Nike cut ties with Ray Rice on Tuesday after the release of a video showing the former Baltimore Ravens running back striking his then-fiancee in February.
Among vendors, Electronic Arts announced it will take his image out of the Madden 15 video game on its “Madden NFL” official Twitter account. Two other companies, BodyArmor sports drink and VertiMax sports training equipment, disassociated themselves from Rice earlier this year.
Dick’s Sporting Goods and Modell’s are among the sporting goods stores that have pulled the jerseys from their stores. Fanatics is also not selling any Ray Rice jerseys on its website.
The Ravens said on Twitter that theyre planning to offer an exchange for Rice jerseys. His No. 27 jersey no longer is available on the NFL fan shop website.
Rice made an estimated $1.6 million a year from endorsements, according to Forbes magazine.
