There has been a wide variety of issues between professional football players and obeying the law over the years in the league and it is no secret. Between drug use, weapon charges, and tax evasion there is no shortage of controversy to discuss and the news can’t get enough of it. However in recent years, and months specifically, there has been a large amount of controversy pertaining to the players and domestic violence. Even though domestic violence is not limited to the National Football League, the way the NFL has handled it has been what is under fire. Although this issue is a serious matter and the league has created commercials and campaigns against domestic violence saying “No more.”, it seems as if there truly has “no more” in
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Almost immediately the Raven’s terminated the rest of his contract and Goodell suspended him indefinitely. Following with the theme of avoidance, the NFL had stated that they had never been given or seen the full video before it had been released to the public by TMZ. However, within only hours of the statement, an unnamed officer had released that a league official, who was also unnamed, had acknowledged receipt of the video and noted its severity. But why would the NFL hide such a serious matter? Was it because they don’t care or was it because they wanted to protect a high profile player such as Ray …show more content…
Commercials saying “no more” and avoiding the situation are not going to get the job done. Although players charged with domestic violence in recent cases are getting what could be considered “the proper punishment”, that will need to continue if the face of the NFL is going to change. Professional football players are role models to young American citizens are need to be setting the right example; and if they cannot do that then the National Football League needs to show that behavior such as domestic violence, especially in today’s society is not acceptable, no matter what the player’s pay roll or name
Almost immediately the Raven’s terminated the rest of his contract and Goodell suspended him indefinitely. Following with the theme of avoidance, the NFL had stated that they had never been given or seen the full video before it had been released to the public by TMZ. However, within only hours of the statement, an unnamed officer had released that a league official, who was also unnamed, had acknowledged receipt of the video and noted its severity. But why would the NFL hide such a serious matter? Was it because they don’t care or was it because they wanted to protect a high profile player such as Ray …show more content…
Commercials saying “no more” and avoiding the situation are not going to get the job done. Although players charged with domestic violence in recent cases are getting what could be considered “the proper punishment”, that will need to continue if the face of the NFL is going to change. Professional football players are role models to young American citizens are need to be setting the right example; and if they cannot do that then the National Football League needs to show that behavior such as domestic violence, especially in today’s society is not acceptable, no matter what the player’s pay roll or name