The Vikings could always pull a switcharoo, which Adrian Peterson believes to be beating the hell out of a wallaby.

It just fucking sucks that this guy of all people is effectively punished with a short timeout.

"Hey guys, have you ever wondered whether this form of hyper-aggressive masculinity that defines the NFL is having a negative impact on society as a whole?"

He said "culpability". The NFL fucking hates that word.

Elite? Not with those stats.

I wouldn't say he's elite. It says right there that he's a POS.

He makes no such assumption. He only posits that the person who will end up being the scapegoat will be a female secretary; female, because it was a woman's voice on the phone, and secretary, because a low-level employee is more likely to take a giant payout at the expense of reputation and/or career.

Normally, I'd argue the point with you, but how many other women are there at NFL HQ who are in a position to make a call like that? Are there any female VPs/executives/managers?

Well, they aren't going to have an executive take the fall if they can avoid it. Throw one of the little people out there. It was a woman's voice on the tape, any woman will do.

The most disgusting part of this is that Michael Gearon still thinks it's okay to own minorities.

Update: Mike Tyson Elected Mayor of Toronto

From talking to reporters who did get burned on this (and there are a lot of them), they're angry for both reasons: Because they got fucked over by their sources, and because it was in the service of smearing a victim of domestic violence. And they are really, really mad.

Could someone please, please ask Kevin Byrne if he still likes Ray Rice? You remember when a leather-bound copy of Das Kapital was offered to the first person who questioned the NCAA's labor model? Offer something to someone who asks that to Kevin Byrne. Please.

Obviously they thought Janay went full Ronda Rousey on Ray-Ray — sidekicks, spinning backfist, kidney punches, then the arm-bar, which Ray-Ray stoically endured until being forced, forced mind you, to knock the bitch out in self-defense. I hate everyone.

"Failure is not getting knocked down. It's not getting up."

How about the fans who gave him a standing ovation:

"And joining us now is our newest member of the First Take family, we welcome Ray Rice to his permanent home at the debate desk"

Seems like Rice is cooked.