Unethical actions deserve consequences. Although, whenever we hear about something, we think less of it than when we actually see it. In psychology a blind spot is an assumption in a decision maker’s mental scheme. It is like a hole in a story to make it seem better or to justify an action. The NFL attempted to create blind spots in the minds of the public to cover up the factuality of the situation using propaganda. In Carol Tarvis’ book “Mistakes Were Made,” Elliot Aronson takes the ideas of blind spots and self-justification and explains them to the public using real world examples. National Football League star running back Ray Rice had an occurrence with doing wrong. Before Rice was released, he was a 6 year NFL veteran, a 3 time Pro-Bowl selection for the Baltimore Ravens, and a staple in their Super Bowl winning offense. However, on February 15, 2014 his life was forever changed. Rice was involved in a fight with his fiancée, Janay Palmer. Presently, he was arrested and charged with domestic violence. Like many NFL players, this is nothing deep-rooted. The National Football League has seen 84 individual domestic violence charges since the year 2000. Commissioner Roger Goodell has taken immense heat for most of these actions. On September 8, this case took a turn for the worst when a video from TMZ was leaked with the view from inside the elevator when Ray Rice committed the action of abuse. The fallout from that video is still taking place. Roger Goodell is trying to answer the questions surrounding this with his back against the wall. Following the initial viral video of Ray Rice dragging his knocked out fiancée out of an Atlantic City hotel elevator via TMZ, the NFL and Ravens have been scrambling to make sense of this disaster. Ray rice was initially penalized with a two game suspension which in the words of Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome is “significant” but “fair”. The general public and media