Quote:Here's there problem I have with this.  And I'm not talking about you specifically.  But I hear a lot of people questioning why did the league needed to see the video before handing out the punishment.  But THOSE SAME PEOPLE'S REACTION TO THE INCIDENT CHANGED UPON SEEING THE VIDEO.   It's blatantly clear that the outrage now upon seeing the new video is exponentially greater than the outrage when it was first reported.  Whether people like to admit it or not, seeing the video made a huge difference.  The public has generally accepted NFL's policies on domestic violence for years (mainly because there is a legal system that addresses these things).  So with that said, the actual act wasn't a real issue for the NFL.  If the new video never came out, the outrage would have never escalated to this point, there wouldn't have been an investigation,  Ray Rice would play, nobody would be calling for Goddell's head (any more than usual), and the NFL would have continued business as usual.  It's not about domestic violence.  It's about the video.  Those are the facts.   

 

Actually people were pretty outraged about the 2 week suspension before the second video was ever released.  People weren't calling for Goodell's head -- but he mitigated the damage he did with a new policy on Domestic Violence.  


Then when the video was released, it was worse than most people first suspected.  Goodell of course said that the NFL never obtained the second video.  When information came out that they apparently DID obtain the second video, people started calling for Goodell's head.  


If the NFL indeed did obtain the video -- even if Goodell never watched it, I think he's gone.  Because either he knew they got it -- and he lied.  Or he didn't know they got it -- which brings up the question of his ability to control his office.  "Ignorance is not a suitable defense"  Especially given the reaction to the Ray Rice incident from the public.  There's no reason he shouldn't have known -- at least not unless (and I'm stealing this from twitter) his secretary asked a former player to deliver the video to Goodell, but forgot about it because of concussion issues.

 

If it comes out on the other hand that the NFL never received the video -- then he'll keep his job.  

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