Clearly the most prominent new stories floating around the internet are the issues regarding the National Football League and the inconsistencies with players. With many important officials and administration being investigated heavily because of the Ray Rice incident, one would assume there would be more steps taken to oversee the players, their actions, and how to handle the resulting chaos.
Along with Ray Rice, there have been two other cases of domestic violence with players in the NFL. Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers was convicted in July and is currently appealing the decision. Ray McDonald of the San Francisco 49ers has been charged but has not yet gone to trial. According to news sources, Hardy was been temporarily deactivated. McDonald has not faced any repercussions from the NFL to date.
The main reason why these particular instances are becoming crises is because the amount of men who are now being charged with violent crimes, and the administrators in charge not properly handling the situation. If there had been better steps take in a more expedient amount of time, the fall back probably would not have been so severe.
It seems like the NFL may have an epidemic on their hands. With this many players having domestic violence issues, one has to wonder if there are issues within the NFL that result in players having instances of domestic violence.
Michael Cameron Bailey 