The other domestic violence case a sport has tried to ignore

modern_rabbit · 2014-08-21T23:17:57+00:00

It's amazing (well, not really) how fast this was brushed under the rug. Even with attacking a fucking minor.

honeybadger105 · 2014-08-22T00:53:06+00:00

It's kind of apples and oranges here in terms of awareness/outrage. Ray Rice is a frontline player in a top 2 league in the US. Hope Solo is a frontline goalkeeper, but most people wouldn't know of her outside of her performance in the national team. US Women's soccer is an also-ran compared to the men's in terms of popularity and men's soccer is usually not mentioned in the same breath as the NBA, NFL, MLB, or even the NHL.

Solo's case was not well publicized, perhaps on purpose. As stated before, most people don't know who she is. Of course there is the popular delusion that women are always the victim. The story itself is not very sexy for news outlets to produce stories about it.

My issue with these cases is, why are sports leagues supposed to punish players for things that they did away from the team? Unless the issue affects the teammates morale or performance, the accused player should still be able to play, assuming the player is capable of doing so. Whatever happened to "Innocent until proven guilty?"

Legolas-the-elf · 2014-08-22T03:37:31+00:00

Don't forget the media reaction to the incident where it looks a lot like Tiger Woods was attacked by his wife with a golf club. Even if that wasn't what actually went down, the media reaction was appalling.

SillyAmerican · 2014-08-22T17:51:57+00:00

Why am i even surprised that the media would vilify an attempt to shed light on Ray Rices situation as not completely one sided. Bringing attention to the fact that she admits to playing a significant role in that situation is giving ray a pass?

Title	The other domestic violence case a sport has tried to ignore
Author	LeeRobbie
Upvotes	68
Comments	6
Date	August 21, 2014 10:19 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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