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Domestic Abuse Bruises NFL

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Hard news is sometimes hard to hear. Wars. Politics. Crime. Scandals. Terror. Every once in awhile, it’s nice to step away and find an escape. Take a little breather and enjoy some entertainment.

Most Americans find SPORTS to be just that. A sometimes-necessary distraction from all of the things in life that REALLY matter. But in recent days, the nation’s number one Reality TV show is getting a little too “Real” for comfort.

Troublesome details of multiple high-profile NFL athletes hitting their spouses and beating their kids. These same men who participate in sanctioned violence, justified by multi-million dollar contracts and record TV ratings, are turning on their own family members and lashing out in violent fashion. It started out with video footage in a New Jersey casino, showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, knocking his soon-to-be wife unconscious. Commissioner Roger Goodell is now on the hot seat, facing questions about whether or not he tried to cover up the video from that casino elevator. Then, news broke about Minnesota Vikings running back, Adrian Peterson. The same man who buried one of his OWN sons just last year to domestic violence, admitted to picking up a tree branch and leaving welts and bruises all over his FOUR year old son. Then Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy, and soon after, Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer both also caught up in nasty cases of domestic violence.

In moments like these, while the details may be tough to look at, organizations, victims and abusers alike, all have a unique opportunity to deal with a social issue that affects millions of Americans. Whether they like it or not, these athletes are living in the spotlight. Their lives are out in the open, on display for everyone to see. And yet, people INSIDE the NFL seem to just want the whole issue to blow over. Executives, coaches, even players are downplaying the severity of domestic violence. Instead of accepting the immense responsibility of their actions, and using the spotlight, no matter how dark it may be, to protect children and women, these violent offenders are doing everything they can to fight the negative publicity.

In moments like these, it’s altogether fitting and appropriate that we, as a society, sit down and discuss the issues at hand. For instance: Why are children the only group of people in this country that you’re allowed to hit? kids. Children. The weakest among us. Why is it that battered women continue to lie and protect their abusive partners? And why is all of this violence so prevalent in American homes? And why are we hiding from it?

If we as a society, as a country, can’t find a way to protect our children, then how are we any better than the abusers themselves? If the NFL won’t talk about it, then we should. We owe it to our children, our spouses and the future generations of our society to end domestic violence.



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