![]() In an October piece, Moskovitz extensively quoted a female University of Illinois professor explaining why banishment for domestic violence was not a good policy for the NFL or society. Hardy’s continued employment makes him far less likely to offend than whatever is said on his Twitter feed. Recidivism on most criminal behavior is tied to employment. The sports media advocates are not having a serious discussion. This weekend on Outside the Lines, an ESPN opinionist whose relevancy is attached to domestic violence argued that the Cowboys were enabling Hardy’s abuse by not cutting him due to his Twitter bio and knocking a clipboard from the hand of an assistant coach. The court of public opinion is overly concerned with “optics.” SI and ESPN turned Newton’s never-police-reported domestic violence into a Jerry Jones optics problem. The court of public opinion is far more prone to make mistakes and deal harshly with people of color than even our criminal justice system. ![]() My interest is in preventing employers from being judge and jury on issues they’re not qualified to handle, especially issues that are being litigated in the court of public opinion. My interest is in defending people’s rights to recover from terrible errors in behavior and judgment. Let me make clear I’m not interested in defending Newton’s or Hardy’s behavior. Neither outlet mentioned that the book was three years old and that the new publisher was knowingly trying to turn a profit off high-profile domestic abusers. In separate, misleading interviews, Sports Illustrated and ESPN’s Outside the Lines tried to paint the picture that Jones was irresponsible for knowingly supporting two domestic abusers. In October of this year, the publishing company HarperCollins, realizing the money-making opportunity available because of Ray Rice and Greg Hardy, re-released the book under a new name, Silent Cry. Newton’s ex-wife wrote a book in 2012, Silent Tears, that discussed her abuse-filled relationship with the Cowboys legend. Last week and over the weekend Sports Illustrated and ESPN somehow connected former lineman Nate Newton’s unreported, 1990s domestic violence to Greg Hardy’s violence in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2014. Jerry Jones is being harassed over “optics” – Hardy’s Twitter bio and a sideline tantrum with an assistant coach. We could move to a place where young people raised in violent ghettos, young people who need time to evolve beyond the damaged environments they were raised, are labeled as unredeemable and unfit for “privileged” opportunities such as professional sports. Zero tolerance sounds good, but it’s loaded with complicated side effects. Your boss could be the target five years from now. Advocates are attempting to bully Jerry Jones into firing Greg Hardy. Here’s a decent Time story.Īt the moment, we’re having a one-way conversation about what’s the best solution for sports leagues to deal with domestic violence. African-American women, according to the American Bar Association, are far more likely to be victims of intimate-partner violence than white women. We know American ghettos, devastated by mass incarceration and its culture of violence, tend to be substantially more violent than our suburbs. Statistics indicate that such a policy would greatly impact black men, particularly those from impoverished backgrounds. ![]() Is that the right thing to do? Should the NFL take a zero-tolerance position on domestic violence? Is that the right thing for our society? “This is on us to make it so inhospitable to have (domestic abusers) on your team,” said Gawker’s Diana Moskovitz, one of the leaders of the crusade, during a recent interview. ![]() They want domestic violence treated the same as murder and pedophilia. In my view, activists in sports media want to expand the domestic-violence issue beyond the criminal justice system. My point is Greg Hardy, Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys are being used as tools to influence American culture as it relates to how we handle domestic violence. There’s a reason sporting events begin with the playing of our national anthem. Truman’s Executive Order 9981, which abolished racial discrimination in the military, came one year after Jackie Robinson integrated baseball. Blaming Jerry Jones For Nate Newton Is Dishonestįor much of the past 100 years, sports have been used to influence American culture. ![]()
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