He beat her down. If he lost control like that once he can do it again.
Society in general, and the NFL in particular, has no business rewarding that behavior. He should be behind bars, whether his wife presses charges or not.
So, you are for a lifetime sentence for striking your wife?
Take care. This reply in no way condones the actions of girly-men who can only feel big by hitting women, but I am asking you if you think that the punishment for such an act should be life in prison.
I see no problem with an organization deciding that they will not associate themselves with such behavior.
No one has said anything about life in prison. He has been told he cannot play in the NFL. There is a huge difference.
A lifetime ban and a life prison sentence. In both cases, the punishment is extreme.
Answer the question. Should a person be sentenced to life in prison for striking their wife? Or better yet, striking their spouse, as women do hit first in some situations.
A lifetime ban from the NFL is not even close to the same as a life sentence in prison. No, I will not answer this strawman lunacy.
I see.
So, you just want to rave along in your own little world. Its okay with Me.
However, here is My take on this, and you don't even have to answer since you don't want to be bothered with being honest or interested in a discussion on the merits of appropriate punishment.
I think that Rice should have done jail time. Given that spousal abuse is a crime, I think he should have done 18 to 36 months in county lockup for assault. If he behaves, then he can be paroled but will have to attend mandatory anger management classes along with substance abuse classes if it is determined he was intoxicated during this event.
Upon completion of these requirements, his 'debt' will have been paid and he is free to go on with his life.
The NFL should do exactly the same thing, concurrently with the New Jersey penal system. I would ban him for thee length of his incarceration and not permit him to return to football until AFTER he has paid his debt and taken the anger management classes, successfully.
That is appropriate and fair.
This other nonsense is just more bovine excrement by people who think with their hormones and not their brains.
Something that Ray Rice was likely doing at the time.