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Originally Posted by TripleThreat
So this video that emerged, isn't the reason that Rice was suspended for two games in the first place?
Is this elevator thing a completely different situation and incident from the one that resulted in the two day ban from this year?
IMO, if this is the same incident for why he was suspended for two games, I don't understand why the video makes him earn a larger punishment.. The video looks bad no doubt and uncalled, but isn't this what Rice and his fiancée said what happened and so he was punished for it? Or did they leave all of this dragging and hitting her out of there conversations with the NFL?
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That's where all of the uproar is coming from. It's double-jeopardy. The NFL had all of the information they needed to make this kind of judgement the first time around. They're now trying to cover their own asses, but are just digging themselves into a deeper hole. While you couldn't see the punch in the other video, the fact that he socked her was in the police report. That should have been enough. Now that the NFL has been outed for lying about receiving or having access to the in-elevator video, some heads are gonna roll I think.