09-08-2014, 03:46 PM
She might have stayed because of the money.
But, plenty of people from all income brackets stay with abusive spouses.
I hope he really is taking his counseling sessions seriously in any case; wouldn't want to be in her shoes if he's not and he pulls the tired old "you made me hit you -- it's your fault" card.
Wonder if there's an established path for abusers to re-enter the NFL under the new policy? I don't really see how the video changes anything either, other than disallowing people who hadn't seen the punch itself to speculate that maybe he just slapped her or she was drunk and hit her head or something like that (even though if that had been the case, the grand jury wouldn't likely have indicted him on a felony charge).
But, plenty of people from all income brackets stay with abusive spouses.
I hope he really is taking his counseling sessions seriously in any case; wouldn't want to be in her shoes if he's not and he pulls the tired old "you made me hit you -- it's your fault" card.
Wonder if there's an established path for abusers to re-enter the NFL under the new policy? I don't really see how the video changes anything either, other than disallowing people who hadn't seen the punch itself to speculate that maybe he just slapped her or she was drunk and hit her head or something like that (even though if that had been the case, the grand jury wouldn't likely have indicted him on a felony charge).