Dear NFL: Get Serious About Domestic Violence
by YES! Magazine on Aug 13, 2014 | Views: 460 | Score: 7
Four-game suspension for Robert Matthis taking a medically prescribed fertility drug considered a "banned substance" | Two-game suspension for Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee unconcious | |
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NFL Disciplinary Action | 4 | 2 |
# of games missed
Sources:
yesmagazine.org
“Domestic violence is not acceptable in the NFL,” says Commissioner Roger Goodell. So why did Robert Matthis’ desire to conceive a child with his wife receive twice the penalty of a man beating a woman unconscious? For more on the Ray Rice controversy and domestic violence in the NFL, see: bit.ly/1zYoomA