The NFL and domestic violence

Violence is a trait of many NFL players. Let’s face it, soccer is a violent sport and encourages violent behavior. Unfortunately, what soccer does not do is teach players how to behave non-violently in the face of problems off the pitch, particularly when it comes to relationship problems.

This violent behavior begins when children start playing soccer as children. Kids are taught to be tough and aggressive by coaches, teammates, and even their parents. Children are taught to use their body and strength to take on competing players. It is recommended to make a good “hit”. This positively reinforces children to behave aggressively. Boys are taught to be strong, not to be afraid and to be men. The name of the game is to be tough, dominant and not show weakness.

Unfortunately, kids who play soccer aren’t taught that this behavior is acceptable only on the field. As kids who play soccer reach adolescence and adulthood, they have learned to use aggressive and dominant behavior to win. It is this behavior that can lead to domestic violence against women.

Soccer never teaches players how to communicate with a woman. Is this the football coaches fault or should parents take responsibility? The correct answer is that both must take responsibility. If you are going to reward a child for being violent while he is playing soccer, you must teach that child to control her behavior when he is not playing soccer. I believe that from childhood to the NFL, football players should be taught how to control aggressive and violent behavior. They need to be taught that violence off the field is unacceptable, especially towards women.

The divorce rate among NFL players is very high. The players bring home the violence and aggressive energy they have on the pitch. After practice or a game, a player’s adrenaline is flowing and they can have a lot of extra energy. If the player was in a big game that their team lost, this can increase the likelihood of domestic violence. When you take the soccer environment where issues between players are sometimes resolved by suffles and pushing each other, this behavior becomes second nature to the players. In soccer, if someone gets in your face, you push them away. However, there’s a big difference between shoving a 275-pound strongman off your face and shoving a 130-pound woman off your face. What seems like nothing between gamers can be deadly when used on a woman, and most of the time, it is done as a reflection of years of physical contact with other gamers. That is why it is so important that footballers are taught from a young age to control their behavior off the field.

The NFL has programs to teach players how to behave off the field. The problem is that by the time a player makes it to the NFL, it’s almost too late to teach him behavior control. By now, the player has spent more than half his life learning how to be physical and aggressive. This behavior is now so ingrained in the player’s mind that it is very difficult to change. That’s why it’s so important that soccer coaches and parents teach these young men to behave off the field and to be nice to women.

If you are a parent reading this article, talk to your child about violence and that violent behavior toward other people, especially women, is wrong. Yes, physical and aggressive behavior is fine on the soccer field with other players, but that’s the only place where it’s acceptable. Off the pitch, players must be taught to control their aggressive behavior and use their mind to solve problems, not their bodies.