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Entertainment & Sports,
Contracts

Sep. 17, 2014

Morals clauses: from Ruth to Rice

All is not well with the NFL. Last week, following TMZ's release of new video footage, the league indefinitely suspended Ray Rice, star running back for the Baltimore Ravens.

Julie L. Kessler

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Julie is an attorney based in Los Angeles, a freelance writer for several publications, and the author of the award-winning book "Fifty-Fifty, The Clarity of Hindsight." She can be reached at www.VagabondLawyer.com

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As we all know, all is not well with the NFL. Last week, following TMZ's release of new video footage, the league indefinitely suspended Ray Rice, star running back for the Baltimore Ravens.

The new video showed what took place inside of an Atlantic City casino elevator back in February: Rice struck his then-fiancee Janay Palmer, who struck back, causing Rice to deliver a left hook that rendered Palmer unconscious. Rice had been previously suspended for only two games following ...

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