Floyd Mayweather knows a little something on the topic of domestic violence (past and present) — and yes he was asked about this whole Ray Rice mess today at a press conference. Check out his thoughts on it…
Via MLive:
Boxer Floyd Mayweather said Tuesday that he thinks the NFL should have stuck to its original two-game penalty of Ray Rice, despite new video footage being released in connection to his July involvement in a domestic case.
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“They had said that they had suspended him for two games. Whether they saw the tape or not, I truly believe a person should stick to their word. If you tell me you’re going to do something, do what you say you’re going to do. But once again, I’m not in the NFL, so I can’t really speak on the situation.”
Mayweather expressed hope for “nothing but the best” for the Rices.
“I think there’s a lot worse things that go on in other people’s households, also,” he said. “It’s just not caught on video.
“I know he’s probably going through a lot right now because football is his passion, football is his love. It’s no different than with me being in the fight game, if they told me, ‘Floyd, you’ve got the biggest deal in sports history,’ and then a couple months later, they say, ‘You know what, your deal is taken away from you’ — oh, man. It’s not really just the money, it’s just the love of the sport, the passion.”
Mayweather said having that happen in the prime of Rice’s career is “probably drastic on him and his wife.”
Acourse he’s going defend Ray Rice. He going through his own domestic issues and allegations of Hitting his Ex Girlfriend. If anything his comments proves his guilt in his own case
I think that there are a lot of CEO’s and others having problems in their marriage domestically; yet, they are not stripped of their bread and butter. What does a man’s a t home problems have to do with his job. It’s never okay to abuse a woman whether it’s your wife or not. I’m a victim of domestic violence from family member and relationship. It’s a terrible feeling especially when others use it to shame you or attempt to shame you. I don’t feel like the NFL should have stripped him of his job. No one fully understands what goes on in their household. She forgave him. Everyone deserves second chances. Chris Brown was just a kid when he was persecuted. You have folk killing one another and not being treated as badly. I have seen where women beat the hell out of men and it’s funny. Look a what Solange did to JayZ not that it’s okay. I don’t think it’s okay ever. Shit happens but no one should play God and take away a w/man’s livelihood. The Elevator should be sued. Whomever operates that hotel or camera where the footage was leaked need to be sued. A black kid can be gunned down and nothing really happens. Where’s that footage. The footage was illegally obtained. Give the man his career back and let the wife and the law handle otherwise. Fans will bring him to justice. That’s his job