Let’s stipulate that Ray Rice should have gotten a much longer suspension for his act of violence against his fiancée, and let’s further stipulate that there are many loathsome thugs in the NFL — and other professional sports — and the league can do a better job setting and enforcing standards. But the media coverage over the last couple of weeks has been wildly disproportionate. We are apparently supposed to believe that the status of women in America, rates of domestic violence, and trends in child discipline all depend on what the NFL decides to do in a handful of cases involving its players. This is completely absurd, but the media pile-on affords lots of opportunities for ax-grinding and is presumably good for ratings, so it’s the NFL every day of the week.