Ray Rice’s life changed when video was released of him knocking his now wife, Janay Rice unconscious in an Atlantic City elevator.  Rice was arrested and suspended by the NFL.  He has since been reinstated but so far no team is willing to take a chance on the PR nightmare especially since he isn’t that good on the field anymore.  Rice is receiving support from an unlikely source.

The co-founders of A Call To Men, a national organization that encourages men to end violence against women, are advocating that former Ravens running back Ray Rice be given a second chance in the NFL.

Tony Porter and Ted Bunch, co-founders of A Call To Men, each of whom has worked with Rice since November, believe that Rice deserves an opportunity to be an NFL running back again.

“We have been around a lot of abusive men, but our experience with Ray has been tremendously positive,” Porter said this past weekend. “We feel strongly about him having the opportunity of having a second chance. He’s deserving of it.”

Porter and Bunch said they’ve based their beliefs on their extensive involvement and interaction with Rice over the past nine months. They have watched him speak at his alma mater, Rutgers, and work with student-athletes at his high school in New Rochelle, New York, delivering a message about learning from your mistakes and changing the narrative of your life.

“We’ll catch flak for this,” Porter said. “A lot of people think we should kick him to the curb and his name should be mud forever. But how great would it be if everyone who made a mistake made it their mission to make sure a million people don’t make the same mistake? To use the influence that he has, what a great way to correct that wrong. And that’s what Ray has committed himself to doing. His intentions are real, his heart is pure, and we’re going to help him to move forward so he can have a positive impact on the next generation of manhood.”

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source: ESPN