Violence and Abuse in the NFL

We recently watched a short clip on the recent cases in the NFL concerning domestic and physical abuse. Many cases have been brought up very recently, although a few of them took place a few months ago. Many people argue that the NFL isn’t making the right decisions about the players’ punishments. Legally, this is a huge topic about what should happen to the players.

A few famous players have recently been charged for domestic and physical violence. Whether it was child abuse or violence against a spouse, I believe there should be a zero-tolerance policy against them both. I think that players that commit these crimes should be suspended from the league indefinitely until they are proven not guilty. However, with the most recent case concerning Jonathon Dwyer, the charge was just made recently, even though the abusing took place in July. I don’t know if this is necessarily right that something that occurred that long ago is just now being brought up. I think that the media needs to not get as involved with some of these problems.

Multiple players that were recently charged claimed that they were whipped and abused as young children, and claimed that it was okay when they were growing up. However, society has changed a lot since 20 years ago, and there are many more laws against abuse. There is a fine line between disciplining a child or spouse, and abusing one. I think that the NFL should continue taking the actions they have been by not allowing the players to participate until the charges are removed.

Physical and domestic violence is a huge problem and topic right now in the NFL. With media blowing it up as well, many people have different opinions on what should happen to the players that have been charged. I think that the NFL needs to continue to put big punishments on these cases in order to get a point across that there is no tolerance on this subject.