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1 posted on 09/18/2014 6:24:06 PM PDT by Bettyprob
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To: Bettyprob
But Blumstein and Benedict's analysis is fifteen years dated. Perhaps things have changed in that time?

What has the percentage of players changed in the last fifteen years?

2 posted on 09/18/2014 6:26:28 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Isn’t the “minimum wage” there well over a million dollars a year with many making much more than that? Well, I’m guessing that most people in that demographic, whether black, white or whatever, don’t have domestic issues at the average rate of the overall population.


3 posted on 09/18/2014 6:30:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Bettyprob

I’m wondering if the report rates are accurate.

Supposedly, there are 30 NFL players with pending domestic issues on the commissioner’s desk (I don’t know this, this is just what I’ve heard reported).

My thinking (and I’m as big a football fan as you’ll find) is it’s a violent game. Having a violent personality, or violent tendencies, is a competitive advantage. That’s not to say that Aaron Rodgers goes home and beats the hell out of his family, but it might be more likely than average if NFL players displayed that tendency.


4 posted on 09/18/2014 6:44:37 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Bettyprob
How about for NFL running backs?
Because with Jim Brown, OJ, Ray Rice, the Arizona Cardinal guy, ... I'm beginning to wonder...
5 posted on 09/18/2014 6:57:11 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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Heard this statistic today about college athletics, do not know the parameters but this is what I heard.

Number of College Athletes arrested for
serious criminal acts.

Football - 147
Basketball - 14
Soccer - 1
Lacrosse - 1
Baseball - 0


6 posted on 09/18/2014 7:24:53 PM PDT by gusty
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Normalize the stats by income instead of age, and I believe you will find that professional football players are several thousand -- perhaps several hundred thousand -- times more likely to be violent criminals than other men with in similar economic circumstances.
7 posted on 09/18/2014 7:49:41 PM PDT by FredZarguna (His first name is 'Unarmed,' and his given middle name is 'Teenager.')
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To: Bettyprob

Is that suppose to make us feel good about the NFL?


8 posted on 09/18/2014 10:58:38 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Bettyprob

First thing I noticed...

They compare all NFL players as a group.

Wrong!

They need to break it down into Black and white players.

When adjusted for proportion, Black players are arrested 2.5 times more often than white players.

That means Black players are arrested more often than the national average.

And, white players are arrested less than half the national average.


9 posted on 09/19/2014 12:19:19 AM PDT by zeestephen
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As with most analyses, only the reported incidents are included. Similarly, there have been more than 55,000,000 reported abortions since Roe v. Wade, a practice that is accepted as a person’s right! Is this a civilization?


10 posted on 09/19/2014 2:47:54 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: Bettyprob

More BS, just like this Breitbart article

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2014/09/18/Unnecessary-Roughness-NFL-Domestic-Violence

The problem with football is the NFL itself (not getting into the concussion/injury thing)...as with the current ‘image’ problem (not the media).

I could care less one way or another, but trying to whitewash it in defiance just to defend the game is plain stupid.


11 posted on 09/19/2014 4:52:31 AM PDT by logi_cal869
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But it sure did keep us entertained while the DC crowd voted for the worst possible choice to combat ISIS terror.

I've become such a cynic. I can't help but wonder if at least a small percentage of the reporting against NFL players is baby-moms trying to extort more money from dad.

13 posted on 09/19/2014 6:50:42 AM PDT by grania
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