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By Michelle Jaworski
Last week, Keith Olbermann and several other journalists called out the NFL for leniency on suspending Ray Rice for two games for hitting his wife, but now that more details on how NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell actually handled the case have come to light, hes furious.
Olbermanns comments, in a video thats since gone viral, emphasized to the women watching that the sports world is not a safe or friendly place and that its rampant with sexism; he even called out himself for making sexist comments toward women at one point.
Now details have come out regarding the meeting Rice and his wife Janay had with Goodell and four other higher-ups with the Baltimore Ravens and the NFL, where she told them that the attack was a one-time event and that tough sanctions would only ruin Rices image and career.
In any other circumstance, Olbermann argued in his latest video, Goodell wouldve gotten fired or at the very least, removed from the case for allowing Rice and his wife to speak in the same room. And the NFL then applauded themselves for taking action.
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http://www.dailydot.com/sports/keith-olbermann-ray-rice-roger-goodell-sanctions/
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)https://twitter.com/EricStangel/status/492732366981300224
I hope the NFL loses a significant portion of its female fan base. But, given the reception that Ray got at the Raven's practice earlier this week, I doubt that anything will change.
Sid
brewens
(13,582 posts)thinking along those lines too. She's willing to back off rather than see them both lose the income from a lucrative broadcasting career.