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Today’s R&D covers the National Football League’s recent problems with off the field incidents. Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was kicked off of his former club after hitting his then-fiancee and Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is under fire for hitting one of his sons. The incidents have placed NFL Commission Roger Goodell under fire and given the league a public relations nightmare. Sports questions are not common in extemp, but since the NFL’s incidents touch on child abuse, appropriate child discipline, and domestic violence, you may encounter questions about them in a domestic social round in the near future.
Jason Gay: The NFL wanted to become a constant obsession-and now it is. http://t.co/HtndH5EO4C
— WSJ Sports (@WSJSports) September 17, 2014
Expect discipline in the NFL when its billion dollar corporate sponsors aren’t happy http://t.co/jXsHjXOaIi
— U.S. News (@usnews) September 17, 2014
How the government helps the NFL maintain its power and profitability http://t.co/KlWJsfapKV
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 17, 2014