Okay, I’ll say it.

The reason we have NFL players engaged in such abhorrent behavior like domestic violence is because we led them to believe from an early age that they are privileged, and their actions, no matter how bad, are acceptable.

They play sports, and sports are big in schools.

Who routinely has administrators changing their grades and attendance so they remain eligible to play?
The Athletes.

Who gets a whole assembly filled with noise, bands, big speeches, and ego boosting on a regular basis?
The Athletes.

Certainly not the kids who do well academically. They get a quiet little assembly with small attendance because not everyone is required to attend.

Who can break the rules and have deals made for them by administrators so they can delay any suspension until after a game?
The Athletes.

And who, if they have no reasonable explanation for breaking a school or societal rule, have excuses supplied by coaches, administrators and boosters?
The Athletes.

I, and anyone who was in that area of the gym during a school wide assembly one day, was witness to a quarterback roughing up a pregnant student and pushing her against a railing as she was facing it. Besides possible injury to the girl, there was potential injury to the unborn child, but there was a big Friday night game coming up, so, in spite of the objections of the teachers who witnessed the assault, the decision was made to hold off the required suspension until after the weekend instead of it beginning the next day.

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It is a matter of record that teachers who have objected to the adjusting of grades and attendance in order to keep athletes eligible have been disciplined for that, and have been placed on Plans of Improvement that could not be successfully fulfilled and were subsequently recommended for dismissal, and were.

If you object to the expense of sports and the favored treatment of athletes, you will be told that “sports build character”, but you will see that as the athletes are rarely taught self-discipline, but are led to believe they are special and deserve the title “Hero”, and know their every bad action will be covered by the very people responsible for that character development, very little character building actually takes place.

Collateral damage is that some of the other students see the special treatment and resent it, but the majority buy into it and make equals into idols and also find ways to excuse the bad behavior of their peers, and grow to see it as the norm.

The professional athletes who do wrong are products of the system, and , if they are finally called on something it is, in all likelihood, the first time, and they are shocked that what has been acceptable and allowed is suddenly wrong and punishable.

When you are raised in an atmosphere where you can do as you want, how you want, and when you want, and this carries into college, you bring these expectations to the professional arena, and since you are making big bucks for those who own the teams, they treat you like glorified high school athletes, and overlook the bad behavior just like they had in high school.

Professional athletes commit the crimes they do because they have been brought up think that it is okay because they play a sport, and those who should object, like fans, will support them because they, too, were brought up to believe that is how it should be.

Bat your wife? Don’t worry about getting seriously disciplined. If it can be covered it will be.

Kill dogs, or even other people? As long as it doesn’t affect your on-field performance you are set.

Pull guns, act like thugs, threaten people, or actually beat them up? Don’t expect anyone to admit this happens, as the ones allowing this do not want to accept their own guilt.

We create idols out of people. We let them believe they are above the rules. Then we are shocked they behave as we have allowed them, and we fall all over ourselves to distance ourselves when evidence of our error is revealed.

The woman in the elevator got smacked because we told the athlete he could do that, and like it or not we were there with him throwing the punch.