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Ravens cut Ray Rice in wake of latest domestic violence video, suspended indefinitely by NFL | |
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The Baltimore Ravens cut Ray Rice, hours after new video of his domestic violence incident surfaced on TMZ and, shortly afterward, the NFL suspended him indefinitely. | |
The team announced the decision on its Twitter feed Monday afternoon. Rice, the Ravens’ 27-year-old running back, was serving a two-game suspension stemming from the domestic-violence incident involving his then-fiancee in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino last winter. In video that was posted by TMZ shortly after the incident, Rice could be seen dragging the unconscious Janay Palmer, now his wife, from the elevator. On Monday morning, TMZ posted another video showing the actual punch. A social media storm ensued and the Ravens took action hours later. | The team announced the decision on its Twitter feed Monday afternoon. Rice, the Ravens’ 27-year-old running back, was serving a two-game suspension stemming from the domestic-violence incident involving his then-fiancee in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino last winter. In video that was posted by TMZ shortly after the incident, Rice could be seen dragging the unconscious Janay Palmer, now his wife, from the elevator. On Monday morning, TMZ posted another video showing the actual punch. A social media storm ensued and the Ravens took action hours later. |
The #Ravens have terminated RB Ray Rice’s contract this afternoon. — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) September 8, 2014 | The #Ravens have terminated RB Ray Rice’s contract this afternoon. — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) September 8, 2014 |
The #Ravens have terminated RB Ray Rice’s contract this afternoon. | The #Ravens have terminated RB Ray Rice’s contract this afternoon. |
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) September 8, 2014 | — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) September 8, 2014 |
Rice, who pleaded guilty to a third-degree aggravated assault chart, entered a pretrial diversion program and is undergoing counseling. He and Palmer, whom he married not long after the incident, held a joint press conference in May in which she said she regretted her role in the incident. After his suspension was announced in July and drew a storm of criticism for its length in comparison to drug infractions, Rice apologized, saying, “I made the biggest mistake of my life. I want to own it.” Although he initially defended the punishment given Rice, Commissioner Roger Goodell reversed course on Aug. 28, announcing a strict new conduct policy for domestic violence offenders. “I didn’t get it right,” he wrote in a letter to NFL owners. “Simply put, we have to do better. And we will.” | |
Players involved in future domestic violence cases will be subject to a six-game suspension for a first offense and a lifetime ban for a repeat offense. A repeat offender would be permitted to apply for reinstatement to the league after one year. | |
Rice missed the Ravens’ season-opening loss Sunday to the Cincinnati Bengals and was to have missed Thursday night’s game against Pittsburgh. He was to have rejoined the team Friday and now is a free agent, able to play for another NFL team following his suspension. At this point, that seems like a distant possibility. | |
Previously… | |
NFL says it had not seen new video | |
NFL players react to video | |
Some within NFL believe league erred on punishment | |
Ray Rice gets standing ovation | |
Does NFL have a women problem? | |
Mike Wise: Roger Goodell dropped the ball | |
Sally Jenkins: Interpreting the NFL’s message |