Rice, no charges, no jail, banned for life.

I don't get it. I won't even bring up Ray Lewis ;-)

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:32 | 5204202 kaiserhoff
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A case in suburban DC (Maryland) when I lived up there.  Black welfare mother, drunk and on drugs, drives into a pond.  Her two kids die, she survives. The judge lets her off with time served because she has "suffered enough." I guarantee if there had been a man at the wheel, it would have been two counts of reckless homicide, and pretty much life in prison.

Justice: It's not just for breakfast any more.

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 11:23 | 5206449 Ward cleaver
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Or white

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:41 | 5204231 NihilistZero
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As far as I'm concerned it's a shit sport that destroys mens bodies and minds, so I don't give a shit about the NFL.  That said the hypocracy is off the charts on this.  Why wasn't Bill Belicheck, Junior Seau's last coach, given a ban for the final destrucion of hs player's mind that led to his suicide?  The NFL has no gauranteed contracts and it's players get the smallest piece of the pie of any pro sports league.  They can't find a decent slice of their BILLIONS to spare on players destroyed by the game that gave them those profits. Seriously, Fuck the NFL.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:06 | 5204320 nmewn
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Well, I guess we have separate opinions on sports.

Every athlete knows going in (in whatever sport they choose) what the risks are. Football is a very brutal game but girls soccer is number two on concussions.

Sorry to break it to all the soccer moms out there freaking out on Rice ;-)

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-07/soccer-concussions-are-more-frequent-than-you-think

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 21:04 | 5204485 NihilistZero
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Every athlete knows going in (in whatever sport they choose) what the risks are. Football is a very brutal game but girls soccer is number two on concussions.

I'm not saying it should be banned or anything.  I just choose not to spend my Sundays watching brutality.  I'd rather polay basketball myself at the gym.  Spectator sports in general are really low on my entertainment list.

It does bring to question how coercion is dealt with by libertarianisim.  If an NFL player can sign off on having his body brutalized I guess you could justify it by saying it's completely his choice to debase himself.  But then many libertarians can and do use the same argument for an 18 YO girl facing addiction and homelessness doing gang bang porn.  Can a person under duress actually make a "choice"?  Not saying the two are analogous but it's in the same ball park and one of the murkier sides of libertarianisim that the Rand acolytes cannot adequately account for.  If law cannot protect from exploitation what good is it?

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 09:06 | 5205782 earnulf
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People will do amazing things for money, whether driven by dreams of avarice, bodily needs or just don't give a damn.

That is an individual choice, whether you're a hooker on blow or a NFL punter.   If the rewards don't outweight the gain, it's not worth it, walk away.   But trying to figure out what "gain" is to any individual (and it will vary by individual), is a fools game.

"Duress" is another one of those key words, exactly what is "duress" for any pro player?   You're getting millions to play a game while most folks in the cheap seats are working minimum wage jobs if they have 'em or two if they are lucky.    At least as a player, you have the opportunity to rise to the top and be paid for your skills.    In the real world, most people don't move up unless they have a connection or the balls to go off and start a company on their own.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:44 | 5204243 Yes We Can. But...
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I believe the explanation is timing and the evolution of political correctness and the leftist mob.

If Rice had done it when Vick did, Rice would have been suspended a game.

If Vick had done it this year, he'd have been suspended for life.

Timing is everything.  And political correctness is a cancer.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:11 | 5204334 nmewn
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PC is a cancer.

Look at whats happening here, the man and woman have reconciled, they even got married. Everybody (well, self righteous pundits with a microphone who have never made a mistake in their lives, naturally...lol) want someones blood.

Its simply amazing.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:22 | 5204369 NemoDeNovo
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Its the FemaNazi PC culture gone awry, see my above post in response to you for clarification. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:19 | 5204183 varnelius
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As someone who has installed camera systems in 4 elevators, I have to +1 this.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:53 | 5204270 varnelius
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(I have to add, it is extremely creepy standing on top of an elevator, with neighboring elevators in ajacent shafts wizzing by.  Dedinately a situation where to keep all limbs inside the perimiter at all times.)

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:50 | 5204440 PiratePiggy
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Probably some cash exchaning hands.... oops, I am sure there was a court order for that.  ;)

 

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:46 | 5203802 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen! Letme be clear. Fucking Episcopalian! They haven't a chance in the New American World Order.

I bet someone from the Vatican bought the elevator video tape and pushed it out to the 'merican media.

Garrison Keillor heads up this cabal.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:24 | 5203990 mc225
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your postings are very original. (no sarc, seriously original)

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:29 | 5204015 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen. If you're ever in Bangalore look me up. We can share a beer together and I'll show you how to poop on the sidewalk.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:47 | 5203823 CH1
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Tyler: PLEASE give me an "Ignore" button so I don't have to suffer through the obsessive hate of the Zero Hedge Nazi platoon.

I'll fucking pay!

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:52 | 5203843 CH1
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(Yes, commenting on my own comment!)

And I must admit, I'm starting to wonder if Tyler likes the Nazis.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:59 | 5203883 Divided States ...
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Hey moron, I am just stating a fact...a real fact. you got a problem with that?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:21 | 5203977 Otrader
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100 nations tried to fumigate the cockroach...

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:27 | 5204006 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen! I have to 'WADE' through these comments!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nrGWwHalCU

When the fuck are the ISIL/Obummer threads going to start. I got to get some fucking sleep!

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:52 | 5204099 GOSPLAN HERO
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Just say no to National Socialists (Nazis).

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:55 | 5203853 Larry Dallas
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Rice and Vick are the reasons why I don't watch NFL or sports in general.

Goodell is also married to former Fox News anchor jane "5 head" skinner too.

Agh. I give up on professional sports.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:59 | 5204116 Freddie
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I do not watch TV or Hollywood's shit.  It is for retards who support The Matrix.

Anyway, after Obama was installed - almost all the leagues were doing praise shit for him including the NCAA.  A relative told me this.  The NFL would have fawning short videos about wonderful Obama ala we all love Joe Stalin.   F the NFL, NBA, MBL, NCAA and NHL.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:00 | 5203886 besnook
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a jew runs the nhl? has a jew ever played hockey? even on backyard ice?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:24 | 5203988 Kinskian
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What the hell, they ran the NAACP until 1975!

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:29 | 5203744 jose.six.pack
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+1 (Nuland)

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:35 | 5203764 Cognitive Dissonance
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Was just saying to Mrs. Cog this morning the NFL had the tapes and surpressed them. Didn't expect to be proven correct so quickly. Now the only question is who will be selected as the NFL fall guy or gal and will the Comish survive?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:57 | 5203866 harposox
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Of course they had the tapes. These bozos spend millions on "security" and have oodles of former DHS and Blackwater goons on the payroll...

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:07 | 5204143 Bangalore Equit...
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Listen. You're a NJ casino hotel and almost bankrupt. You get some video footage of "SOMETHING" important.

The auction begins.

NFL says fuck-you! TMZ says "I'm a Lawyer with a TeeVee show".

Who had what first?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 21:55 | 5204739 magnumpk
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Maybe the NFL office accidentally deleted the tapes from their internet thingy. Wait, is that one taken?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:24 | 5203992 villainvomit
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Yep, Fuck the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, PGA ,MLS...... all that shit.  Won't watch it and surely will not pay to watch that BS.

I am all for training and conditioning, but not for $MM's where thug mentality and cheatery are imbedded....Pro sports has all gone to hell.  Even the sweet science of boxing is almost as fake as pro wrasslin'. 

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:10 | 5204152 Sam Clemons
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This is what happens when you enrich and empower dumbasses. Kudos America to your obsession with entertainment.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:34 | 5203768 negative rates
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Not For Long.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:41 | 5203791 hobopants
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Oh man... slow news day or what? Who cares what some overpayed idiot did or did not do? Next we'll be seeing articles on celebrity gossip. Please ZH don't go down this path, I come here to escape that stuff.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:49 | 5203836 CH1
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I care because I grew up playing the game and sometimes like watching it being played well.

It has been sad to watch the game ruined by ridiculous rules, politically correct crap, and general government boot licking.

I hope the NFL goes bust.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:10 | 5204148 hobopants
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They would bail out the NFL faster than they did the big banks, it's by far a more important institution in keeping the masses stupid and asleep. The game you played is no more good sir, it's now a circus to keep us entertained while they burn down the world around us.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:43 | 5204242 CH1
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You have a point, hobo, you have a point.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:55 | 5203851 Oldwood
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No laws were broken and it was between consenting adults. What is the big deal? The NFL can hire or fire anyone they want and I don't care...its their business! Who the hell is demanding the commissioners head? Is he not supposed to lie and cover for his company and its employees? They have a business that promotes violence and relies on social misfits and somehow we are to be shocked that they are thugs?  Is the the best we got when the fucking world is unhinging and Obama is lost in putt putt land?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:11 | 5203924 NoDebt
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I just asked my wife if I could slug her in the face.  Sadly, no.

I asked her what she would do if I did slug her in the face.  Call the cops and have me arrested.

At this point I could have run a few other theoreticals past her, but it didn't seem like she was in the mood (she never is).

Agreed with everything you said, except cold-cocking you wife/fiancee.  That's still illegal last time I checked.  Even if your partner doesn't want to press charges.  It's not their call any more.

(With that said, I want to see the rest of the tape which I'll almost guarantee shows her taking swings at him before he decked her.)

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:27 | 5204003 Kinskian
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TNB, knock-out game home edition. Can't believe it's news.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:28 | 5204005 mc225
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yeah, weird how the tape is coming out in dribs and drabs. why wasn't the entire episode released months ago; everything leading up to the 'dragging' footage? even if she egged him on though; he can't do that. well, he could do that but he'd be at best an oaf.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:38 | 5204044 dirtscratcher
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"I'll almost guarantee shows her taking swings at him before he decked her."----NoDebt

 

Really? This is a professional football player. If most guys wives took a poke at them maybe, just maybe it could be justified to deck her, at least a bitch slap or something; some of those gals are bad-assed. But this guy takes hits for a living and she appears quite small. And he knocked her out cold!! No excuse for that (unless she was making fun of his little dick or something--then I say no holds barred) Otherwise, this guys a thug. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:58 | 5204112 Rican
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We've found your soft spot.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:45 | 5204248 unionbroker
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quite small have you ever seen her?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:30 | 5204017 Sheppy
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The law was definitely broken. Felony assault is a crime, and I think this one qualifies as such. BUT... fortunately for him there's a leftist judge and prosecutor on this case (the same ones who are making an example of that single mom who accidentally brought her legally licensed hand gun into NJ), and they only gave him ROR). But hey, it's a just a woman who got beaten by a famous guy...she probably deserved it, right? So the single mom who made a mistake and harmed no one is looking at 3-11 years , while Ray Ray gets a handshake for a job well done. But it's the conservatives who are warring against women... Hello Bizzaro world.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:05 | 5204131 Frank N. Beans
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are you with ISIS?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:16 | 5203952 twh99
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National Fighting League?

National Fucking Liars?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:04 | 5204310 migra
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The National Felon League. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:31 | 5203757 tarsubil
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I was near a TV maybe at the gym or somewhere and a former NFL player was talking about how Rice had to be let go because he lied to his team and you never lie. I got a good chuckle out of that one. I'm pretty sure lying about drugs and fidelity is a big part of the culture. The guy said it without batting an eye. Just another bunch of sociopaths.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:53 | 5203849 CH1
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Just another bunch of sociopaths

Pretty well agree with your comment, but there is a big difference between a liar and a sociopath. We should not confuse the two.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:56 | 5203858 Oldwood
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Which one is worse?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:44 | 5204064 CH1
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Sociopaths are far more dangerous.

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 03:21 | 5205344 JLee2027
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Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome said this evening that Rice never lied to him. What he said was what appeared on the tape. To me, the owner made a knee jerk decision to cut the guy, 7 months after it happened and now they're all paying the price. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:59 | 5203875 Ruffmuff
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So what they didn't want to show th video. They let Ashholey MIke Vick play after having dog fights. A dumb bitch married this guy anyways, dogs can't make that choice. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:54 | 5204104 ajax
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The Perjury Epidemic

Tangled Webs: How False Statements Are Underminng America

http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2011/05/19/the-perjury-epidemic/books/...

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:10 | 5204330 williambanzai7
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Wed, 09/10/2014 - 22:27 | 5204853 varnelius
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That's the spot!  Excellent work WB7.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:13 | 5203647 Stoploss
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When do the hangins start???

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:14 | 5203655 pods
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Lemme guess, this is going to be lighting up the radiowaves for the next couple of weeks?

I wish I was still in the Matrix, I would actually give a shit about this.  
But come on, a dude knocks out his girlfriend and loses his job?

BFD.

pods 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:20 | 5203688 headhunt
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It is in their contracts that this sort of shit will get you canned - PR problems.

His agent should have gone over the fine print with this moron.

Loses millions because he is a moronic woman beater., join MMA if you have these type anger issues.

PS - it is not a 'culture' issue, it is a moron issue.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:31 | 5203752 trader1
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A mixed martial arts fighter known as War Machine was hit Wednesday with attempted murder, sexual assault and other new charges in Las Vegas in a case that prosecutors said stemmed from attacks on his ex-girlfriend.

The defendant, whose birth name is Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, stood shackled and flanked by two police officers during a brief initial court appearance.

Koppenhaver was arrested Aug. 15 after his ex-girlfriend, adult film actress Christy Mack, posted Twitter photos of herself showing injuries she said she received when Koppenhaver attacked her a week earlier in Las Vegas.

Koppenhaver, 32, was extradited to Nevada from the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley, California, where he was initially sought on a warrant involving seven charges, including battery, assault, coercion and lewdness.

Koppenhaver, who legally changed his name to War Machine in 2008, told the judge on Wednesday that he understood the charges and would use the name Koppenhaver in court. He wasn’t asked to enter a plea.

“I think the public will understand that War Machine’s a character,” Koppenhaver’s lawyer Brandon Sua said outside court. “He is controversial and people need to understand where to draw that line from his character as War Machine and a person as Jon Koppenhaver, because that’s who he is.”

http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article1444214.html

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:01 | 5203893 Ruffmuff
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Next name change should be Total Asshole.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:36 | 5204215 XitSam
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oops. never mind.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:26 | 5203718 Stoploss
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The problem is not what happened.

The proble is, there was a camera recording something that is no one elses business but the people invloved.

He got hit on, she got pissed, wouldn't leave it alone, ramped it up, got in his face and he shut her down. What happened before the elevator?

She had it coming, and she knows it. Otherwise she would be gone by now.

 

Must. Destroy. Careers. And. Families.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:29 | 5203743 Bay of Pigs
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Rice will be fine. He has a new career in boxing. Great left hook.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:42 | 5203800 SoilMyselfRotten
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His new career in boxing will be at the local grocery store

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:31 | 5204024 villainvomit
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on someone one hundred pounds lighter????????/.....helll he couldn't even drag her out of the elevator. 

Pro athlete....woohoo !

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:45 | 5203813 Freddie
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I don't watch this crap and college is even more idiotic.  I don't watch TV or Hollywood's crap.

From what I read in this thread - he knocked her out cold.  I am sure she is a bitch but walk away or deflect her blows. He could have killed her.

Destroy careers and families?  Sounds like these two have it coming to them.  Her meal ticket just probably lost his career.  LOL!  Pass the popcorn.

Goodell is scum like the owners and the other league presidents are even worse.   F team sports and college sports.  Distractions for morons.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:06 | 5203914 Ruffmuff
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I appreciate the athletic performance of mankind. It displays strength and courage and most of fortitude against the odds of success.

So what do you do all day? Watch fux news?

It is entertainment at a high level. Many people work, make money, jobs up the ass, and a shitload of fun for fans, young and old.  

Fuck you freddie!!!

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:51 | 5204084 Freddie
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I don't watch TV or Hollywood's shit.  Retards watch that crap.  The fact that you mentioned fux news means you are a libtard.  Here is a tip - they are all the same.   Stop being a moron.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:35 | 5204216 varnelius
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Hmm, all the same eh?  What scope are you appling to that all?  Does that extend to RT?  Does it extend to ZH (and if so, why are you here)?

If I were russian, I don't know that I would give that much credibility to RT...  Same with all other countries (BBC, DW, NHK, France24, etc).  Which is why I throw an extremely wide net at the news, "trying to see an issue from all sides" as it were.

Depending on how many of those you are writing off as "shit," you're the one with his head up his ass as far as Krugman's.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 19:58 | 5204285 Freddie
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RT is good.  The closest thing to reality. BBC is a joke.  Every white person is an evil racist except BBC employees, Jeremy Clarkson excluded, Labour Party MPs etc.  DW? Not very good. 

RT is fine and I do not need evil f**king TV for that.  I like ZH.   Syrian TV news is suprisingly good.  Supposedly the zio-con Ukraine TV is the worst.  Live Leak is good as well.  Dr. Jim Willie, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts and a few more.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:15 | 5204346 varnelius
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PCR's blog is on my hotlist, i check it a few times a week.  I don't visit globalresearch.ca as often as I used to (I should).  I didn't mention Press TV, tho I watch that more then I do the euro sourced news.  CCTV is also ahead of NHK.

Would love a link to the Syrian TV news you mentioned tho, that is not one I have ran into.

Thinking about getting a paid for proxy outside the US so I can go back to watching Al Jazerra.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:31 | 5204023 mc225
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college is koo doo

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:06 | 5203911 blentus
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I hope you are sterile.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:35 | 5204037 Sheppy
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If you believe what you wrote, there's nothing to say other than you're a complete moron.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:44 | 5204068 Ruffmuff
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Hey asshole, these people actually get off their ass and do something. PLay a game instead of making a game of the important things in life. LIke inside jobs of 911. Financial greed and fear mongering. 

What wallstreet fuktard or washington politico can at least say he made a diehard fan happy, instead of a miserable shithead?

Don't watch this shit. Read doom and gloom on ZH all day and flop your jizz in your mouth.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:58 | 5204115 NOTW777
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how many women have you hit?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:16 | 5203661 remain calm
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 I wonder what she did to deserve such a beating, it must of been awful.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:20 | 5203690 headhunt
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That is funny

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:22 | 5203704 McMolotov
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*golf clap*

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:27 | 5203726 Agent P
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She slapped him...bitch had to go down.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:01 | 5203891 remain calm
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I think she fucked Goodell, its the only thing that makes sense to me.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:28 | 5203736 Crash N. Burn
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"I wonder what she did to deserve such a beating, it must of been awful."

Have a look:

Ray Rice Knocked Out Fiancee - FULL VIDEO

Shame you cant hear what he's telling the first guy to show up...before she wakes up.

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:43 | 5203810 Osmium
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“Sir, why is your girlfriend unconscious on the floor.”

 

Ray Rice:  “Strangest thing happened.  She got hit by lightning.”

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:40 | 5203792 Godisanhftbot
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accused him of being gay?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:22 | 5203979 williambanzai7
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She/he trannied him....

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:16 | 5203668 ms8172
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It's amazing how these CEO's are captains of their ship and always have no idea what is going on!!

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:43 | 5203805 vulcanraven
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See also: Obama

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:35 | 5203675 Rainman
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I wonder if Condolezza Rice is any distant relation to Ray ...

If not, she's your next NFL Commisar

< c'mon,  you know where this is going >

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:24 | 5203681 kaiserhoff
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Professional affletes are steroid crazed, ignorant, illiterate thugs?  Who knew?

Professional sports, celebs, poker, and what passes for music these days are far too trivial to get involved in PC Jew York politics/media, which is, in its own way too trivial for rational existence.

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:20 | 5203689 Dadburnitpa
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Been saying it for months.  Everything is fake, pretend or just an outright lie.   It really is safest to just not believe anything coming from a huge institution, be it government or private.  They always cover up and spiin shit to protect themselves first.  They think honesty and integrity is for suckers.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:27 | 5203734 Dadburnitpa
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You know, Goodell only makes $40 MILLION a year, so why would he need to tell the truth about anything? These assholes make me sick.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:40 | 5203793 Thanatos
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Sadly... They are nearly 100% right on the suckers...

Suckers.. AKA Sheep, Slaves, Proles, Hillbillies and Ghetto Beeyatchs alike.

You should spend an evening reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare

Don't gloss over the See Also and Related Links..

All this rapid fire bullshit information is not an accident. Its a PROGRAM.

 

Here is an example of a currently successful influence operation:

Kim Kar-Dash's ASS

You are accosted by her un-naturally huge ass every time you buy milk and eggs...

It's a weapon. Designed to break you down.  I am not joking.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:21 | 5203692 Shad_ow
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I don't really care.  This is a legal matter and one that should be addressed by Rice and his wife.  The PC crowd wants to get involved in everything. 

The women who marry pro athletes want the fame and millions and will stop complaining if they are hit in the future if it costs the man his job.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:20 | 5203693 ms8172
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The question should be....now that you have seen the video that you claim you didn't know about.... what are you gonna do to Rice?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:31 | 5203756 Seasmoke
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He is going to make sure that jersey you paid $250 of the player who just got suspended and kicked off team you are not allowed to customize your own jersey to a different player on the team....No, you must pay another $250 for a new jersey.  ........that's what that stupid motherfucker is worried ABOUT !!!!

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:37 | 5203778 negative rates
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Guess she should be worried then, or all of us for that matter.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:22 | 5203699 Son of Captain Nemo
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Not a good story but it sure doesn't beat "Joe Pa" protecting a pedophile assistant coach...

Or for that matter this guy that shut up when he was told to "shut up" protecting our 41st from the same thing???!!!

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 20:03 | 5204304 varnelius
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Oh god, now you have this in my head:

http://youtu.be/hRbngi0-5Mg

(Jerry Sandusky- You Raped Me Parody *Call Me Maybe*)

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:24 | 5203701 stinkhammer
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fuckbag goodell is a fucking ass clown and i fucking wish every fucking person in fucking china would shove a fucking rock down his fucking neck

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:23 | 5203703 Seasmoke
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Forget Gold. The Truth is Dead. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:38 | 5203781 negative rates
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But you are okay??

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:24 | 5203707 vulcanraven
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Fuck professional sports.

Stop giving your money to these idiots

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:25 | 5203717 corporatewhore
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What difference does it make?  HRH Hillary! Clinton

Plausible deniability if iirc was the phrase Richard Nixon used.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:26 | 5203722 juggalo1
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I don't understand what the big deal with the new video was anyway.  The police report which Ricey did not dispute says he rendered her unconscious with his left fist, which is exactly what we saw in the video.  Nothing more nothing less.  There was nothing new in that video.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:31 | 5203750 CH1
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Cause beating up women is manly, right?

Boys will be boys?

Lord, I hate it when the feminists turn out to be right.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:24 | 5203986 MsCreant
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Just this minute, I love you, ya big ape!

Thu, 09/11/2014 - 09:41 | 5205938 Yes We Can. But...
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Next up: Jungle love.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:27 | 5203727 Joebloinvestor
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Rice will sue his lawyer.

The asshole sat there with exculpatory evidence and didn't say a fucking thing.

Then, his lawyer conspired with Rice and his wife to LIE and obfuscate the facts to the NFL.

On top of all this, the DA gets down on his knees and gives both the lawyer and Rice a blow job.

 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:28 | 5203729 Seasmoke
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This should teach all of us, when you knock yout your woman with a punch to the jaw, don't drag her into the lobby.....hit the elevator stop button and wait for her to wake up !!!

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:41 | 5203794 negative rates
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He did, he said she was drunk, she is prolly more than that if she tried to stay with him, can I take a guess as to why it is she won't leave him?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:27 | 5203730 ebworthen
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So we teach generations that physical prowess and knocking heads is the way to success - then we are outraged when they use their physical prowess to knock a head.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:28 | 5203735 Cryogenic
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Is the blinking rate directly proportional to the rate or size of the lie being told?

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:32 | 5203740 jmc8888
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The sad thing is that recently all of sports media has been in an uproar for various offenses.  Playing moral majority and fomenting outrage.

You have people demanding people sell teams, now they're mad they are profiting from selling the team... which these same groups forced.

You have people saying people (Danny Ferry) should be fired for reading a transcript of some racist thing the owner said, and that he should be forced to sell.  A guy who didn't say it, but merely read the words of others.  Insane.

You have Michael Sam being the 7th highest sale of jersey, and tons of people online proclaiming that you are against the LGBT community if you say Sam clearly is too slow, weak, and has no agility.  A hard worker, yes.  I'll give a 10 on that.  But pure talent, he sucks.

You have this Ray Rice incident which has now consumed Roger Goodell.

Plus more!

Let's say these people who are complaining got everything they want.  What would change?  Would the police state stop?  The droning? The wars?  The Wall Street crimes?

They are sitting there saying basically society will break down if we don't overcome these low brow sports issues.

But these same people won't create 1/100th of the uproar over spying, the murder of an American child by droning whose father was suspected of crimes and who a few weeks earlier was also illegally killed (and this father was once imprisoned without trial for something like 7 months after being called down to the embassy and was then released),  Wall Street getting off scot free, Ebola outbreak, the funding-arming-training of ISIS, Al-Qeada and all sorts of other Islamic terror groups, the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 report, bailouts of derivatives and the coming bail-in's to keep them afloat a while longer, and all the other things people should be 10000x more pissed off about.

Yes let's worry about Ray Rice and Roger Goodell, and focus on this crap.  The same people who are trying to bury these fools are still worshipping Obama, Congress, and Wall Street.

It's just so amazing.  Their outrage can change things, but they are more concerned with these trivial matters and not with the real ones that make or break their life.  Focus it on something real.  Aim high.  Not on the issue that is #103,503,360 most important.

It's the equivalent of the media focusing on PED's being used by Roman Gladiators rather then the glowing embers of Rome burning.

Glass-Steagall

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:51 | 5203844 First There Is ...
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Five (5) fucking kids found in garbage bags in Alabama yesterday. Dad killed them. Made me sick to my goddamn stomach. What leads? Ray Rice and iWatch.

Point taken. This is pure distraction - plain and simple. This salacious horseshit is what draws in the self satisfied cadre of liberal celebrities and chest puffing hero protectors alike. Saw lots of media coverage of people who think Ray Rice's admittedly violent behavior somehow eclipses the violence visited upon innocent people in Iraq or any other country on the receiving end of our gentle paternalism. And yet these flag waving yokels support our disastrous military massacres without question.

Watching these (mostly) men who foam at the mouth after watching a video of a gold digging broad get smacked around in an elevator by a thug WHO SHE MARRIED THE VERY NEXT DAY is an interesting study in American behavior. Zap an entire wedding party in Yemen with a drone? Meh. Not one minute devoted to it by the MSM. Knock out a woman with a haymaker? It's a national day of mourning and round the clock coverage. I was at the gym yesterday night and 22 out of the 25 TVs were running Ray Rice coverage. The other 3? Apple....

Fucking lunatic nation. We are doomed. 

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 18:28 | 5204002 williambanzai7
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I heard Steve Ballmer is making all the Clippers buy Windows operating system.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:46 | 5203753 ToNYC
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Goodell's Cpt. Renault  moment.

Wed, 09/10/2014 - 17:31 | 5203754 roadhazard
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Rice was only getting three yards a carry. Looks like he would be better at cage matches anyway. 

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