Redemption.

it’s pretty incredible how much we allow talent to mask. as long as you can dribble, throw a ball, or kick one, there isn’t a personal mistake too big that will render you irredeemable.

professional sports have perpetuated & aided in the violence against women for far too long. there are too many instances to name where an athlete’s cruel & violent actions towards women were merely a speed bump on his road to stardom. why do violent men continue to receive the grace the victims don’t?

by allowing these men second, third, & fourth chances, we show victims that their suffering is not only expendable, but completely obsolete when their abusers are talented & have monetizable gifts. we remind them that their harm isn’t even a footnote on their abuser’s resume. it’s an addendum on a completely separate page that no one takes the time to read.

what good does it make to hire a female coach if you show her that the veracity of her victimhood is contingent upon the relative skill of her abuser?

there’s no need to deem yourself a progressive league if the antiquated treatment of women remains. 

there are so many sports fans who themselves have been abused. you’re reading the words of one right now. to overlook the violence an athlete/coach/owner has inflicted upon someone else reminds victims of their own suffering. 

when it comes to redemption, we must do a cost-benefit analysis. is the redemption of this man worth the suffering of his victims & victims as a whole? the answer is always no.

abusers are not worthy of redemption. although the morale of professional sports is low, the price of redeeming an abuser is far too high.