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Probably what actually happened:

 

King had a source, a really good source, who told him that the league had seen the tape. That source was probably correct.

 

It's hard to imagine the league not seeing the tape. TMZ gets it but the league doesn't? There are cameras all over a casino, the recordings are probably kept for quite awhile, and they are probably backed up and secured numerous different ways. The league could get the tape from a casino (of all places) if they wanted it, and I'd bet my life that they probably did exactly that. If they wanted the tape and the casino wouldn't give it to them, then that should have been an even bigger red flag.

 

Anyway, it seems most likely to me that King gets good info that the league has reviewed the tapes and reports such. It's not like King is the only one saying this, and I'm guessing that people have saved articles released by the NFL that will be coincidentally inconsistent at best or downright contradictory at worst.

 

Now the NFL is in a huge PR mess since the business is now closed and the tapes inevitably leaked (most likely being leaked by someone who was losing their job in a city and industry that doesn't have a good outlook for anyone looking for casino work anytime soon).

 

NFL goes into damage control mode and says they never saw the tapes to save their own hide. I'm sure plenty of people aren't buying their line about not seeing them anyway, but that's beside the point.

 

After all of the NFL's mishandling of this so far, you think they handled that part correctly? Either they were some of the most aloof executives in the history of sports or they're just lying to deflect the tons of backlash and negative press they're about to receive any way they know how.

 

Again, King put in print because he actually had it on good authority that they did. Now King starts getting called out and can't out his source and has to fall on the sword when he's the one being called a liar by the NFL.

 

Exposing the source could have huge repercussions for King and might potentially lead to some severe backlash for both he and the source. We're talking about a guy basically being ostracized from his profession, employer, and community if the NFL feels vindictive, and that's a best case scenario for him. I can understand why a reporter wouldn't want to publicly expose some shady dealings at an Atlantic City Casino and within an organization as powerful as the NFL.

 

Call me a conspiracy theorist and give me a tin foil hat for this one if you want, but really, doesn't it seem most logical to think that things would have played out like that?

 

That's a lot of backbending to defend PK's sloppy journalism that conveniently skewed readers' perception of events toward the most favorable view of NFL brass.

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Well done. :lol2: :lol2:

That's a lot of backbending to defend PK's sloppy journalism that conveniently skewed readers' perception of events toward the most favorable view of NFL brass.

 

Does King really have a history of sloppy journalism?

 

We're talking about a guy from Sports Illustrated, which has a pretty damn good reputation. It's not like this was something from a startup blog trying to get hits and throwing something out hoping it stuck.

 

When you say that about conveniently skewing events toward the most favorable view of NFL brass, do you mean initially or now? Seems like he did it both times.

 

What would the report be like if he'd initially said, "the NFL isn't going to look at the elevator tape or take it into account when making this decision?

 

Or is it after when he could be falling on the sword because he knows he can't go public with it because of the external pressure that's being applied?

 

Do you really believe for a second that the NFL didn't look at the tape? You really think an organization that large and powerful got their first look at all of this from TMZ?

That's a lot of backbending to defend PK's sloppy journalism that conveniently skewed readers' perception of events toward the most favorable view of NFL brass.

 

PK is a great journalist who has a vested interest in protecting the NFL. He knows they saw the tape. Hell, he probably saw the tape.

Well done. :lol2: :lol2:

 

I gotta give Credit to KentuckyJoe!

PK is a great journalist who has a vested interest in protecting the NFL. He knows they saw the tape. Hell, he probably saw the tape.

 

JMO, but the terms "great journalist" and "vested interest in protecting" don't go together. If he has a vested interest in protecting the very thing he reports on, he's a hack IMO.

Does King really have a history of sloppy journalism?

 

Yes.

 

When you say that about conveniently skewing events toward the most favorable view of NFL brass, do you mean initially or now? Seems like he did it both times.

 

Exactly.

 

What would the report be like if he'd initially said, "the NFL isn't going to look at the elevator tape or take it into account when making this decision?

 

Or is it after when he could be falling on the sword because he knows he can't go public with it because of the external pressure that's being applied?

 

Do you really believe for a second that the NFL didn't look at the tape? You really think an organization that large and powerful got their first look at all of this from TMZ?

 

It's a safe bet they saw it. But now that it's convenient that they maintain the line that they didn't see it, PK is all too happy to amend his reporting to reflect that. If he really trusted his source he'd stick with the story instead of saying his source might've gotten it wrong.

JMO, but the terms "great journalist" and "vested interest in protecting" don't go together. If he has a vested interest in protecting the very thing he reports on, he's a hack IMO.

 

Very true but until today I have never heard anyone complain about Peter King. At the least he has always been respected in the field.

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It's a safe bet they saw it. But now that it's convenient that they maintain the line that they didn't see it, PK is all too happy to amend his reporting to reflect that. If he really trusted his source he'd stick with the story instead of saying his source might've gotten it wrong.

 

So why does Peter King have to state the obvious?

 

It sounds like we're agreeing.

 

Peter King knows he could do a huge exposé on the whole thing, but then he'd be out of a career. People in the NFL trust him with scoops because of things like this. He'll blatantly lie for them even when it's obvious to the world that he's lying through his teeth.

 

He could break this one story that wouldn't be a huge revelation at all anyway, or he could keep doing what he's doing and have the trust of sources so not as scandalous scoops are given to him when they want to throw him a bone.

So why does Peter King have to state the obvious?

 

It sounds like we're agreeing.

 

Peter King knows he could do a huge exposé on the whole thing, but then he'd be out of a career. People in the NFL trust him with scoops because of things like this. He'll blatantly lie for them even when it's obvious to the world that he's lying through his teeth.

 

He could break this one story that wouldn't be a huge revelation at all anyway, or he could keep doing what he's doing and have the trust of sources so not as scandalous scoops are given to him when they want to throw him a bone.

 

He wouldn't be out of a career. He'd likely boost it given the current state of the NFL.

If you want to shake your head and lament the state of the world, just head on over to Twitter and search #FreeRayRice. Then have your family hide all the sharp objects in the house from you.

Made it through about 10 comments of that nonsense before I had to call it quits.

My fantasy football team name looks even better "Beats by Ray" with a red fist icon lol.

My fantasy football team name looks even better "Beats by Ray" with a red fist icon lol.

 

My team name was Ray Rice Elevator Ride but changed it to Indefinitely Suspended.

 

To sum up things, if a picture is worth a 1,000 words, a video is worth a career. Your spouse cheats on you one can maybe reconcile things. You watch a video of your spouse cheating on you, it riles up emotions you never knew you had. This is what happened with the TMZ release.