ironjack wrote:
Please let me personally respond. Yes I pled to a misdemeanor and not a felony as you so inaccurately state, which was part of the entire procedure. The fact is I was offered and accepted deferred adjudication and if you read further, I have no conviction. Unlike Mr. Rice, there was no effort on my part or of the federation "to cover this up". The Federation was aware of it within 72 hours of the incident and monitored my progression thru the justice system. I did 80 hours of community service, I was on probation for 8 months and under Texas law was removed and case closed as a result of my good behavior and counseling. I did 8 weeks of group counseling and then another year of individual counseling. The Board had sessions on this in 2013 and one in 2014 which discussed this and the USOC was well aware of my issues.. Under the USAT By-Laws and the Code of Ethics I violated no rules or by-laws. My record is legally clean. Mr. Rice on the other hand along with NFL owners tried to cover it up, get the legal system to look the other way. I am a volunteer, I signed no morality clause and I have paid fully for my mistake. So unless you personally are without any mistakes in your life, I suggest you let this go. I do note that I am posting by my real name and ID, you on the other hand are not telling us who you are, so let me ask you, who's the real coward here??I am more than a little troubled with your response. nowhere do you apologize or take responsibility, instead, you make it sound like you were a victim because of all the counseling and community service you did and that you have "paid fully for my mistake." Here is a FACT. you were charged with felony assault. the fact that you were charged with felony assault means it was something pretty severe or you used a weapon in hitting her, not just a shove during an argument. you were allowed to plead down to a misdemeanor. that does not mean you didn't commit a felony, it only means you were allowed to plead down, as are most abuser the first time they get caught. the fact that you did something severe enough to constitute a felony, leads me to believe this is not the first time you have abused your wife ..and then you try to further absolve yourself of responsibility by claiming what you did wasn't as bad as Ray Rice and that USAT didn't try to cover it up as did the NFL. at no time do you apologize, instead, you rationalize what you did as not that bad in every way possible, including calling the OP a coward. Only a coward abuses his wife. You ARE responsible for what you did, regardless of what they allowed you to plead down to. You not only show your character by abusing your wife, you show your character by your response to being called out for your behavior. You are the worst kind of coward, the kind that doesn't take responsibility for his actions and likely will belittle your wife tonight for the grief you get on Slowtwitch.