Many questions have been surrounding the handling of the situation involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and people want answers. This has already prompted an investigation by the league into the matter, and now the players are getting in on the action as well.
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Through a press release on Wednesday, the NFLPA announced that they are indeed going to conduct their own independent investigation into how all aspects of the Rice saga have been dealt with, and they have retained former federal prosecutor Craig Smith to run the show.
From the NFLPA on Wednesday:
"The NFLPA has retained Richard Craig Smith, Head of Regulatory and Governmental Investigation, United States of Norton Rose Fulbright to conduct our investigation surrounding the due process, discipline, facts and conduct of the NFL League Office and Baltimore Ravens resulting in the indefinite suspension of Ray Rice. As a former federal prosecutor, Mr. Smith brings tremendous experience and expertise. The NFLPA will request that the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens cooperate in the interest of transparency. This investigation will run parallel to Rice’s appeal."
So now, everything that has happened will be sifted through relentlessly from all sides possible. When we will get answers remains to be seen, but at least we seem to be on the path of figuring out how and where so many things went wrong in all of this.
The saddest part of all, though, is the fact that it had to get this far for so much action to be taken.
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