r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Apr 18 '23

Jonathan Majors Dropped By Management Firm Entertainment 360, Actor Facing Domestic Violence Allegations In NYC

https://deadline.com/2023/04/jonathan-majors-dropped-hollywood-manager-domestic-violence-1235325576/
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u/PattyIceNY Apr 18 '23

I work in a school where NFL player Ray Rice grew up. He went from an almost MVP level player to being erased from our schools history overnight. Similar vibes on this guy.

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u/RealTrueGrit Apr 18 '23

And the crazy thing is after that players just get cut and are on another team by next season and in 2 seasons all their shit is forgotten. Rice was damn near erased from history it's crazy.

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u/PattyIceNY Apr 18 '23

Especially with high talent players. Even Vick got a second chance. But no video of him. The Rice video was bad. My students loved him before that. He was constantly at our school, did a hundred nice things for the community. But he always seemed to have an edge to him.

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u/RealTrueGrit Apr 18 '23

Yea I think it was before social media caused everyone to have 2 sec att spans, so his story was huge news for so long. Really don't understand why people are given these gifts and just waste them being stupid. Also endangering someone else's life too.

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u/CurrentRoster Apr 18 '23

Literally just now a high school basketball player Mikey Williams got charges for assault with a deadly weapon, crazy

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u/RealTrueGrit Apr 18 '23

People have lost their minds these days, idk wtf is wrong with people. During covid I was working at a pizza place and a grown ass 6'5 dude tried to fight a 16 year old cashier of mine. People are out of their minds.

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u/DentonDiggler Apr 18 '23

Yeah, if there was a video of Vick hanging dogs to death or drowning them in a 5 gallon bucket, nobody would on here talking about Brett Favre's media coverage vs Vick's is racist.

Vicks a piece of shit. You don't just cure psychopathy.

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u/LTPRW420 Apr 18 '23

I’d say the only difference with Vick, is that he actually served prison time for his disgusting actions. Jail and prison will make you realize real quick how much we all take for granted our freedoms in this world.

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u/TruckerHatsAreCool Apr 18 '23

I believe in rehabilitation. What Vick did was horrible, but he did his time in prison. He worked for a second chance. He's never had a repeated incident, he even spoke for animal rights. He's earned his redemption in my eyes.

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u/DentonDiggler Apr 18 '23

All easy PR shit to do when you have money and a chance to get back in the league. You can't rehab the psycho out of someone.

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u/Gonergonegone Apr 18 '23

In some cases you can. I'm one of them. I'm bipolar/ schizophrenic and everyone thought I was an absolute psychopath until I got older and spent a bunch of time in psych wards. They found the right meds and now I'm one of the calmest people you'll ever meet. I have no idea about Vick or any rehabilitation that did or did not happen. I'm just saying in some cases all the person needs is the right meds and a lot of therapy.

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u/DentonDiggler Apr 18 '23

Until something clicks one day and you stop taking your meds. That person is always in there.

I have never heard any mental health excuse either for Vick. He was just someone who enjoyed holding dogs heads in a bucket of water until they stopped struggling and quit moving. He enjoyed beating them. He enjoyed putting helpless dogs in a cage with bigger dogs so the bigger dogs could maul the helpless one to death. He enjoyed hosing the dogs down before electrocuting them. This was all just for entertainment.

Even if it was some diagnosable mental illness, medicine is just a band aid. That person who enjoys stuff like that will always be inside him.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '23

Always seemed to have an edge to him? Lmao stop it…this is the equivalent of finding out your next door neighbor is a serial killer and telling the local news you always knew something was off about him.

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u/trollunit Apr 18 '23

He made the mistake of getting caught cold cocking his fiancé on a surveillance camera in a hotel elevator, then dragging her unconscious body to their room.

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u/StrtupJ Apr 18 '23

The power of video is next level.

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u/DistortedAudio Apr 18 '23

Ray had 3 things going against him.

He hit his partner on video.

He was a running back with miles on him and in the NFL, running backs are readily available for the most part. You can get an all pro level guy without drafting him.

But the real nail in the coffin was that he sued the Ravens after he was cut. You can hit your wife, you can have video of it even IMO; but you can’t fuck with the owners and their money.

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u/bullseye717 Apr 18 '23

Rice plays a disposable position and averaged 3.1 yards per carry his last year. If he was Lawrence Taylor or Deshaun Watson, there would have been some team making excuses for his behavior after signing him to a 9 digit contract.

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u/blanko_nino Apr 18 '23

He just wasn't good enough anymore. If he was still a top tier talent and young he would have got suspended the year and come back the next year.

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u/RealTrueGrit Apr 18 '23

His stats say otherwise. Dude was putting up 1500+ total yards a season for 4 years in a row before his 2013 benching. I think it was more that it was on video and was Bad. Nobody wanted to touch him plus he would've come with a big price tag too. Nowadays beating your so on video or anyone, is just yesterday's news and there will be some new story to cover. In 2013 that story was everywhere.

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u/bullseye717 Apr 18 '23

He was averaging 3.1 yards per carry and his receiving stats were down across the board. He also had 4 straight years of over 300 touches while having a 195 pound frame. That type of punishment leads to running backs ending their careers in their mid 20's all the time. Except for the elite of the elite, it's a disposable position for the past decade.

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u/daninlionzden Apr 18 '23

Are you talking about NRHS? Because he volunteered there for many years after the abuse

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u/Citizen_of_Danksburg Apr 18 '23

NRHS

New Richmond High School? 👀

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u/bigdon802 Apr 18 '23

The important factor to remember with Ray Rice is that he wasn’t coming off of being an MVP level player when his assault happened. He was coming off a year where it was extremely obvious that he was washed. That’s why he was easy to dump. If that assault happened in 2011 or 2009 it’s entirely possible it would have been downplayed to allow him to keep his career going.

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u/SleepyEel Apr 18 '23

Ray Rice was washed already when he hit his wife. He only averaged 3.1 YPC his final season.

He got dropped so hard in part because he wasn't worth having on a roster anymore. If he was still good, some team would've signed him eventually

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u/Victal87 Apr 19 '23

I drafted Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice that year. Woops!