01-27-2016, 11:09 AM
(01-25-2016, 10:22 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: The title of the story being "Ray Rice Gets A New Job" is misleading as hell and is obviously only there to bait people into clicking, which it worked on me, but he's coaching the 2016 collegiate bowl.
I don't see how anyone could have thought this was a good idea and the people who are in charge of the collegiate bowl should face all sorts of hell for allowing it.
I have to think that he went to them begging for the job, or maybe the NFL went to them and asked them to do it as a favor to Rice so teams would be less afraid to let him be on their team, but that seems doubtful to me.
On the other hand, another former Raven murdered two people and is still a face of ESPN TV, so who knows.
Gotta love an upstanding organization like the one Baltimore has! It's funny to me how they don't face more scrutiny, but I guess winning makes them above criticism.
The bowl is sponsored by the NFLPA. Regardless of whether you think it's right or wrong for him to coach, I don't think it's terribly shocking that a players' organization would be willing to give a second chance to one of its own. I doubt he had to beg.
Also, why would the NFL solicit the NFLPA to give Rice a chance? The league is primarily ruled by the owners. Why would they want to do a favor for a guy they've already decided (so far at least) that they don't want to sign? That makes no sense.
Lastly, I get that your last sentence was probably there to 'keep it smack', but I think it's funny how fans of a particular team somehow think that they have the moral high ground in stories about problem players from other teams. Player conduct is a league problem. It is not restricted to a particular team. But fans like to ridicule their rivals when they have issues, totally ignoring 1) the issues on their own team and (more importantly) 2) the fact that by supporting any team at all, they are supporting the larger league structure that creates an environment where criminals are given a slap on the wrist because they can help win games. If people have a problem with the fact that Lewis or any of a number of others have been able to continue to play, they should be mad at the league, not just the teams they play for.
