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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I didn't know this was what happened. I don't really follow the NFL, and even as popular as it is, most people don't either.

People heard "running back Ray Rice suspended for domestic violence" and probably rolled their eyes and said "yep, another professional athlete being an ass#0le, what else is new?" and that was the extent of it.

Now you can see a video of him on the nightly news coldcocking his wife and picking her up like a ragdoll. It becomes more "real", I guess.

I'd never heard of the guy before this started but I heard all the uproar about his short suspension. I hate to admit it, but this sort of stuff happens so often that you just shrug your shoulders. I did. I don't know this person, I don't know his wife, I don't know what happened. Could have been a shouting match for all I knew, a misunderstanding, a foolish mistake that he regrets, and his wife is sticking by him.

Now I know it was nothing like that, and if he acts this way in public, it sure as hell isn't the first time. A couple women I know saw it and said "he's going to kill that woman one day..." and they'd never heard of any of this.

So bla bla bla, I guess my point is the video is the big difference. Especially among non-sports fans.

Yeah...unfortunately this is what comes to mind when I see this kind of thing as well. His clear inability to control himself means that this could escalate to much worse stuff at any time...unless he gets some serious help.