Domestic Violence : Should Not Be Banned?

There has been a lot of talk about domestic violence in the news the past few years. People talking about the Ray Rice incident and how his wife stayed by his side. Another big incident that happened was Hope Solo facing domestic violence charges after punching her sister and nephew at a party. Professional and College players should not be banned from playing until after being found guilty of domestic violence in the court of law. Many college coaches are already talking to their players about problems like domestic violence and how to deal with their problems so things like this don’t occur.

The most popular case of domestic violence that is being talked about right now is Ray Rice beating his wife in a hotel elevator and then dragging her out into the hallway. When he was prosecuted in the court of law he was not found guilty because his then fiance didn’t testify against him for hitting her. The big problem is that he was still banned from playing NFL Football ever again. This should have never happened because he was never found guilty in the court of law. Taking away his livelihood and banning him from the NFL should not be a solution for his injustice actions. Banning him from playing again not only affects Ray Rice, it also affects his family and the way they live.

It’s the NFL’s job to determine amount of games suspended or if the athlete should be banned. They should have set standards for every player though. Ray Rice is the only player that was banned that was not found guilty of his actions even though there was proof that he did it. There have been other times where players were never punished because they never went to court for it. The NFL has continually turned a blind eye to problems like this until Ray Rice’s...

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...games or until the court has decided if you are guilty of your actions or not, but being banned from ever playing again should be determined after they have been found guilty.

The solution to stopping domestic violence is not banning an athlete from ever playing the sport that he makes a living from after not being charged of domestic violence. College coaches are starting to talk about this type of problem in their programs to try to prevent a situation like Ray Rice’s to happen. Athletes should be punished for domestic violence charges, but not banned until they are found guilty in the court of law. All athletes should be held to the same standards also. It doesn’t matter if they are a man or women, or if they hit their sister or wife. If they have charges for domestic violence they should not be able to step on to the field or court until the charges are dropped.