tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post8001819029931650441..comments2023-06-05T05:35:53.290-04:00Comments on Harvey's Global Politics - HGP: The plunging NFL Jameis Winston stock.healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-14190415100551113962014-09-23T00:49:05.792-04:002014-09-23T00:49:05.792-04:00It is very hard to watch media attempt to paint th...It is very hard to watch media attempt to paint the NFL as a culture of domestic violence and child abuse and corruption. Because it is very uncomfortable to watch grown-ass, supposedly educated people who prove consistently that even rudimentary math is beyond their grasp. <br /><br />Case in point: Jemele Hill and her insistence on using 1) The (debunked) study which states 1:5 women are victims of domestic violence; 2) Using said study to criticize the NFL for having a "culture" problem. And she's not the only one. <br /><br />If 1:5 women are victims of domestic violence, that means 10.6 players on every 53-man roster are going home and beating their wives and girlfriends. That should equate to 339.2 male abusers in the NFL every year, if the NFL is even on par with the supposed national average. Let's just say that only 30 players--forgetting coaches, trainers, etc; only players--have wives and gfs on the team. Per the supposed average, that's still 6 players on every NFL team who are committing domestic violence. That's 192 players across the league. <br /><br />Of course, for the NFL to be a "culture" of these things, it necessarily--emphasis on necessarily--has to be above the average. So, it would have to be Y>X, when it is most certainly not. <br /><br />Ray Rice's crime wasn't hitting someone. It was that he hit a woman. Roger's crime wasn't that he suspended Rice for only 2 games. It was that he didn't wait for feminist input and society's mock rage to dictate his decision. <br /><br />Unfortunately for Winston going forward, there's a young woman out there with a story that could keep him out of the league altogether. Whether innocent or guilty, if this young woman is so inclined, she can get a huge payday right around draft time, rehashing the story, and I doubt any NFL team would take Winston at all. <br /><br />Here's what he will probably have to do before appearing "clean" to the league. He will have to hold a press conference, nationally publicized, wherein he apologizes to all women because he's male. Sounds hyperbolic, but hyperbole is the very nature of the NFL's controversies here. Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970377995219031351noreply@blogger.com