The NFL has said it supports the comeback attempts of Ray Rice, but can't be a spokesmodel on his behalf. Perhaps it should.
Yet another story has come out publicly that Rice is training in hopes of getting a tryout with a team.
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Sources close to the disgraced former Ravens running back affirms that the 28-year still is in great shape, that he's working out every day and that he's prepared if he ever gets a call from an NFL team, according to TMZ Sports.
"He still keeps in shape and is working out every day ... staying ready," one source close to Rice told TMZ.
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Last month, Rice said he would be willing to sign with any team for the league minimum. That occurred a week after the Chiefs lost running back Jamaal Charles for the year. Since then, the Steelers have lost Le'Veon Bell and the 49ers have lost Reggie Bush. Rice, who is the poster child for domestic violence issues in the NFL, remains on the sidelines.
Rice remains a pariah, thanks to the two infamous elevator videos from a now-closed Atlantic City casino from February, 2014, in which he is showing hitting his wife and dragging her limp body out of the elevator.
"Some team will have to decide that the benefits of having Ray Rice on their team outweigh the inevitable public outrage that would occur should he sign with an NFL team," Fansided.com reported.
NFL Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent is not able to call up teams and encourage them to give Rice a tryout, CBS Sports recently reported.
The NFL, however, could conduct a poll to find out exactly how many would be outraged if Rice were to secure a workout or make an NFL roster. It could also ask those against if there was anything Rice could do to change their minds.
Rice, who has been a model citizen before and after the domestic violence incident, has vowed to be an advocate for domestic violence victims and use his own experience to educate others.
Yet the 32 NFL teams that will sign a Greg Hardy or a Ray McDonald will not give Rice a chance, supposedly out of fear of a backlash. The NFL, which did Rice no favors by originally suspending him only two games to add to the controversy, owes him that much to try to find out exactly how hated Rice is.
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