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It is a fact that the NFL knew exactly what Ray Rice did, that is to say they knew about the video.
On a July 26th radio appearance on Dari and Mel (a snippet of which we have included at the bottom of this post), ESPN’s Chris Mortensen was asked what went into the NFL’s decision to suspend Ray Rice for just two games.
“I think the expectations from around the league — even from the Ravens internally — was that it would be more than two games,” Mortensen answered. “We’ve all seen the TMZ video of Ray dragging [his fiancée] off an elevator. I’m told by numerous sources — or, a few good sources — that the video from inside the elevator, which we’ve never seen, shows Janay surely attacking Ray, so he’s in a confined area. But still, what they tell you to do, is get away from it or restrain. You can restrain her, but you can’t deliver a punch, an uppercut, which Ray allegedly did inside that elevator. I’m told that Janay hit her head on the railing. That would seem to justify a pretty severe sanction.”
“I think the expectations from around the league — even from the Ravens internally — was that it would be more than two games,” Mortensen answered. “We’ve all seen the TMZ video of Ray dragging [his fiancée] off an elevator. I’m told by numerous sources — or, a few good sources — that the video from inside the elevator, which we’ve never seen, shows Janay surely attacking Ray, so he’s in a confined area. But still, what they tell you to do, is get away from it or restrain. You can restrain her, but you can’t deliver a punch, an uppercut, which Ray allegedly did inside that elevator. I’m told that Janay hit her head on the railing. That would seem to justify a pretty severe sanction.”
Note that he mentions Janay Palmer hit her head on the railing. That specific detail proves someone this reporter talked to had seen the video. There is no plausible reason NFL personnel did not share this knowledge. Whether Goodell personally viewed it or not is immaterial IMO, since he had every opportunity to talk to people who did and get a summary. This confirms my suspicion that the Ravens and the league played the "optics" of this in the most cynical and callous way possible. They figured as long as Janay stayed on Rice's side AND no one saw the video from inside the elevator they could count on people forgiving him and not have to lose a star player. Once the video finally comes out though they can truthfully say they never actually saw it, but that is obviously no excuse.
http://thebiglead.com/2014/09/08/nfl-says-it-didnt-have-ray-rice-knockout-video-but-reporters-said-otherwise-this-summer/
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Something is seriously wrong with these people.
