Ray Rice, the previous NFL working again whose profession ended after he assaulted his then-fiancee — the charges were dropped — might be honored by his former team Sunday.
The Baltimore Ravens chosen Rice to be the “Legend of the Game” and issued extraordinarily tone-deaf, passive remarks within the announcement:
“In 2014, Rice’s incident ended his career and put him in the center of a national conversation about domestic violence.
Rice is being recognized for the player he was, and for the redemption he has worked towards. Out of the public eye, Rice has been working on himself, his relationship, and within the community.”
As had been beforehand reported, Rice was seen on video knocking Janay Palmer unconscious and dragging her out of the elevator of an Atlantic City casino.
“I knew it would be hard to forgive me, but the one thing I have been consistent with was that I was going to be better. I’m not going to be a victim of my past,” Rice mentioned. “My legacy won’t be domestic violence. My legacy will be what I became after.”
Nevertheless, honoring a participant with a checkered previous is nothing new for Baltimore, who inducted Ray Lewis — who had double homicide prices towards him (later dropped) — into its Ring of Honor, alongside Jamal Lewis, who served jail time after pleading guilty to using a cell phone to try to set up a drug deal.
A lot for the character clause.
