He ABSOLUTELY deserves to be fired.  If you aren't making decisions based ont he facts, but on the public perception of the facts, you are the lowest form of human being.  He  should in NO WAY be associated with the NFL, any team, or frankly the human race.  I wouldn't be sad if he died in a fire tonight, and that's the honest fact.

 

What Ray Rice did was despicable, but the fact of the matter is our justice system is the one who should be doling out the punishment.  The fact that they had access to the video, punished him the way they did (which I think is total [BAD WORD REMOVED] anyway, and only promulgates society letting NFL players AND EXECUTIVES (because let's not forget the slap on the wrist that Irsay got) get away with things that others wouldn't because "the nfl will punish them") then go back to repunish him ONLY after the evidence (which the court had) became public is a slap in the face of the judicial system.

 

Changing that punishment based on the RELEASE OF THE VIDEO as opposed to the actual crime is absolutely insane.  If all of a sudden video comes out of Mike Vick electrocuting dogs will we punish him more?  I don't think so.  The fact of the matter is that the players that commit crimes will pay the price in endorsements and subsequent contracts because they will be seen as a risk.  Goodell has no right to step in and exert more punishment, especially to the magnitude he did AFTER already announcing the punishment previously.  If this isn't double jeopardy, I don't know what is.  And it's not being doled out by our supposedly elected government officials, it's just some [BAD WORD REMOVED] who thinks he knows best, and will change his mind at the hint of any public perception change.

 

Fire Goodell, burn him alive.

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