Domestic Violence In Professional Sports

From the time athletes are enrolled in college they are given tutors, meal plans, and curfews to assist in their success. Those that are awarded this special treatment for keys to success are expected to hold a higher standard than others. The real question we must ask is, “Why was Ray Rice not arrested for his acts of domestic violence?” Where was the criminal justice system while we were all flipping through channels and watching replays of Janay Palmer being knocked out by someone that supposedly loved her? After the incident became known, people started to think about all the good deeds Rice had done for his community and how he was someone who survived growing up in poverty and adversity but managed to become a big time football star. People began to try to justify what he did because of his fame and fortune. This creates a huge problem with how the media can spin a topic. The media began to work in Ray Rice’s favor when discussing his actions toward his future life partner. Rice has since petitioned his termination through the NFL National Players Association and the result allowed him to be employable by the NFL (Christensen, Gill, Pérez, 2016). However, a team has not extended an offer to Mr. Rice (Christensen, Gill, Pérez,

Regarding the Dewan Smith-Williams case they’re goal to me is to protect the brand and not to protect the husband from himself and his high risk behavior to his wife and family because they didn’t want her to go to the police and keep it silent. I think Mrs. Williams made the right call to come forth and let it be known that spouses and/or partners are being treated unfair and something needs to be done. In my opinion, maybe if fans, anti-violence groups and women’s rights organizations get together and organize a plan that could force the owners to enact stronger and lasting reforms to improve the NFL actions and response to domestic abuse. They should make some amendments to the personal conduct policy. This topic relates to the discussion on human behavior because we want to know what causes the domestic abuse from the spouse especially if the abuser is in the NFL, a super star, and fame is growing and so forth. Find out what area of treatment and theory practice could be used to help the

For years on end the Nfl has paid no mind or just paid off the crimes that have been committed to save the face of the Nfl. As years progressed so did the crimes and also in the last few years up to early 2014 Jane McManus explains how Sarah Friel cracks down on these such crimes with the help of Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell. Roger Goodell is the Nfl commissioner whom is a very stern and wise older gentleman for years on end he has been talking to the victims and their families for hours on end. This summer, Goodell pinpointed the Super Bowl as a time to re-evaluate the NFL's domestic violence efforts. Based on interviews with more than 15 people inside and outside league

Combine selective enforcement of the league’s policy and potential bias on the part of law enforcement and juries with the fame and glory of being a professional athlete, and we create a class of individuals who feel above reproach. It is one thing for a team to give someone a second chance. It is another to repeatedly ignore, and thus implicitly condone, violent off-field conduct.

When athlete misconduct if first brought up I immediately associate it with football and domestic abuse. As I conducted my research for this topic that is generally the most common sport and crime which supported my initial reaction to hearing “athlete misconduct off the field”. Now this brought me to thinking why is that and what has the most common on field punishment been for these athletes? Many different article such as the espn article “The NFL is finding out just how complicated domestic violence punishments can be” address why football players seem to be the usual suspects. There is no pinpoint answer but the article addresses that one possibility is that these men are raised there entire life playing a sport of violence where the goal is to hit another player as hard as possible. They are basically modern day gladiators. To expect these men to just have a switch where they go play and practice and hit things then turn that switch off go home and are completely peaceful is somewhat absurd. As sad as it is to think about the athletes have somewhat of an expectation to be violent off of the field, because of how they are breed to play on the phone. Since they are made this way on the field it is quite reasonable to think would think that they would be punished off of the field for those

The NFL started A NO MORE campaign (Mease). This campaign has a moral statement of Domestic Violence is unacceptable regardless of the situation. This campaign was headlined by the likes of Eli and Peyton Manning , Cris Carter, and Jerry Jones. That is the widest of variety of people that the NFL could give to depict their actual sincere feelings of this subject. This reaches a broad spectrum as the kids from impoverished places (Cris Carter). To the kids who grow up “Swimming” in Money (Jerry

According to “Ray Rice Is an Outlier: Most Domestic Abuse Suspects Play On,” “Brett Myers, a pitcher for Philadelphia, was charged with assaulting his wife on a Boston street in 2006 after witnesses said he struck her in the face and pulled her hair” (Crouse). These issues of domestic abuse are becoming more common. This is just one example of misogyny in professional sports. While some argue that misogyny in the professional sports arena is not a serious issue, there have been several instances of physical assault of players’ girlfriends and wives, there is an over-sexualization and harassment of women in the industry, and there are large differences between male and female pay. These issues can be improved by enforcing harsher punishments

Personally I do not think the NFL policy is working. There have been many cases of domestic violence involving NFL players in the last 3 years. Ray Rice was initially suspended 4 games for knocking out his now wife in an elevator. After a the video of Rice hitting the women went viral, the NFL then changed the original suspension from 4 games to indefinite. The behavior of the players on or off the field has no impact on wether the follow the NFL or not; but those who have children interested in the sport may think different. The behavior of the NFL employees as a whole definitely has an influence on the sponsors who associate themselves with the

We can pretend that sports are not the main source of entertainment in today’s society. Whether we are athletes playing the sport, avid fans watching our teams and their statistics, or the coaches, it is our character to always be in tuned to what is going on in the competitive sports world. Now, our competitive nature can either give us an edge in life or, in opposition, can cause us to burn bridges. To elaborate, being competitive shows determination, hard work, and is a form of utilizing our gifted talents, resulting in positive outcomes; this is referring to anything in life, not just athletics. On the other hand, being competitive to the point that we are losing teammates, friends, and those close to us shows poor sportsmanship and can have a negative effect on character.

Although some athletes get charged severely for crimes, the majority get off easily. This is shown with cases regarding domestic violence. Domestic violence is a serious crime that can result in fines and jail time. The NFL has received major despise on how they have handled past cases of domestic violence. This is shown in the article, National football league struggles with handling of domestic violence, “85 out of 713 arrests since 2000 were for domestic violence, suspension is only 6 games, and was originally 2 games or dismissed.” (NFL struggles with handling of domestic violence). Women see a quote like this and get very mad because domestic violence is often ignored by a multi-billion dollar company. Also of “the four major leagues-the NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL- the NFL is the only one to

One issue that has impacted the landscape of collegiate sports is the current situation at Baylor University. Athletes, specifically football players have been accused of acts of sexual violence. This is a big problem but not where the controversy ends. Art Briles, head football coach, Ian McCaw, athletic director, and Ken Starr, president of the university, have all resigned for their roles in failing to investigate allegations of misconduct.

“Now watch me whip” Nope, not anymore Odel. This new rule of players not being able to taunt or celebrate after a play is outrageous. Looking from a player’s standpoint, they probably are thinking what is so bad about celebrating after an in game accomplishment. I definitely do not like this either because I look at a player and see their celebration in a certain way swaying weather or not. I pick them for my fantasy football team. If they are over the top and crazy, I might not pick that player because if he gets out of control during a game they also might get out of control during everyday life, like possible outburst on their girlfriend resulting in domestic violence.

When the Ray Rice story broke, there was much discussion about what should be done by the NFL to punish him for his actions. He was ultimately suspended and cut from his team the Ravens. For the most part, perpetrators get a slap on the wrist. They may or may not be arrested. They may have to go to domestic violence classes. Law enforcement may or may not be empathetic towards the victim. Each state has its own set of consequences for perpetrators. In some states the victim can even be fired due to the domestic violence she or he is experiencing while the perpetrator remains unscathed. Perpetrators should be prosecuted. Perpetrators should have a consequence, not the victim. There should be a protocol followed by professional sports, law enforcement, prosecutors so that the seriousness of the offense is understood by all. A slap on the wrist is not enough to show the serious negative impacts domestic violence can have. And if our law enforcement and courts do not take it seriously, how can anyone else? This lack of consistency helps to foster the victim blaming mentality.

This article is about the violence that all players go through when participating in the sports they play in. The viewpoint of the author is that if you get sentenced jail time for violence in the streets what makes it different in sports that the violence is not prosecuted?.

Hockey, football, and boxing all share something in common; and no I am not referring to the skill, quickness, and finesse that is required for these sports. I am indeed referring to the intense physicality that all three of these sports strongly value. As a devoted hockey fan, I am a witness to a great part of the physicality that takes place. Therefore, I am well aware and understand that physicality is crucial in order to compete in most sports, but we have to draw the line somewhere. When there is primary intent to injure and physically hurt someone this is considered “violence”. Violence is becoming increasingly prevalent in sports, and a majority of society is passive to the negative effects it is imposing on society.