Big Ben, Jameis Winston, and OJ Simpson: When Violence Against Women takes a back seat to Hero Worship

Send us Fan MailAmerica loves sports and worships athletes, but at what cost? When NFL players are receiving longer suspensions for smoking weed than other players receive for cold cocking women, we’ve got a problem. A big one. Today, Jen and Carolyn pick on the NFL and their reprehensible policies regarding the treatment of players who rape and abuse women. We’re also going to look at similar issues within Division 1 sports programs at the college level. If you don’t like it, we don’t care. We’re here for the ladies, not for multi-billion dollar industries that protects abusers. Oh, and we have a special guest: Jen’s husband, Bill, who knows a lot about sports.TW: Intimate Partner Violence, Rape, Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, and Murder.O.J. Simpson trial: Nicole's Letter - CNN.comA 911 New Year's Call That Foretold A Murder Is Revisited | Psychology TodayAre Pro Athletes Prone to Violence? | Live ScienceRESEARCH BRIEF: Gender-Based Violence In Athletics: A Focus on Division I Football Programs and the NFLUnderstanding Title IX and its intersection with the Clery ActTallahassee Police Finally Admit Problems With Investigation Of Jameis Winston Rape CaseTimes: FSU And Tallahassee Police Have Protected Seminoles For YearsGlobal Study on Homicide - Gender related killing of women and girlsBen Roethlisberger was easy to admire as a quarterback, but not as a manIntimate partner violence: causes and prevention - ScienceDirectPower and Control Wheel | The National Domestic Violence HotlineNational Domestic Violence Hotline: TheHotline.orgNational Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673