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Domestic Violence In Professional Sports

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Professional sports have been in the news for domestic violence for a really long time. Some that may come to your mind could be Ray Rice, Warren Moon, Greg Hardy, and Jose Reyes. Yes, three of these four players are in the National Football League (NFL), but that does not mean that only football players are the ones who have been doing this. The most recent one is Jose Reyes who plays in Major League Baseball (MLB). That is really ones opinion, but some don’t have anything but I slap on the wrist. Commissioners around these leagues usually suspend the player for a couple games until all of the details and videos come out. Ray Rice was suspended two games until they saw evidence then he was suspended for the whole year. Some wanted him banned …show more content…

This is something one has to ask themselves when you are talking about domestic violence in sports. I have done a lot of research on this topic now and I believe that they should have a standard punishment for domestic violence. Instead of one guy getting a two game suspension and another guy getting four game suspension they need to come to and agreement and decide how many games it will be for everyone. Now, yes you do have different sports and not all sports are the same length, a baseball season is 162 games a year, a football season is 16 games a year, and a basketball season is 83 games a year. Each sport I believe should have its own suspension but they have to have it the same for every guy in their sport. I think that in baseball you should get suspended for 75 games on your first offense and from then on it should increase. In football I believe you should get suspended for six games for your first offense. In basketball they should get suspended 40 games for a first offense. The reason I say first offense is because if a guy gets suspended for that many games he hurts the team and if it happens more than once than an organization probably will not want to sign you. I think that the NFL has not handled the situation correctly. Ray Rice has still yet to find another job since his incident has occurred, while Greg Hardy served his four game suspension and he is still playing for the Dallas Cowboys right now. The only reason Rice has yet to find another job is because he served his two game suspension and then videos were released and he was suspended for the whole year and his team released him. Yes, I believe that professional sports need to have a harsher punishment, but they need to have a standard of games that you are going to suspend a

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