Obama criticizes NFL's handling of Rice case

[herding cats]

Source: Chicago Tribune

President Barack Obama said Friday during a radio interview that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell seemed to be making up policy as he went along in handling player discipline such as the Ray Rice case.

In an interview with Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio, Obama said the Rice case troubled him as it shined a spotlight on domestic violence in America.

"I think the most prominent example, obviously, was the Ray Rice situation," he said. "I'm so glad we got more awareness about domestic violence. Obviously, the situation that happened in the Rice family was important, but it did lift up awareness that this is a real problem that we have to root out and men have to change their attitudes and their behavior."

Obama said the NFL was caught off guard in dealing with the Rice case.

"The way it was handled also indicates that the NFL was behind the curve, as a lot of institutions have been behind the curve, in sending a clear message," Obama said. "You don't want to be winging it when something like this happens. You want to have clear policies in place. The fact that policies have now been established I think will be helpful in sending a message that there's no place for that kind of behavior in society, whether it's in sports or anyplace else."


Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-ray-rice-nfl-20141212-story.html

[DeSwiss]

1. So just to recap if you're scoring at-home......

''...torturers were patriots and you shouldn't be so sanctimonious about it because these were heroes who were trying to protect you from some folks.'' Also, that a lot of ''institutions have been behind the curve, in sending a clear message.''

- Unlike you.

Got it.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

- Declaration of Independence

[Derek V]

2. Yeah, even MORE socialist meddling by Obama into private enterprise!

Tsk.































































And to those here who think irony is something you press shirts with (and I know there are some),

[malokvale77]

3. "You want to have clear policies in place."

You mean like the clear policies we have in place for those who commit torture?

[Aerows]

6. And get away

with it, with no consequences.

[Calista241]

4. It only became a problem for the NFL when the criminal justice system flat out didn't even try

exact any justice on Ray Rice. If that happened to me, or anyone else on this board, our asses would still be in jail.

[jakefrep]

9. Exactly.

The legal system failed far worse than the NFL did in this instance. The question of Ray Rice ever playing in the NFL again after that should have been rendered moot my the criminal justice system long before the matter reached Roger Goodell's desk.

[bigwillq]

5. Maybe Obama can help prosecute Rice after

he helps prosecute Bush and Cheney.

[malokvale77]

7. Great minds and all.

#3 above. We have clear policies in place. When is he going to prosecute?

[Major Hogwash]

8. And then President Obama called Rice "a Patriot".

Because he wasn't sure what team Rice played for.

[Cha]

10. Mahalo herding cats.

[herding cats]

11. Aloha, Cha!

It's good to see a friendly face! Metaphorically speaking of course.

[Cha]

12. Yeah, I know what you mean.. that's what what I was thinking.. too much of this to wade through..

[herding cats]

13. That sums it up perfectly.

Personally, I'm dealing by snuggling up with my family and a book tonight. I don't have the energy for board warriors. I'm raw from recent events, and the next two years are going to be brutal in so many ways. We need to recharge when and where we can so we've the strength to do what needs doing when it matters most.

Peace to you, Cha. We're all going to need to be centered and focused for what lies ahead.

[Cha]

14. Very good thoughts, herding cats.. thank you, I needed that!

Have fun snuggling.. I'm doing the same with my laptop watching Netflix.

"Peace to you, Cha. We're all going to need to be centered and focused for what lies ahead"

Peace to you, herding