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The Monday Poll: Weigh in on the futures of Ray Rice and Roger Goodell

Will former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice play again in the National Football League? Take The Star editorial page’s Monday poll on that and other subjects.
Will former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice play again in the National Football League? Take The Star editorial page’s Monday poll on that and other subjects. Patrick Semansky The Associated Press

A domestic violence case involving a star National Football League player is receiving plenty of public attention, deservedly so.

A video emerged last week showing Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens knocking out his then-girlfriend in February in a casino elevator. The Ravens immediately released Rice, and the NFL indefinitely suspended him.

Rice already had been suspended by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for only the first two games of the 2014 season in connection with the incident. That had prompted many to criticize Goodell and the NFL for their lax responses to domestic violence. Goodell last month finally agreed to take tougher stands against players involved in future cases.

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This story was originally published September 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM with the headline "The Monday Poll: Weigh in on the futures of Ray Rice and Roger Goodell."

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