2 standards for domestic violence-coaches vs players

[tsylvester]

We all knew something like was always happening, the standards players are held up to (and the difference between star and average player) and those held for coaches.

 

But this, domestic violence, takes things to an entirely new level. Antonio Brown was not far off when he mentioned big Ben and Kraft, maybe he didn't go far enough. Or maybe, what he posted inspired the excellent article...

 

 

Domestic violence red flags are easy to find in coaches pasts, but did NFL teams spot them?

The NFL says addressing domestic violence is a priority, but a USA TODAY investigation found issues in backgrounds of coaches that teams hired.

 

 

In 2017, then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter hired Skyler Fulton out of the junior college coaching ranks to be an offensive assistant. Fultons big opportunity, which included a promotion to receivers coach a year later, came despite a troubling history that includes an arrest on a domestic violence charge and multiple women alleging threatening behavior the type of red flags that would have subjected him to additional scrutiny if hed joined the NFL as a player instead of a coach.

 

Koetter and Bucs officials never called relevant parties, including Fultons employer at Californias Citrus College, where Fulton had again been accused of violence against another woman three months before leaving for his NFL job.

 

No, Ive never talked with Dirk [Koetter] or anybody. Nobody, said Citrus College football coach Ron Ponciano, who described Fultons tenure as brief and rocky.

 

The personal conduct policy became the cornerstone of the leagues reform efforts, and it applies to all team and league employees. But NFL coaches have not faced the same pre-employment scrutiny as players, a USA TODAY examination found, giving credence to critics who say the NFLs efforts on domestic violence are little more than a public relations campaign.

 

USA TODAY reporters conducted cursory background checks on the more than 700 coaches listed on NFL team websites during the 2018-19 season, then obtained public records for alleged violent incidents that warranted further review. The effort which was much less comprehensive than the robust investigations that NFL and team officials boast about deploying on their players revealed red flags in the history of Fulton and three other coaches.

 

 

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/09/18/nfl-domestic-violence-coach-hiring-red-flags/2215153001/

[GrubberRaven]

It just occurred to me and I am by no means condoning any of this abuse. Maybe the higher profile athletes and coaches get more scrutiny than OL coaches and linemen?

[tsylvester]

Maybe, but the league said it would do a proper investigation of every employee back ground. If this reporter used easy checks, how is it the league missed them?