Reps+1
A well researched and eye-opening expose of the Hunt family's own domestic violence history and their tolerance of it with their employees.
It also points out that the Broncos and Dolphins are the only 2 teams that have had more DV episodes which begs for exposes on those teams as well. This is a very good read that lays it all out there for everyone. This is horrible PR for the NFL and it seems to me Goodell has to step in to "protect the shield".
A couple of snippets...
Only two teams — Denver and Miami — have recorded more domestic violence arrests or charges since January 2000 than the Chiefs, who have seven with the Belcher murder included,
according to USA TODAY Sports' NFL player arrest database.
Domestic violence experts still are alarmed by the recent history.
'Scares the hell out of me’
Gandy, the domestic violence expert, is particularly worried about two aspects in the case involving Tyreek Hill.
In 2015, he pleaded guilty to assaulting and choking his girlfriend at Oklahoma State. He was kicked off the team, put on probation and required to complete a batterer’s intervention program.
"It was a strangulation case, which is a significant predictor for lethal violence in the future and homicide," Gandy noted, citing research that shows that if domestic violence victims have been strangled in the past by a domestic partner, their risk of being killed by them is 10 times higher.
Gandy also referenced the audio recording that aired last month in which his fiancee – the same women he assaulted in college – is heard talking about how their young son is terrified of him.
"You need to be terrified of me, too, (expletive)," Hill replies on the audio.
Combined with his prior strangulation case, "that scares the hell out of me," Gandy said.