The statement that you made about this being a character flaw and that something deep down inside this, ( stopped mid thought as I was about press the keys that spelled man, but to me this is not a real man) thug is so true. Any man with any self-respect, morality, or social values would have handled this situation in a totally different manner. Having lived in New Jersey my entire life, except for the last 2 years, the only game in town as far as Division 1 football goes is The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers.
Having a brother and a sister that both graduated from Rutgers I have been a huge fan of them.
Some of the more notable Rutgers players that made it to the NFL would include, Shawn Ohara, Gary Brackett, Devin Mcourty, Ray Rice, Mohamed Sanu and, Deron Cherry. Cherry probably being the most notable of them all. NFL 1980 All decade 2nd team.
Ray Rice was my favorite, as I enjoyed watching him prove those that said he was too little, wrong.
When the video came out of his actions, I was devastated.
This was the guy I had followed in college and would watch in the NFL whenever his club played in a game that was on the tube.
Disgusting behavior and a incident that proved too be career ending.
But, the only reason that his situation ended his career was because his skills had diminished over the years. If he was capable of performing like he did early on, a team would have picked him up in a minute.
I believe people can earn a second chance and even at times a third, but a cowardly act like that of Rice and now Hunt I have no tolerance for. Even if the girl did slap or punch him, come on man, or better yet come on punk.

On an entirely different note. Tonight on showtime I watched ONLY THE BRAVE. Story of Yarnell Fire: The Granite Mountain Hotshots.

These are the 19 men that perished.
If you get a chance to watch, their depiction of how a fire advances and destroys everything in its path shows that it would be impossible for any thing to go unscathed as shown in the pics from your post on the California wildfires.