With all the coverage of the rash of players with domestic and child abuse, it is curious to not see any discussion of underlying causes.
It is similar to the coverage of radical Islamists - all analysis and coverage is focused strictly on the threat and the individual response. There is never much discussion of what is the underlying cause and complaints.
Could it be that a multibillion dollar industry that is based on aggressive physical assaults where players are paid millions to increase their body size, speed and power is fundamentally a breeding ground for abuse?
Performance enhancing drugs are known to increase aggressive behavior. Maybe the domestic abuse problem is not just isolated bad actors but endemic to the industry. The players are paid to abuse themselves up to and including permanent brain damage. The incentives to abuse performance enhancing drugs are huge.
It can be no surprise that this same population has much higher tendency to domestic abuse, child abuse, animal abuse, etc.
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