Ray Rice, the previous NFL operating again whose profession ended after he assaulted his then-fiancee — the fees have been dropped — shall be honored by his former staff Sunday.
The Baltimore Ravens chosen Rice to be the “Legend of the Sport” and issued extraordinarily tone-deaf, passive remarks within the announcement:
“In 2014, Rice’s incident ended his profession and put him within the heart of a nationwide dialog about home violence.
Rice is being acknowledged for the participant he was, and for the redemption he has labored in direction of. Out of the general public eye, Rice has been engaged on himself, his relationship, and inside the group.”
As had been beforehand reported, Rice was seen on video knocking Janay Palmer unconscious and dragging her out of the elevator of an Atlantic Metropolis on line casino.
“I knew it might be onerous to forgive me, however the one factor I’ve been per was that I used to be going to be higher. I’m not going to be a sufferer of my previous,” Rice mentioned. “My legacy received’t be home violence. My legacy shall be what I grew to become after.”
Nonetheless, honoring a participant with a checkered previous is nothing new for Baltimore, who inducted Ray Lewis — who had double homicide fees towards him (later dropped) — into its Ring of Honor, alongside Jamal Lewis, who served jail time after pleading responsible to utilizing a cellular phone to attempt to arrange a drug deal.
A lot for the character clause.
