Taking action
It’s a late night in the “Atlantic City Casino, New Jersey” and none other than the famous Baltimore Ravens linebacker, Ray Rice, is seen having a good time with his girlfriend (Myers). As the night proceeds, however, an altercation breaks out between the two of them, causing them to head back to their room. In the elevator the altercation gets worse and as his girlfriend, Janay Palmer, starts to move towards Rice in the elevator Rice threw back his hand and struck her in the face knocking her conscience. This is Domestic abuse and was caught on video (Sports). As the video was shown Rice was suspended from the league indefinitely. While the league may have dealt with Rice Correctly, hundreds of others have assaulted women …show more content…
Sadly the victim most of the time has to suffer more then the player, most of the wives and girlfriends are beaten or worse and the NFL does very little to prevent players from committing these crimes. A prime example of this is Josh Brown of the New York Giants. Mr. Brown had admitted to “beating his wife on multiple occasions and was allowed to remain on the roster after only a one game suspension” (Belson). This is outrageous because he had admitted to beating his wife and only was only suspended for one game. He was still allowed to play in the league and remain on the roster after the incident while his wife had to live with being beaten by her husband for the rest of her life. The NFL has viewed the public as an organisation that values its brand, so the NFL above all else will protect its brand “including the health of its players and their families” are second to how the people view their brand (Werly). It is clear how the NFL considers domestic abuse as a threat to how the people who watch it view them and the player who play in the games. A coach from the Chicago bears said “that during his 30 years in the NFL, teams covered up hundreds of domestic violence incidents” to protect the way people view the NFL (Werly). The NFL has covered up hundreds of cases because they are scared of losing viewers and having to face the families and deal with theses players in the right way not just suspending them for one game but making them face the consequences for their
It’s a late night in the “Atlantic City Casino, New Jersey” and none other than the famous Baltimore Ravens linebacker, Ray Rice, is seen having a good time with his girlfriend (Myers). As the night proceeds, however, an altercation breaks out between the two of them, causing them to head back to their room. In the elevator the altercation gets worse and as his girlfriend, Janay Palmer, starts to move towards Rice in the elevator Rice threw back his hand and struck her in the face knocking her conscience. This is Domestic abuse and was caught on video (Sports). As the video was shown Rice was suspended from the league indefinitely. While the league may have dealt with Rice Correctly, hundreds of others have assaulted women …show more content…
Sadly the victim most of the time has to suffer more then the player, most of the wives and girlfriends are beaten or worse and the NFL does very little to prevent players from committing these crimes. A prime example of this is Josh Brown of the New York Giants. Mr. Brown had admitted to “beating his wife on multiple occasions and was allowed to remain on the roster after only a one game suspension” (Belson). This is outrageous because he had admitted to beating his wife and only was only suspended for one game. He was still allowed to play in the league and remain on the roster after the incident while his wife had to live with being beaten by her husband for the rest of her life. The NFL has viewed the public as an organisation that values its brand, so the NFL above all else will protect its brand “including the health of its players and their families” are second to how the people view their brand (Werly). It is clear how the NFL considers domestic abuse as a threat to how the people who watch it view them and the player who play in the games. A coach from the Chicago bears said “that during his 30 years in the NFL, teams covered up hundreds of domestic violence incidents” to protect the way people view the NFL (Werly). The NFL has covered up hundreds of cases because they are scared of losing viewers and having to face the families and deal with theses players in the right way not just suspending them for one game but making them face the consequences for their