In recent sport news, Raymell (Ray) Rice, the
running back for the Baltimore Ravens and Adrian Peterson, running back for the
Minnesota Vikings, have been involved in domestic violence and abusive incidents.
Ray Rice was seen on footage at the Revel Hotel and Casino
elevator hitting his fiancée (now wife), Janay Palmer, knocking her out cold. He then dragged her out from the
elevator. This incident took place on February
15th, 2014 and he faced a two-game suspension. John Harbaugh, the coach of the Ravens,
wanted to cut Rice in February after TMZ released the first video. Coach Harbaugh was reacting to a different video
showing Rice dragging his unconscious fiancée out of the elevator. The owner of the Ravens, Steve Biscotti, president
Dick Cass, and general manager Ozzie Newsome overruled cutting Rice. On September 8th, TMZ released the
second video of Rice actually knocking out Janya. Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens and
suspended indefinitely by the NFL after the new discovery.
The security director of the Baltimore Ravens,
Darren Sanders, allegedly knew everything that happened (even the footage
released later in September) hours after the incident in February. The case was almost resolved on February 19th,
four days after the incident, but TMZ released the first video that showed Rice
dragging his wife out of the elevator. Public
news of the video made the prosecutor show the video evidence to a grand jury.
Rice, as previously noted, was fired from the Ravens
for the charges of domestic abuse.
Another prominent NFL athlete, Adrian Peterson, has
recently been charged with child abuse.
The incident took place on May 18th when he whipped his child
with a tree branch. The child of four went
to authorities telling them that “daddy” whipped him with a belt and “a lot of
belts in daddy’s closet”. The child also
said Peterson put leaves in his mouth while being hit and while the child’s
pants were down.
New texts were released between Adrian and the
mother of the child: "… toughest of the bunch," Peterson wrote. "He got about five more pops than normal.
He didn't drop one tear! So that was
another indicator I'll have to try another system with him. [Shake my head] he's tough as nails …"
and the mother replied, “Well you can't hit him till he cries! That's just
mean. He's trying to be strong for you. He's afraid of you. He's four, he's not
playing mind games with you …"
On September 18th, a new article was
released stating Peterson abused two of his 4-year-old children. These are children he fathered with a
different woman.
After the releases of all the information, some
people question whether or not if it was just parenting and if it’s the same
situation as spanking.
Peterson was suspended Week 2 but reinstated for
Week 3. While he still plays for the
Vikings, he remains on the Commissioner Exemption list. It is expected that Peterson will not hold a
spot on the Minnesota team for much longer.
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