odessasteps Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 That is the lawyer in Goodell. He has no idea the additional problems he is causing. But he is notoriously NOT a lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kuetsar Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 That is the lawyer in Goodell. He has no idea the additional problems he is causing. But he is notoriously NOT a lawyer. BUT. . .he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/11551518/how-ray-rice-scandal-unfolded-baltimore-ravens-roger-goodell-nfl Presented without comment. Welp, there goes the idea that they did what they could. As a Ravens fan I'm pretty fucking pissed. Saw this at the bar and damn near blew a gasket. Fucking inexcusable. Fuck it, I'm done. No Ravens, no football, nothing. I'm going to stick with Orioles and pro wrestling. Fuck this shit. I will say that I laughed a maniacal laugh when on ESPNews they show a tweet saying the press conference is pointless while Goodell's laughing. I think from Troy Aikman? I laughed so hard that that, it was awesome seeing that getting shat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Yeah I should have posted this part first: http://deadspin.com/espn-casino-employee-gave-ray-rice-tape-to-nfl-securit-1637084054?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I'm just mad I was at work and couldn't set my DVR to record the entire debacle. If that press conference doesn't expose Goodell as the pandering corrupt little weasel that he is, I really don't know what will. There were so many good moments but I particularly enjoyed Rachel Nichols taking not one but a couple home run swings at him - it's amazing how leaving the mothership of the Four Letter suddenly morphed her into an intelligent probing reporter. Oh and if one soundbite should be played on a constant loop for the next two weeks, it's Rog's exchange with the TMZ guy: Goodell: “I would have loved to have seen the video”TMZ Reporter: “We got it with one phone call” Goodell: "I don't know how you get your information." TMZ, the website that sends guys to ambush celebrities while they walk to their car after eating dinner, has a better investigative unit than the National Football League. Think on that a second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Yet the Ravens saw it hours after it happened. But the NFL....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Yet the Ravens saw it hours after it happened. But the NFL....... Didn't see what they didn't want to see. . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 People actually believe that they didn't see that video? If by some crazy, outrageous, unexplainable chance they didn't see the video it is because they willfully didn't watch it. Am I the only one who doesn't understand the lies? What do they have to gain from continually lying about this? They can't honestly believe that people can't see through these poorly veiled lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted September 20, 2014 Author Share Posted September 20, 2014 It's so weird to see this mess as the second story behind ISIS. Incredible that Roger went up there, said nothing and expected it to all go away. He has balls, I'll give him that. Maybe it'll work. Is it really having balls or just being too arrogant/stupid to not know any better. It is strange how the 4 letter network that was giving hand jobs to the NFL and Goddell are now burying him with the Outside the Lines report a good hour after the press conference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 The nfl really needs to be knocked down a notch anyway. Nobody should be that powerful and important. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 It is not the power and importance so much as the hubris which they are delivering to the public in this scandal. Instead of realizing the problems in their Personal Conduct Policy and suspensions they are just hoping it eventually blows over. They are ignoring the larger issues here which is why the public is angry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Am I the only one who doesn't understand the lies? What do they have to gain from continually lying about this? They can't honestly believe that people can't see through these poorly veiled lies. Hubris manifested. The Ravens dodged a bullet with Terrell Suggs' domestic issues, so they tried it again with Ray Rice. Goodell thought the public would believe whatever he said because he represents the country's #1 sport. Even now, they think they can get away with at least some of this mess. Because they always have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 It's so weird to see this mess as the second story behind ISIS. Incredible that Roger went up there, said nothing and expected it to all go away. He has balls, I'll give him that. Maybe it'll work. Is it really having balls or just being too arrogant/stupid to not know any better. It is strange how the 4 letter network that was giving hand jobs to the NFL and Goddell are now burying him with the Outside the Lines report a good hour after the press conference OTL is apparently not part of the football industrial complex at Bristol, headed by Berman and the dozens of former players on the payroll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 "My dad punched me in the face when I was a kid..." "I got hit with a belt so many times...it was a regular thing." "Nothing wrong with being hit with a switch, happened to me tons too. I bled too." I get these people are trying to defend Peterson, but honestly, all I can think is: Hey, maybe you should have pressed charges as a kid too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Or at least, you know, acknowledge that your parents maybe weren't perfect and could have done better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Rydell Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Fuck it, I'm done. No Ravens, no football, nothing. I'm going to stick with Orioles and pro wrestling. Fuck this shit. The irony being that wrestling is FULL of people who have done far worse than punching their girlfriend, including first degree murder, rape, and child molestation, and have gotten away with it scott free. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Fuck it, I'm done. No Ravens, no football, nothing. I'm going to stick with Orioles and pro wrestling. Fuck this shit. The irony being that wrestling is FULL of people who have done far worse than punching their girlfriend, including first degree murder, rape, and child molestation, and have gotten away with it scott free. Up until a couple years ago, NFL players got away with this stuff scott free as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'm not going to defend pro wrestling's history, but, at present, there's no frigging way WWE would tolerate a main eventer doing half the shit many NFL guys do. You get caught assaulting your girlfriend or arrested on gun charges, it's a big deal. As opposed to the NFL, where no one seems terribly bothered about it until TMZ release footage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I'm not going to defend pro wrestling's history, but, at present, there's no frigging way WWE would tolerate a main eventer doing half the shit many NFL guys do. You get caught assaulting your girlfriend or arrested on gun charges, it's a big deal. As opposed to the NFL, where no one seems terribly bothered about it until TMZ release footage. I have to agree with you. The company is so allergic to that sort of press that they would drop the guy so fast it would make your head spin. I do think if the party in question was a talent that could draw money, they would bring him/her back after a spell on the indies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 http://deadspin.com/espn-rice-believes-ravens-owner-tried-to-bribe-him-in-1637019552 Edit: Sorry, didn't realize someone posted the actual OTL story a couple of pages ago. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogwelder Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 So one of Rice's chief arguments in his appeal is that TMZ cleaned up/edited the elevator tape. I guess he's hoping Zapruder also had a camera in the elevator too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 http://deadspin.com/ray-lewis-some-things-you-can-cover-up-some-thing-1637373530?rev=1411315344806&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 So one of Rice's chief arguments in his appeal is that TMZ cleaned up/edited the elevator tape. I guess he's hoping Zapruder also had a camera in the elevator too. Wait WHAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Not to be 'that guy' but I am shocked of talk from the Vikings 'sources' that AD will never play for the Vikings again. I am against physical punishment of children of any sort, let alone what AD did, but it seems like after what happened with Rice teams are now going the extreme other way. All it would take is Peterson apologizing and swearing he learned from this (I realized he hasn't done this yet), agreeing to some counselling, donating some money to a charity and obviously not doing it again and he should be good to go. I agree he should be suspended and I think he will be, but it seems that things have gone so far the other way that I dunno how this will end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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