Guys the point is mute. Senator Gillibrand has forbidden any of us to watch the NFL. To even watch the NFL is to say it's acceptable to beat your wife.
"GILLIBRAND: All of the fans, young boys and girls watching this, are watching the NFL say it's okay to beat your wife. It's unacceptable. It's not just about Roger Goodell and this one player. There are hundreds of players who are beating their wives, committing assault, committing rape across all sports, and we have to hold them all accountable."
I stand by my original point that these matters are important but not worth throwing out the baby with the bathwater. As Senator Gilibrand has demonstrated the liberal firebrand is to tear apart the entire enterprise and rebuild it with total liberal ideology. Based upon the current liberal attack each and every decision must be made based upon liberal values. Further we're not to even watch the sport until the liberals have purified it. So everyone is to unplug their TV everytime a NFL game comes on. We can't even tolerate anyone discussing the NFL games, as to do so is to say it's acceptable to beat your wife.
I want to point out that it came out today that Adrian Peterson has been accused of using a switch on another of his children in 2013. Yes, this is terrible. Yes this guy obviously needs help. The guy has fathered 7 different children with multiple women. He's clearly "been around". So my question is who's going to support all of these children if Peterson gets suspended? Yes, I'm sure that he could support them for quite a while with funds on hand, but these players are not known for their forward planning. How long before funds run out. You say we'll handle that when it comes. Not likely. No what this man needs is an intervention and some psychological help. These players exist in a culture of violence in their work. Sometimes it's hard to turn off the switch, sometimes it's impossible for them to even know how.** Instead of barring him from football (playing ball) a bit of outreach and working together to fix the issue is called for.
Let's look at the NFL's anti-drug program. It's come a long way with a standard practice of suspending players based upon severity. Most importantly they're made to apologize for letting down their teams. It's coming along and is so much better than even a few years ago. This is the practice of NOT THROWING OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER.
But we'll never know as we're no longer able to even view NFL games, as doing so is to say it's acceptable to beat your wife. So we must now assume that anyone who posts in this thread about games is a "wife-beater".
** How do I know this? I played with a couple of guys that went on to College Football. They were among the most violent of the players. They seemed to run their entire life that way. Probably one of the reasons they made it and I didn't. The other reason was talent or lack thereof when it came to myself....LOL The other was probably size, as 5'10" and 185pds was VERY SMALL for a defensive end/linebacker LOL