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Everybody is talking about Ray Lewis's legacy. Why don't they ask the families of the two people he and his posse killed what his legacy is? I'd say his legacy is getting away with murder then making tons of money in the NFL because he was an NFL star. Anybody who wasn't an NFL star would have spent a lifetime in prison for what he did. And I don't want to hear about how religious he is. If he was truly religious, he would tell the truth about what happened that day.

Skip Oliva on Lewis and Goodell.

"At the time of Stallworth’s suspension, I wrote, “It’s unlikely that the act of one player – out of more than 1,700 – would ‘undermine the integrity of and public confidence in’ the NFL, especially when Stallworth’s actions did not occur in the course of his employment.” The public pays to watch NFL players play football, not the commissioner to play at law enforcement. Tagliabue understood this, which is why he confined his public reprimand of Lewis to a fine. There was little point in depriving the league’s paying customers the benefit of Lewis’ services, especially when the government, which is charged with prosecuting crimes, was satisfied to let him walk free."

I completely agree with this. Tagliabue didn't try to make himself bigger than the game like Goodell does.

"Goodell, had he been in power in 2000, might have effectively ended Lewis’ career, which would have satisfied his ego—and no doubt a few media critics—but done nothing to improve the on-field product. Baltimore fans certainly would not want to contemplate a world where they were deprived of Lewis for another 12 seasons. You might reply, “What’s football compared to the two men Lewis may have murdered?” Again, this misses the point. It is the government’s self-appointed function to prosecute and punish murderers. It is the NFL’s self-appointed function to sponsor and sanction football games. "

I completely agree with that too.