Last year, a notorious NFL player named Ray Rice made headlines all over mainstream media and news outlets for a horrific video showing him beating his girlfriend unconscious and then was seen dragging her by her hair out and into a parking deck, where she eventually woke up. Since Ray Rice’s domestic violence incidence was leaked through video footage, domestic violence awareness, especially in the NFL settings, has been heightened. It is no surprise these athletes are strong and powerful, but why does it seem that many recent NFL athletes have been discovered to be violent towards their spouses? It seems that lack of awareness is a key issue in many of these situations. This article features steps the NFL has recently been taking to reduce domestic violence and sexual assault situations by educating new athletes. “There were a lot of things I didn’t know,” says linebacker Benardrick McKinney, a second-round pick of the Texans out of Mississippi State. “This was my first time getting taught the definition of domestic violence. A lot of guys like me probably have never been taught it. I was like, Wow, for real? I didn’t know that was going on.”
http://mmqb.si.com/2015/05/19/nfl-domestic-violence-education-draft/