Ray Rice, the "Wife-Beater" AND Adam Johnson, the "Cradle Rocker"

Adam Johnson is a player on Sunderland and was accused of having sex with a 15 year old girl last week.  Sunderland immediately suspended him and are currently waiting for the result of the trial before taking any other steps.

 

Why do you think this situation was handled so much better than all of the incidents that have been taking place in the NFL?

 

 

 

 

 

Ray Rice had an incident last season where he was caught on film in a hotel beating his girlfriend. Roger Goodell, the commissioner for the NFL took months before giving him a punishment.  For a second people thought he was not going to get in trouble at all. He was on the Ravens and they did not do anything either. In my opinion, I think that the Roger Goodell and the Ravens were hoping that the video footage would never be seen and therefore did not have to do anything. Once it was released Roger Goodell gave Ray Rice a life-long ban, but then Ray Rice overturned the ruling and was out for most of the season.

 

Why was this incident so difficult to handle and were the Ravens or Roger Goodell at fault?

 

  

Soccer Backgrounds in the NFL

 

An interesting Wall Street Journal article conducted interviews among some of the best NFL players including Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Luck, and Ndamukong Suh, all who had played soccer competitively as children. They asked them to comment about how a background in soccer has had a positive impact on their NFL careers. The players all agree that soccer helped them tremendously with their conditioning, as well as their on field vision.

For many people, they physically outgrow the ability to continue playing soccer. Suh who is 6'4" and 305 pounds is much more suited for the NFL than he would be for soccer.

More of a fun article to read, so leave comments on what you think of the article.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-soccer-is-reshaping-the-nfl-1419279188