Ray Rice's Footage: The Role Of Domestic Violence In Professional Football

CNN) --Running back Ray Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the NFL on Monday, the same day a shocking video surfaced showing the NFL star knocking out his future wife with a punch in February. Martin, Jill, and Steve Almasy. "Ray Rice terminated by team, suspended by NFL after new violent video." (2014).

Domestic violence linked to players may not have had much impact on the league’s bottom line, but it did affect the lives of hundreds of women. From 1989 to 1994 alone, 140 current and former professional or college football players were reported to police for violent acts against women, the Washington Post reported in 1994.

Footage was released in the media, showing a violent attack on a woman in an elevator. The video showed the women being struck with a closed fist, so hard; that the blow caused her head to hit the guard rail. She

The National Football League a men’s’ only club, where few women are invited, and domestic abuse is often hidden behind owners and coaches and for Rice actions, was given a two game suspension by former Commissioner Roger Goodell. The maximum penalty under the 1994 NFL Domestic Violence Policy

The League, now und great scrutiny for their attempts to sweep the incident under the rug, now were under the public microscope that revealed domestic violence and other acts against women did not just come about because of the Rice. According to a Washington Post 1994 article, “From 1989 to 1994 alone, 140 current and former professional or college football players were reported to police for violent acts against women. Conversation regarding the video were mixed, praising the attacker for his great deed, and scorning the victim as if it was her