Diamond K & Pebbles speak on Ray Rice & NFL drama on The Diamond K Show
The Baltimore Ravens terminated running back Ray Rice's contract on Monday, hours after TMZ Sports released a video showing him punching his then-fiancée in the face in an Atlantic City hotel elevator in February.
Minutes later, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that, based on the latest video evidence now available, Rice is suspended indefinitely from playing in the league. His two-game suspension for assaulting Janay Palmer was scheduled to end Friday.
The Ravens, meanwhile, had no other comment in its statement announcing Rice's release.
Goodell's initial suspension for Rice was so severely criticized as too lenient led Goodell to revamp the league's personal conduct policies covering domestic violence and assault.
The NFL said earlier in the day it never saw the video until Monday. The grainy video apparently shows Rice and Palmer in an elevator at the Revel Casino on Feb. 15. Each hits the other before Rice knocks Palmer off her feet and into a railing. Earlier video of Rice dragging Palmer from the elevator has been shown repeatedly, but the video shown Monday showed Rice striking Palmer twice, the second time apparently rendering her unconscious.
League spokesman Brian McCarthy said earlier in the day, regarding the video: "We requested from law enforcement any and all information about the incident, including the video from inside the elevator. That video was not made available to us and no one in our office has seen it until today."
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