Hope Solo and Domestic Violence

[Deleted]

We discussed this previously and all domestic violence is not alike. She assaulted family members. They called the cops. She was arrested. Granted, I don't think she should be playing, especially given this isn't her first run in. But I'm really annoyed by the one to one comparison. Fighting with your half sister and nephew is not the same thing as abusing your partner or child.

I'll find the thread for you.

[emilyj]

There was an interesting article that came out yesterday that raises some interesting points. (Note, not that it excuses Solo's behavior). Here's the main crux of the article, though the whole thing is worth the read:

"Washington Post editors might want to claim that this is "the domestic violence case that no one is talking about," but that claim only works we ignore the Seattle Times, which, for example, has covered the story consistently, and responsibly, through their Seattle Sounders FC blog (Solo plays for Seattle Reign). The fact is that the national news media basically doesn't give a shit about women's sports stories unless they can be made into stories about men. Unless Solo's case, in other words, can appear as a footnote to the Ray Rice story and (worse) absorbed into some broad popular sense that women, in general, are somehow getting away with something."

screamer.deadspin.com/what-we-talk-about-when-we-say-no-ones-talking-about-ho-1637573199?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

[downtoearth]

I found the thread where we discussed this.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/370646/hope-solo-domestic-violence

Actually last night my DH brought this up as "hypocritical" that the US Soccer Assn allowed Hope to continue to play before her hearing compared to all the NFL players who are not allowed to play let go just for being arrested or charged. Plus he was mad that on top of that US Soccer has congratulated Hope for some of her accomplishments during the time. After I used our original thread as a template for discussion, he agreed they were different and if he's that upset about Hope's June DV, he should e-mail the US Soccer association and not compare to the NFL at all.

ETA: Plus the Washington Post is the only paper that posted this as "nobody is talking about it" and honestly we talked about it in June here, it was national news then, and again during the men's World Cup it was on the news.  I think most people who follow soccer knew about it and it was only recently compared to the NFL scandal b/c Hope wasn't suspended for her violent DV attack.  But honestly, I don't know if there is a systemic issue of covering-up DV or violent aggression in soccer players as much as NFL.  It seems like you can't minimize the systemic DV/violent issues of the NFL by saying, "One soccer player, who is a woman, is also violent, so..."  I actually don't know how to finish that sentence.  What does it mean for the NFL that soccer had a player who was dealt with differently?  I think it means nothing, but that doesn't mean she should still be playing/earning.

[wawa]

Sept 23, 2014 11:10:40 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

I found the thread where we discussed this.

pandce.proboards.com/thread/370646/hope-solo-domestic-violence

Actually last night my DH brought this up as "hypocritical" that the US Soccer Assn allowed Hope to continue to play before her hearing compared to all the NFL players who are let go just for being arrested or charged. Plus he was mad that on top of that US Soccer has congratulated Hope for some of her accomplishments during the time. After I used our original thread as a template for discussion, he agreed they were different and if he's that upset about Hope's June DV, he should e-mail the US Soccer association and not compare to the NFL at all.

NFL players weren't let go for being arrested.  They are essentially on leave with pay while their cases work through the system.