was just reading this. they name like FIVE people and call that a CRISIS.
BOYCOTT the NFL AND ESPN folks
SNIP:
NFL orders abuse awareness training
Updated: September 19, 2014, 3:40 PM ET
By
Jane McManus | ESPN.com
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All NFL team personnel and staff will be required to undergo training on the prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault starting within 30 days, according to a letter commissioner Roger Goodell sent to team owners.
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These initial sessions will begin to provide the men and women of the NFL with information and tools to understand and recognize domestic violence and sexual assault. We will work with the NFL Players Association to develop and present this training in the most effective way.
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Roger Goodell, in letter to team owners
The development came the night before Goodell made his first public statements in more than a week about the rash of NFL players involved in domestic violence. His news conference Friday afternoon in New York City was his first public appearance since attending a high school function in North Carolina on Sept. 10.
The memo he issued Thursday says: "These initial sessions will begin to provide the men and women of the NFL with information and tools to understand and recognize domestic violence and sexual assault. We will work with the NFL Players Association to develop and present this training in the most effective way."
It is the latest attempt to quell harsh public and sponsor criticism of the league's response to domestic violence and child abuse in the wake of former
Ravens running back
Ray Rice's suspension and
Vikings running back
Adrian Peterson's arrest.
The crisis is eliciting cooperation between the league and the NFLPA, who have been at odds over many issues but recently agreed to a new drug policy. On Tuesday, the NFLPA announced it was appealing Rice's suspension on procedural grounds. Goodell will cede the Rice appeal to a neutral arbitrator.
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