How much experience do you have working with battered women and dealing with battered womens syndrome? I'm guessing zero based on your comment, but maybe you'll surprise me. How well do you know Mrs. Rice, such that you can speak to what she's normally like or how she is or isn't scared of the man that punched her…

"My point is more focus is on this incident than what happened there."

I understand that there's a process, however do you have any evidence anyone was blocking the sale of the Hawks previously? Without that, the idea that the owner would call himself a racist just so he can box himself into having to sell before he knows what kind of offers the team will draw (after all, you don't think…

I think you're doing it wrong if you're using "beat within an inch of her life" as the standard for acceptable physicality in your interpersonal relationships.

The orange avatar and the timing of your comment is too much of a coincidence — you are the commissioner of football aren't you?

It's a really stupid theory, unless he was prevented from selling for some reasons that no one has mentioned yet. Why wouldn't he just sell it and skip all the bullshit?

Who already had the power to sell the team but first wanted to pay for an expensive investigation and sully his public image? Do you know he's allowed to sell the team anyway. Think of it like your car — you don't need to get a DUI and lose your license, you can just decide to sell the fucking thing.

I've seen a lot of this theory, but couldn't he just sell his team? And, selling when you're not forced to sell usually gives you more leverage (i.e. if you don't have to tell someone has to offer enough to make you want to sell — if you do have to sell someone just has to be highest bidder). While a funny thing to…

First of all, letsrun [edit to fix commenter name] was right. Rice is off the team within 24 hours. Second, how and why would the league decide if Rice needed to quit or be released by the Ravens? The dickishness of this comment is only surpassed by how stupid it is.

Promptly countered by a sweet left hook from Rice.

I just assumed you didn't like the Ravens.

"More" likely equals "he's the best chance she has at being rich". If he went to jail she would be broke. That's the catch 22 of most domestic violence cases — the victim is often financially worse off in the short term if the perpetrator is prosecuted. That can lead to what we saw here — his wife testifying…

Are you sure those were jokes? I thought jokes were funny.

I agree with that just based on watching him run the ball last year. What he did to his wife was also reprehensible.

How are you trying to explain First Amendment law without realizing that "state actor" is a term of art in that context? (and therefore getting the fucking joke?)

Wait, does that mean Rice is gay?

He looks better all dressed up

My point was that your bragging about the Broncos seems to imply that you have something to do with their success. Are you Peyton Manning?

Look at his left arm in the video, he's definitely trying to get to the ball when he gets knocked on his ass. Either way, if he makes a great tackle at the 20, the game is still all but over.

Or vociferously sexually harassing female fans.