NFL puts 'Inspire Change' and 'Choose Love' on fields but not so aggressive about its domestic abuse issues

Pastor and Project H.O.O.D. founder Corey Brooks urges the NFL to abandon

The start of another work week brought another NFL domestic abuse story, this time with the arrest of Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs on five charges tied to abuse complaints. And, while the names and allegations change, the story is all too familiar.

A world-class NFL athlete, coach or highly paid administrator somehow is alleged to have manhandled a female.

And before we go any further, allow this important stipulation: Not every allegation is true and not every accused person is guilty.

But this also is a fact: Some of these guys make the allegations go away by paying off the victims so as to be able to claim innocence.

Josh Jacobs of the Green Bay Packers participates in drills during the team's minicamp at Ray Nitschke Field in Green Bay, Wis., on June 11, 2024. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

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The incidents are troubling in their misdeeds and numbers and it begs the question, what is the NFL doing about all this?

Where is the league that has since 2020 told us to "End Racism" and "Inspire Change" as social justice initiatives been on its most visible employees putting their hands on women?

Where is the "END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE" sign on NFL fields or on player helmets?

It is nowhere, of course, because that would remind everyone the league, like the greater society it serves, has a problem. And doing that isn't high on the marketing department's list of things to do.

But not highlighting homegrown domestic abuse doesn't make it less of a problem — not even for a league otherwise busy sending other virtue signals that probably don't need as much