Ray Rice wont be with an NFL team this weekend. The former Baltimore Ravens running back, whose act of violence brought domestic violence into American living rooms, is still out of the league, and he spends his time talking about the issue that has defined his past two years.I just want to be a part of something, Rice told me on Thursday, that my lasting image wont be that video.NFL commissioner Roger Goodell personally liked Rice, and before the video came out he listened to the veteran running back and his wife as they explained what happened that night, ultimately deciding to go light with a two-game suspension.The sympathy didnt do Rice any favors, just like the one-game suspension issued to New York Giants kicker?Josh Brown after an incomplete investigation wont help him move beyond his issues. Instead, Browns future with the team is up in the air as the team travels to London, his personal therapy journals and his admission that he is an abuser open for the world to read.And now, Giants owner John Mara has revealed that the team knew he had abused his wife. At the time the one-game suspension was announced, part of the leagues rationale was that it couldnt get other witnesses or the police to cooperate. And yet, Brown himself had confirmed the most pertinent piece of information.The NFL should have figured out that with Rice if you are going to discipline players, it needs to be enforced evenly. Mara can stand by his player, but shielding Brown from a real suspension for domestic violence doesnt reinforce the NFLs words on the subject, and it doesnt help Brown move forward.Are we really here again?The six-game minimum suspension called for in the NFLs 2014 NFLs Personal Conduct Policy?is?not really in effect anymore. The six-game standard has been used three times in the 10 possible domestic violence-related cases, and not at all in the last year. Since then, the suspensions have dropped to four games, two games and a single game.Its worth noting that Brown appealed the single-game suspension.The NFLs public service announcement campaign morphed from No More anti-violence ads to the home-grown Football is Family spots, backing slowly away from associating the NFL so publicly?with an issue that defined it.Yes, its challenging to investigate these cases. The only person the NFL can compel to cooperate in this case is Brown, who according to the Giants offered a full and remorseful description of an abusive relationship, including incidents other than the May 2015 arrest he was investigated for.If Brown told the Giants and the NFL the truth but didnt happen to mention the existence of a journal he likely never dreamed would be in the public domain, he shouldnt be subject to additional punishment. The NFL Players Association litigated that with Rice -- and won.Absent new information or proof that Brown lied, it will be difficult for the NFL to issue another penalty. The league gets one shot at this, and it looks like it blew it. Again.The renovated conduct policy was a good solution, but the NFL had no plan on how to stick with it. And ultimately these penalties rob players of second chances.Rice hasnt gotten another chance on the field. There are plenty of people who wont care what happens to an abuser, but the NFL shouldnt be in that camp. Its in the leagues best interest to discipline but then support as a player moves forward. Greg Hardy was given that chance, despite evidence of severely beating and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend.Unlike Hardy, Rice hasnt been shrinking from the issues. To listen to Rice is to hear a man who accepts responsibility and has learned more about the underlying issues. He still works out and makes no secret of wanting to play again, but he has also put his career into perspective. Family, which now includes his daughter and a son as well as wife Janay, comes first.He has been speaking to groups of kids and teams about violence and his own personal reckoning. He says each time he does he gets a handful of kids who approach and ask if he can help them with their own situations. He tells them asking for help is the first step.I know there will be future opportunities, he said. Im not giving up on football, but that isnt the be all, end all.Its a lesson Josh Brown may have to learn very soon. Cheap Air Max 270 Australia . The Australian is competing in his final season in Formula One and still looking for his first win this year. He will look to end Vettels run of six straight race wins on Sunday. Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. Discount Shoes Online Australia . 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SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- A few days ago, I rewatched the broadcast of the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol to see if I could glean any information that would prove useful for this years edition of the event.The lasting impression? Man, 11 years ago looked and felt like 21 years ago. Maybe 31.Phil Mickelson won that week, which isnt so detached from current affairs, considering hes only two weeks removed from nearly winning another major. He was followed on that leaderboard, though, by Steve Elkington, Thomas Bjorn, Davis Love III and some guy with a great swing named Tiger Woods, whose late charge on Sunday afternoon proved fruitless when Lefty salted it away the next morning.All of which means that 11 years from now, this week will feel pretty ancient, too.Besides the low-def broadcast and way-too-baggy shirts, what I remembered when watching it again is that Baltusrol is an equal-opportunity venue. 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Nobody has asserted himself as a prohibitive favorite.Throw in the fact that nobody really seems to have a game thats tailor-made for this track -- because no singular game suits this place -- and it becomes a guessing game for those trying to fill their lineups with appropriate selections.Of course, educated guesses are (sometimes) better than plain old guesses. So, lets get right to them. ' ' '
