Problem Statement

Recently, many cases of domestic violence have become apparent in today's society. Mainly from professional sports players in the NFL(National Football league),and also the NBA(National Basketball association). First off Domestic violence is a case where a person is abusive, or violent to their partner in a relationship. The first incident that became well known publicly was the Ray Rice domestic violence case. Ray Rice and his wife Janay were in an elevator arguing. Janay pushed Ray causing him to get upset, leading to Ray striking her with a punch causing her to pass out.  Since then many new cases have become well known around the country. For example, San Fransisco 49ers football player Ray McDonald experienced a domestic violence case as well due to his abusive behavior against his fiancee. Also in the NBA, former Miami Heat player Greg Oden allegedly beat up his ex girlfriend. These certain cases should never be acceptable, and should result in harsh penalties. Domestic violence though is not only caused by professional sports players, domestic violence is a world wide problem. Domestic violence is an inexcusable problem resulted typically from men. The cause of domestic violence is due to uncontrollable anger exhibited by these professional sports players, or any man across the world. Also, another reason why domestic violence is becoming more apparent is the lack of discipline these players receive. Ray McDonald in the end had no charges placed against him, resulting in him walking away with no punishment. The NFL, NBA,  or even the federal government needs to implement harsher penalties. Some ways to solve domestic violence could be harsher penalties, anger management classes, or even therapy for someone who experiences anger easily. Domestic Violence needs to be stopped it goes against every ones right of healthy everyday living. Once domestic violence is solved typically men will not have a bad reputation anymore. Also, the NFL or NBA wouldn't be as looked down upon anymore because of the harsher penalties implemented. Resulting in hopefully less cases of domestic violence.