Former Baltimore Ravens Player Ray Rice Suspended Indefinitely From NFL!

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On the afternoon of Monday, September 8, 2014 former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice had indefinitely been suspended by the NFL and officially released from the infamous Maryland team. The issue surfaced when a video was revealed nationally of Rice intentionally knocking his girlfriend unconscious in an elevator. After TMZ surfaced the elevator footage of Beyonce, Jay Z, and Solange's fiasco in May, in reference to the incident Beyonce quotes in her Flawlessremix, “Of course sometimes sh*t goes down when it’s a billion dollars on an elevator!”  it would have been a smart decision of Rice to leave his poor choice of actions in private. 

Not to necessarily say that I consort with his actions, but with so much at stake, the Baltimore Ravens second draft pick of 2008 has now left his career in shambles! Due to an arrest and indictment of third-degree assault made on May 28, 2014 stating that he allegedly punched, his fiancé, now wife Janay Palmer in the face, Rice has put a burden on himself that will be hard to fix. Whether he potentially knew what he was getting himself into when performing that mighty blow towards his lover or not is beyond the issue at this tip, the NFL has shown no mercy. 

It seems as if no one will let up from the situation as of today and to be quite realistic, this is an issue that will leave Rice little to no room to prosper. With the NFL standing for more than just throwing a ball into a spiral motion in the air, they’ve molded their players into potential role models and leaders. Surely if something happens in which a player is not abiding to certain policies, consequences will be dealt. 

In May, Rice entered a pretrial intervention leading the charges to be expunged within a year and a prosecution not being made. Many will seek to ensure that issues will be handled in a proper manner while others will oppose the decisions that have been made. Despite what others may feel, Rice has demanded the necessary steps to go ahead by entering counseling with his wife to go out their publications. He knows his actions as inexcusable, but considers that nothing further can be done if he does not set out to lead his household and himself in a confident way. 

Although Ray Rice has done a fearful affair, we must not forget that he is in fact a human. Everyone makes mistakes, but domestic violence is surely nothing to be toiled with, especially in today’s society. As he proceeds to travel onward from this issue I actually hope he counts not just what he has to lose but its value in terms of his family, vocation, and deference as a person. I bid him a good face on his endeavors and hopefully we’ll be able hear about positivity from Rice in the hereafter. 

By: Alexis J. Robinson

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