ESPN’s Keith Olbermann has been a vocal critic of the NFL’s handling of the Ray Rice suspension. He has been pretty consistent on his opinion that the punishment should have been harsher and the NFL has dropped the ball. His most scathing criticism came last night when he called for Commissioner Goodell to resign:
“It’s consistent with other cases in that the NFL consistently refuses to significantly punish domestic violence abuse…. If there had been some recognition, some form of acknowledgement if only to the women fans of the NFL that this two-game suspension is a virtual attack on them, perhaps these following words would not be necessary. But for the sake of the NFL, and more importantly, for the sake of those women and all others and all of us in a country in which this is so much more than a mere sports league, it is necessary Mr. Goodell for you to now resign as its commissioner.”
This is a strong statement from Keith especially considering his employer is an NFL rightsholder. Check out the video commentary below: