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# This Week - Oct 16, 2015
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2015-10-16/
- Published: 2015-10-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:09:53.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, deadspin, diana moskovitz, nfl, this week, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> And this is the problem with buying into The Shield, believing that athletes are or can be moral leaders, or thinking that a sheltered and not especially bright rich kid who’s only worked for one employer his entire life is going be the person who makes a difference in our country’s longstanding problem with domestic violence. All of that is just public relations. Expecting the NFL to be the difference-maker on an issue so pervasive, so morbidly commonplace in America that the CDC estimates that one out of four women will be the victim of ‘severe physical violence’ by an intimate partner, is at best incredibly optimistic, and that’s before you realize it’s Roger Goodell who’s in charge. On a more realistic level, it ignores that the NFL really only has has one purpose—making as much money as possible.  
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> — [Getting Mad At Greg Hardy Is The Easy Part (Diana Moskovitz for Deadspin)](http://deadspin.com/getting-mad-at-greg-hardy-is-the-easy-part-1735953891?utm%5Fcampaign=socialflow%5Fdeadspin%5Ffacebook&utm%5Fsource=deadspin%5Ffacebook&utm%5Fmedium=socialflow)