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The Ray Rice Elevator Tape: What Did The NFL Know?

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The beginning of the 2014 season for the NFL has already started out to be a rough one. Several terrible things have happened to give the NFL a bad name this season. One of the biggest things to already happen this season is the Ray Rice incident. Then, before this even happened the NFL had the drug problem of Josh Gordon with the illegal substance abuse. First, the Ray Rice incident, Ray Rice and his wife appeared as though they were having an argument as they entered an elevator. As they get onto the elevator Ray gets into his wifes’ face, and says something and as he does that she smacks him away, and acts as though she will hit him again. Ray backs himself into a corner and as he does this she rapidly comes at him acting as if she will …show more content…

"The Ray Rice Elevator Tape: What Did the NFL Know?" Fox 6 Now. CNN Wire Service, 11 Sept. 2014. Web. 10 Sept. 2014. “The Ray Rice Elevator Tape: What Did the NFL Know?” that CNN Wire Service covered is about the incident that happened with Ray Rice recently. I chose this article because it chose what occurred in the elevator with his now current wife. I felt the article was important because it went into great detail explaining the events that happened as Ray Rice and his then fiancée stepped into the elevator and he assaulted her. Since one of the topics I chose is about this incident in particular and the other topic talks a little about Ray Rice, I thought that this would be a good source to use. Maske, Mark. "First and 10: In Wake of Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy, Injuries Make NFL’s Bad Week Worse." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 15 Sept. 2014. Web. 15 Sept. …show more content…

The main reason I chose this article is the fact that the NFL is having a terrible opening week, due to the fact that so much has gone on and the Ray Rice occurrence opened the whole situation up. It’s terrible that all of this has occurred and that Rodger Goodell is under some hot water because of it. I figured the fact that Ray Rice was a part of this article and the fact that he was the main reason all this has happened, that this article would be a great fit for my topic. Pelissero, Tom. "3 Things to Know about the NFL's New Drug Policy." USA Today. USA Today Sports, 13 Sept. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014. The article “3 Things to Know about the NFL’s New Drug Policy” by Tom Pelissero, is about the NFL’s new drug policy and some of the things that are included in it. This article includes many of the revised edits of the new drug policy and why it will be more orientated for the NFL. One of the big things that’s important is the fact that recreational drugs will be treated as a lesser to performance enhancements. This is one of the few things that I talked about in my second topic. That would be the main reasoning for why I chose this

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