Maybe there’s no material greater prevalance of of domestic abuse in sports than in the rest of society*, but it’s something I will never, ever understand. Latest @#$%^&* to get caught, *So I quickly searched for “domestic violence in sports” and this was the first entry, dated 1/11/07:
University studies have shown repeatedly that male athletes are at greater risk of violent behavior than non-athletes, that they are more likely to be aggressive with dating partners and more accepting of hostility toward women. One study found that male student athletes made up just 3.3 percent of the male population at the universities surveyed yet were accused of 19 percent of the sexual assaults on campus.
Maybe we can mitigate a collegiate study as college age men are probably less circumspect than post-college aged men, but that doesn’t exactly explain away Knoblauch’s stupidity.
This won’t be a dissertation on the subject as I am not an expert, but it troubles me nonetheless.
