Armour: NFL Recognizes Its Cluelessness With New Domestic Violence Penalties
Do it, and you’re gone for a minimum of six games. Do it again, and your career is all but over.
Harsh? Yes.
Appropriate? Absolutely.
“These steps are based on a clear, simple principle: domestic violence and sexual assault are wrong,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote Thursday in a letter to owners that was obtained by USA TODAY Sports. “They are illegal. They have no place in the NFL and are unacceptable in any way, under any circumstances.”
Every year, 1.3 million women are victims of domestic abuse, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Almost a third of women who are murdered are killed by what the NCADV calls “an intimate partner.”It’s not just women who suffer the consequences, either. According to the NCADV, boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to become abusers as adults.
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