{"id":6348,"date":"2014-08-29T00:42:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T00:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/?p=6348"},"modified":"2014-08-29T00:42:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T00:42:31","slug":"nfl-gets-it-right-on-domestic-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=6348","title":{"rendered":"NFL gets it right on domestic abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>When was the last time you heard a leading public figure who administers a major public and\/or entertainment enterprise admit he got something wrong?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been some time, yes?<\/p>\n<p>Well, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell did that very thing today when the league announced a new policy regarding players involved in cases of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2179500-goodell-gets-it-right-with-sweeping-changes-to-nfls-domestic-violence-policy\">Goodell Gets It Right with Sweeping Changes to NFL&#039;s Domestic Violence Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t a surprise. It was a welcome change nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL has instituted a policy of severe punishment for players who beat up their spouses, girlfriends or assorted &#8220;loved ones.&#8221; The new penalties include a potential lifetime ban from the NFL if the player is caught a second or subsequent time. Initial offenses will result in a suspension of at least six games.<\/p>\n<p>The revised policy comes in the wake of a terrible decision to suspend Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for just two games after he was seen on video beating his then-fianc\u00e9e unconscious. Rice has since married the woman he beat up.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called &#8220;punishment&#8221; brought a torrent of criticism on Goodell and the league for tolerating such behavior and for invoking such limited sanction against the offending player.<\/p>\n<p>Goodell said this in response to the Rice sanction: &#8220;I take responsibility both for the decision and for ensuring that our actions in the future properly reflect our values. I didn&#8217;t get it right. Simply put, we have to do better. And we will.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As of today, the NFL has done better.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you heard a leading public figure who administers a major public and\/or entertainment enterprise admit he got something wrong? It&#8217;s been some time, yes? Well, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell did that very thing today when the league announced a new policy regarding players involved in cases of domestic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=6348\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL gets it right on domestic abuse<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17],"tags":[532,1418,3302,3848,4001],"class_list":["post-6348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-sports-news","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-domestic-violence","tag-nfl","tag-ray-rice","tag-roger-goodell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}