Once he serves his time yes. Of course I doubt he will be able to play in the NFL when he is 60 years old.
Disagree. Which is allowed.
Age discrimination. Lawsuit.
Once he serves his time yes. Of course I doubt he will be able to play in the NFL when he is 60 years old.
Disagree. Which is allowed.
The NFL saying today is the first time they've seen this video is just as asinine as the Atlanta Hawks owner realizing after 9 years that the crowd at his games are 70% black.
I believe the NFL and having read the email, I have no idea why anyone is up in arms over the Atlanta owner's comments.
Steve
You're joking right?
Which part and no, not at all. If you're talking about the email, everything he said sounded correct and reasonable to me. He didn't accuse the black population of anything. In fact, it was more an indictment of the traditional white Southern male citizens. If you're talking about the NFL, I can't believe they'd be stupid enough to lie about something like this. I'm not saying they are too moral to lie about it but they have to be smart enough to know that the truth would come out in short order. Lying would only compound their image problem.
Steve
How about the terrible product that has been on the court for years?
Levenson said "I have even bitched that the kiss cam is too black."
"My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites" are just two of the racial insensitive statements he made.
Please dont get me wrong. There was nothing threatening going on in the arean back then. i never felt uncomfortable, but i think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority. On fan sites i would read comments about how dangerous it is around philips yet in our 9 years, i don’t know of a mugging or even a pick pocket incident. This was just racist garbage. When I hear some people saying the arena is in the wrong place I think it is code for there are too many blacks at the games.
Maybe he stuck a $mil in her savings account, if she agreed to not testify and go on with the marriage.
Ravens deleted a tweet...
https://mobile.twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/509047483784523776/photo/1
Wow. We still have a long ways to go in society.
Did you read them in context? The "scared away whites" comment, for example, was followed by this paragraph"
I don't read that email and see racism, at least not on Levenson's part. I'm not saying you called it racism but I've seen it labelled that way elsewhere. I don't even think the comments are racially insensitive though, they are just an accurate depiction of the situation the Hawks have to deal with (or at least one person's description of the situation).
Sorry about the OT. And Ray Rice is more than a fool.
Steve
Maybe he stuck a $mil in her savings account, if she agreed to not testify and go on with the marriage.
And perhaps he agreed to rip up the ole' Pre-nup.
Lol. Wtf lol??!?!?
this is the lamest post in the history of the site.
Ugh. Yeah she had it coming. Gross.
He himself thought his comments were insensitive. He self reported. His comments are at the very least ignorant and insensitive and why someone in his position would even consider putting those thoughts on paper is beyond comprehension. These are the types of things that may have just come to him when "a light bulb went off" but certainly not something you voice.
I personally don't think his intention was to be racist or insensitive, but you can't even read that email and not seriously wonder what he was thinking about the day he even thought about becoming an NBA owner. Memo to clueless NBA owner... do some market research before you decide to bid on an NBA franchise.
Did you read them in context? The "scared away whites" comment, for example, was followed by this paragraph"
I don't read that email and see racism, at least not on Levenson's part. I'm not saying you called it racism but I've seen it labelled that way elsewhere. I don't even think the comments are racially insensitive though, they are just an accurate depiction of the situation the Hawks have to deal with (or at least one person's description of the situation).
Sorry about the OT. And Ray Rice is more than a fool.
Steve
I have been in the marketing business most of my career. Demographics are a huge factor in any plan. What he said goes on in every strategy session. Demographics are targeted and/or avoided. It is called product appeal. If someone wants to call it racist then every Popeye's Chicken commercial (for example) is guilty. Levenson and his group dumped the Atlanta Thrashers a few years ago. His group is in for the investment and resell of the Hawks franchise. He wants out, or so it seems. There are about 10 partial owners and he is the majority owner. If he gets his money back with interest, he made a business decision.
Sorry to feed the hijack, but I couldn't find a dedicated thread for this subject. Please move this if it is inappropriate for this thread.
That's such garbage. He's making up for a wrong decision....nothing like trying to cover your own rear end for a previous mistake.
Looking for the guys who defend Domestic violence. What's the line they were selling? Men are victims? What happens in another mans house aint my business even if he's beating the crap out of his wife? Poor Ray Rice was just defending himself? I've seen a lot of excuses for Domestic Violence made on here by a select few posters over the past few weeks.
I'm telling you dude, there is a DISTURBING amount of women haters in this world. People are watching this video and still blaming the woman. Yeah Ray Rice sure looked like his life was in danger there. He was totally justified in hitting her once, then hitting her again knocking her out, watching her hit her head on the rail, dragging her halfway out of the elevator then dropping her on her face. Poor guy, is he ok?
Indefensible. Anyone who can watch that video and still defend Ray needs to go see a therapist about their issues with women...
In no way am I defending Ray Rice. His actions were wrong. However, the Mrs has some culpability here. I feel as though this point is clearly being lost.
The only culpability she has is that she chose to be with a seriously troubled man... As I always tell my kids, life is about choices and consequences... Good choices typically bring good consequences. Bad choices typically bring bad consequences...
It's been debated on this board time and again, but IMO, there is never, ever a reason for a man to knock out a woman.
Very rarely are the issues in life a simple one-way equation. I think, as I have clearly indicated, they were BOTH wrong, and quite possibly, they are both troubled. They both made bad decisions this night, and I am sure alcohol was most likely a factor, for both of them.