Arizona RB Jonathan Dwyer Arrested For Domestic Violence
The NFL just can’t seem to shake its highly (and apparently frequent) negative connection with domestic violence.
On a day when Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy were placed on the Exempt/Commissioner’s list for pending cases concerning child abuse and domestic violence, respectively, Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer has reportedly been arrested for domestic violence.
Tyler Baldwin reported the story this evening:
According to source: Cards RB Johnathan Dwyer was just arrested for domestic violence @azfamily @AZCardinals pic.twitter.com/S9Kh0pgkfT
— TylerBaldwin (@tylerbaldwin) September 17, 2014
Apparently Dwyer was charged with aggravated assault and preventing someone from calling 911 during the incident, where he allegedly head-butted and punched his wife after she resisted his sexual advances. He also allegedly hit his 17-month-old son with a shoe the next day. Dwyer is also allegedly involved in a second domestic violence incident stemming from July.
In the wake of the Peterson and Rice scandals, NFL teams can obviously ill afford to be associated with domestic violence (not that could before), so the team was quick to declare Dwyer inactive for Week 2’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.
According to the Cardinals’ official team website, Dwyer was then placed on the reserved/non-football illness list, effectively ending his season and giving the team the option not to pay him. However, the team has decided to do so.
Regardless, another instance of domestic violence has spelled the end of the season for another player. With more and more players seeing harsh consequences for reportedly failing to keep their anger in control, is domestic violence an epidemic that the NFL must stop now before it gets further out of control?