Ray Rice's arbitration win proves the NFL never took domestic violence seriously

Yesterday, an arbitrator granted Ray Rice's appeal of his indefinite suspension, making him eligible to play in the NFL again. Her written decision is a damning indictment of the way the NFL handles domestic violence. The league initially went easy on Rice, then reversed itself after a public outcry on the grounds that he'd misled them. But it turns out they were well-informed all along —they just didn't think pummeling a woman was worthy of serious punishment, and now the arbitrator is making them stick with that original call.