I don't think you could be more wrong, but then again, maybe you have more law school than I do?
From my perspective, Goodell is just what this league needs. Every profession has moral obligations/expectations, all he is doing is his job by imposing them wear needed. If the players don't like it, then they can bring it up in collective bargaining, or, go find another job.
Playing in the NFL is not their right; like in any profession, it's a privilege. Their rights are not violated when the ownership of the business decides to hold them to standards of conduct. They are always free to go find another job, correct? If Ray doesn't like it, oh well. No one is saying he can't work, but like every other business in this country, RG is saying, if you work for us, you will abide by these rules, and evidently, he has the right to modify the rules as he sees a need to do so.
I for one, hope Ray never plays another down in the NFL.
This is exactly what irritates me the most, Ray Rice is no victim here--he was the perpetrator of a crime. And because he was an NFL athlete, he was treated very differently than anyone else in his situation would have been.