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The NFL and Domestic Violence

            A new issue that has suddenly sparked a massively big interested and caught the public eye is NFL domestic violence. The first story that caused an ongoing list of names to pop up but first caught attention from the public and still is catching the attention of the public is the Ray Rice domestic violence case against his fiancé but now wife. This started with Rice and his wife arguing in an elevator with some confrontation then they pushed each other and Rice struck his wife in the face thus knocking her unconscious then dragging her out of the elevator. This was ultimately caught on video at the casino that the couple were at and was then leaked to TMZ which then released it to the public for everyone to see. According to ESPN writer Don Van Natta Jr. (2014) Ray Rice told NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on June 16th that he had assaulted his then-fiancé in the elevator. When Goodell had an interview with CBS News speaking about the video released by TMZ sports he said it was inconsistent with what Rice had told him. However four sources close to Rice said that during the meeting in June Rice had told him what happened with his then fiancé. According to ESPN (2014) there were numerous sources that had heard from Rice first hand that he admitted striking his wife and he stated that he hadn't tried to deny any of the allegations brought against him. ( Natta Jr., 2014)Goodell ultimately ended up switching Rice's two game suspension to being suspended indefinitely. Rice must have all his legal matter situated before he makes his appeal back to attempting to enter the NFL again to play. ( Natta Jr., 2014).
             The domestic violence charges that are brought against Rice aren't always just for assaulting a spouse but it could be any sort of family member or someone that you have an intimate or emotional relationship with. According to The Advocacy Center (2006), some victims choose to stay in a domestic violence relationship because they fear for their own lives or their children's live that their abuser will cause imminent harm to one of them if they leave.


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