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Domestic Violence In The Nfl

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There is a huge issue with domestic violence in the National Football league. It is the NFL’s number one off the field issue, as domestic violence keeps occurring in the player’s lives. Football players are abusing their kids, wives, and girlfriends every day and are going on to play in an NFL game where they are being cheered on instead of punished. Domestic violence has been going on for years, but just now has become more of a problem that it

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