I found an article on the NFL, the most popular sports league in Northern America. It talked about the recent accidents involving domestic and child abuse. The article had shown 6 different cases of abuse and or assault from players in the NFL ending in arrest. The most recent shown was a Arizona Cardinal running back Jonathan Dawyer arrested on alleged of having assaulted a 27 year old woman and 18 month old child. Inexcusable. Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice have been at the forefront of this PR nightmare since they were the most popular players. Adrain is deactivated with pay because of child abuse accusations. Ray, hitting his wife knocking her unconscious in an elevator caught on tape.  Other players got turned a blind eye too but had accidents none the less those players and accusations are the following. Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panther defense accused of threatening to kill his then girlfriend. Greg like Adrian was suspend with paid under exempt. Defensive tackle for the 49ners Ray McDonald accused felony domestic violence. Last New York Jets practice player Quincy Enuwa also arrested and charged with simple assault of a woman. All the players were inactive for their teams during this nightmare the NFL faced this season. New penalties and reprimands have since been set in place with the NFL taking a strong stand on this issue. Really taking a no-tolerance stand point which I agree and fully support. There is no time or reason for this problem among everyday civilians and if anything the professional athletes that we see on the television and pay millions every year should be held to a higher standard and should know better.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/17/us/nfl-off-field-problems/