National Football League

Bills coach Kromer, testosterone and the state of the NFL

Published Jul. 14, 2015 8:15 a.m. ET

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By William Hirst

What would you think if one of your bosses got arrested for punching a boy in the eye and then followed that up with a threat on the kid’s family? Yeah, I would shake my head, along with the rest of the Buffalo Bills’ players.

If you follow Buffalo sports at all, you probably heard about this incident involving Aaron Kromer. This is just the latest chapter in the ongoing testosterone fueled rages to strike the National Football League. Ongoing is the keyword on this occasion.

Ray Rice is infamous for his actions against his now wife with whom he got into an argument and decided it would be a good idea to punch her in the face inside an elevator. Rice hasn’t played in the NFL since this event.

Greg Hardy found himself in a similar situation of domestic violence. Hardy appealed his sentence of domestic violence down from a ten games to four. The National Organization for Women President, Terry O’Neill, had this to say about the state of domestic abuse in the National Football League, courtesy of http://www.dallasnews.com/.

“What’s very very sad is that nothing has come out of the NFL that indicates a real commitment to ending the violence-against-women problem that they have in the NFL. … The only thing that comes out of the leadership of the NFL is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys is thrilled to have a talented athlete on the field and says nothing about the victim of the domestic violence. I think that it’s very sad to me. It’s pushing football way down the wrong path.”

Roger Goodell has had his hands full trying to keep the National Football League’s nose clean with all these outbreaks of testosterone fueled rage. Football has always been a “Man’s” game but this is getting ridiculous. Every month we are hearing about new ways that players are mistreating others off-field. Spousal battery seems to be center stage but this new incident with Bills’ coach Aaron Kromer has reached a new plateau of vulgarity.

I don’t blame the sport, mind you, I blame the individual. I love football, I really do, but this trend of violence towards others is out of control. What can we do as fans of the sport? Not much, it seems like, because incidents keep popping up like Pop-Tarts ready to eat.

Sad is the only word I can link to my thoughts on this current incident with Kromer. I’m not going to play favorites and say violence toward any other individual is dignified, but Kromer assaulting a kid is absolutely horrible.

Roger Goodell, the ball is in your court now. What are you going to do regarding all this off-field violence that has grown greater and greater in frequency and, seemingly, in cruelty? Hitting a man, woman or child is wrong when not in line with the rules of a sport like football. All I know is that I’m happy I’m not in Goodell’s position.

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