Crime and Punishment

They Ray Rice incident is just one of many examples of NFL and sports-world tragedies where a player in an abuser is a relationship. Unfortunately, the actions of athletes that are shown in media are dependent on the race of the accused, and Ry Rice was used as an example to America of what an abuser looks like. With the point being made in the article by Dave Zirin on Kurt Busch that white athletes accused of domestic violence are not portrayed in media as the monsters that they too are. They too meaning in addition to their black counterparts also being accused of domestic violence, but the black athletes are being publicly scrutinized while the white athletes are getting little to no public repercussion. Even in the case of domestic violence leading to death, nothing was said about domestic violence against women, discussed in Zirin's article about questioning the NFL as a force against domestic violence.

The three most popular forms of crime most prevalent in US Sport do not surprise me. Sexual assault probably is a"Blurred Lines" attitude from players towards women who want the attention of the players, but not the sexual tendencies that they probably insinuate. Also, even if a person does not want sex at all, the player probably has a mentality that they are better than that, that they cannot be told no, and they won't take no for an answer. As far as substance and illegal weapons abuse, I think it's probably a mentality that they have enough money not to get caught in their illegal activities. That doesn't make it okay, but what would you do if you thought you'd never caught doing anything that you knew you weren't supposed to?

Zirin, Dave. "Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism." Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.

Zirin, Dave. "Yes, I 'Question the NFL's Commitment' to Being a Force Against Domestic Violence." Yes, I 'Question the NFL's Commitment' to Being a Force Against Domestic Violence. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2014.