http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2007/05/04/and-yet-he-still-has-a-multi-million-dollar-a-year-paying-job/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2007/05/04/and-yet-he-still-has-a-multi-million-dollar-a-year-paying-job/#comment-166 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:01:40 +0000 http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2007/05/04/and-yet-he-still-has-a-multi-million-dollar-a-year-paying-job/#comment-166 [...] The longer this Michael Vick thing goes and the more I hear about animal rights activists so loudly saying how evil he is and how he should burn in hell, the more I wonder what these people are thinking when Bosox Julio Lugo takes his wife’s head and slams it on the hood of his car. I wonder where these people are when MLB rising star Elijah Dukes sends his wife a voicemail message of “you dead, dawg.” I wonder where the boycotts and picket lines are when the Denver Broncos give a hefty contract extension to a player who has had repeated run-ins with the law for repeatedly beating his wife. [...] […] The longer this Michael Vick thing goes and the more I hear about animal rights activists so loudly saying how evil he is and how he should burn in hell, the more I wonder what these people are thinking when Bosox Julio Lugo takes his wife’s head and slams it on the hood of his car. I wonder where these people are when MLB rising star Elijah Dukes sends his wife a voicemail message of “you dead, dawg.” I wonder where the boycotts and picket lines are when the Denver Broncos give a hefty contract extension to a player who has had repeated run-ins with the law for repeatedly beating his wife. […]

]]> http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2007/05/04/and-yet-he-still-has-a-multi-million-dollar-a-year-paying-job/#comment-56 Wed, 30 May 2007 04:03:38 +0000 http://www.theoldschoollunch.com/2007/05/04/and-yet-he-still-has-a-multi-million-dollar-a-year-paying-job/#comment-56 [...] A while ago, I wrote about how in professional sports, crimes like domestic violence, rape and sexual assault aren’t taken seriously so much as they’re immediately forgiven if not ignored by the teams, the players, the fans and the media. In the bigs of the NBA, the MLB and the NFL, male athletes who commit domestic violence against their wives or girlfriends are especially given little (if any) penalty or consequence. In other words, the sports world condones the abusive behavior of their male “role models” with their silence and unwillingness to act and speak out against violence against women. [...] […] A while ago, I wrote about how in professional sports, crimes like domestic violence, rape and sexual assault aren’t taken seriously so much as they’re immediately forgiven if not ignored by the teams, the players, the fans and the media. In the bigs of the NBA, the MLB and the NFL, male athletes who commit domestic violence against their wives or girlfriends are especially given little (if any) penalty or consequence. In other words, the sports world condones the abusive behavior of their male “role models” with their silence and unwillingness to act and speak out against violence against women. […]

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