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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 634869" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I think that the high profile players are given so much leeway because they bring so much $$ to the teams. Just like that Penn state coach who abused kids for years and worked to villify the first kid who spoke out, they get away with it because many people justify their behavior as 'not knowing better' or that 'they couldn't do something like that'. I think that by treating this football player as someone special, getting him in and out of booking in under 30 min, it is clear that it will not be taken seriously by the local jurisdiction.</p><p></p><p>The NFL domestic violence policy is NEW and it is highly probably that it will NOT be applied to this player unless public outcry demands it. Why? The team and the player and the lawyers will say that this happened before the policy was widely known so it should not apply, as though before now it was okay to beat your spouse or child because there was no NFL policy against it.</p><p></p><p>When you add in the serious brain injuries, and the long term effect that Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has on personality (and I don't know of a case where Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) made a person kinder, gentler, or more patient), well, this is likely the very small tip of the iceberg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 634869, member: 1233"] I think that the high profile players are given so much leeway because they bring so much $$ to the teams. Just like that Penn state coach who abused kids for years and worked to villify the first kid who spoke out, they get away with it because many people justify their behavior as 'not knowing better' or that 'they couldn't do something like that'. I think that by treating this football player as someone special, getting him in and out of booking in under 30 min, it is clear that it will not be taken seriously by the local jurisdiction. The NFL domestic violence policy is NEW and it is highly probably that it will NOT be applied to this player unless public outcry demands it. Why? The team and the player and the lawyers will say that this happened before the policy was widely known so it should not apply, as though before now it was okay to beat your spouse or child because there was no NFL policy against it. When you add in the serious brain injuries, and the long term effect that Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has on personality (and I don't know of a case where Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) made a person kinder, gentler, or more patient), well, this is likely the very small tip of the iceberg. [/QUOTE]
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