--- description: Clearly the way the NFL handled this was disgraceful. title: Kirsten Gillibrand: 'The Way the NFL Handled This Was Disgraceful' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt264cdf856d113b02/6986a2a5cd804dab48cccaef/gillibrand-nfl.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [domestic violence](/tag/domestic-violence/) ## domestic violence Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kirsten Gillibrand: 'The Way the NFL Handled This Was Disgraceful' by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 10, 2014 4:57 PM CUT  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks at a news conference supporting passage of the Military Justice Improvement Act November 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speaks at a news conference supporting passage of the Military Justice Improvement Act November 19, 2013 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 10, 2014 4:57 PM CUT Sen. Gillibrand, the junior senator for New York, gave the following comment to TIME on the Ray Rice/NFL domestic violence situation: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3318558/kirsten-gillibrand-ray-rice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3318558/kirsten-gillibrand-ray-rice/"},"headline":"Kirsten Gillibrand: 'The Way the NFL Handled This Was Disgraceful'","datePublished":"2014-09-10T16:57:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:54:44.563Z","description":"Clearly the way the NFL handled this was disgraceful.","url":"https://time.com/3318558/kirsten-gillibrand-ray-rice/","keywords":["domestic violence","NFL","ray rice"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt264cdf856d113b02/6986a2a5cd804dab48cccaef/gillibrand-nfl.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt264cdf856d113b02/6986a2a5cd804dab48cccaef/gillibrand-nfl.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lawmakers Hold News Conference On The Military Justice Improvement Act","caption":"Lawmakers Hold News Conference On The Military Justice Improvement Act","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/domestic-violence/","name":"domestic violence"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3318558/kirsten-gillibrand-ray-rice/","name":"Kirsten Gillibrand: 'The Way the NFL Handled This Was Disgraceful'"}}]}] ```