Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer is the latest NFL player to get caught up in a domestic violence scandal. The Cardinals acted swiftly by deactivating Dwyer after accusations of head-butting his wife.
Then the Cardinals went a step further putting him on the reserve/non-football illness list, ending his season. The listing is illness and the Cardinals are evaluating Dwyer’s “mental health after suicide mentions in police report.”
It is the strongest message a team has made about a player involved in domestic abuse case yet. The Minnesota Vikings deactivated running back Adrian Peterson after child abuse charges were made, then they reactivated only to deactivate him once more after backlash began pouring in.
The Cardinals will only consider reinstating Dwyer after he is exonerated according to head coach Bruce Arians.
Arians: "Until he is exonerated, he will not be a member of this football team. If and when he is exonerated, I will gladly take him back."
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 18, 2014
Arians also had strong comments about those involved in these kind of cases and thinks the NFL’s situation bringing light to the issue is a good thing.
Arians about domestic violence: "Anyone who touches a woman or a child, in my opinion, needs to go to jail for a long time."
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 18, 2014
Arians: "If this bad scar on the NFL right now makes the rest of the world aware of what’s going on, it’s damn good."
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) September 18, 2014
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