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Sports, Drugs, And Domestic Violence (Micheal Vick (Micheal Vick is one of…

- - - - He eventually made it out of the danger by playing football, he went to Virginia Tech, then was drafted to the Atlanta Falcons
        
        Vick was a great athlete, but his behaviour off the field got him in huge trouble.
        
        In 2004 a truck he owned but was not driving was pulled over and police found a large quantity of marijuana.
        
        Following this incident he was accused of giving a woman an STD but settled outside of court
        
        But the final straw was the dog fighting scandal. Vick had a pit-bull kennel and over 50 dogs bread to fight and kill each other. He was suspended from the NFL and faced serious charges
        
        Vick plead guilty to his crimes after 5 hours with the FBI, went to prison and underwent drug treatment. He also had to pay back almost 5 million dollars to banks and other organizations
        
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- - - - He was let go by the Ravens in 2014 when a video of him punching, kicking, and dragging his wife in an elevator surfaced
        
        Ray had a tough upbringing, he was exposed to drugs and violence from an early age
        
        I think all of these factors made Ray more aggressive, as well as playing football which is an aggressive sport with common brain injures
        
        His cousin died in a car accident when Ray was 11
        
        His father was killed in a drive - by shooting when Ray was 1 year old
- - - - His first domestic violence cases were in 2002, when he plead guilty to violence against 2 women
        
        In 2010 he pled guilty to hitting his girlfriend in front of their two children , He served 90 days in prison as a result
        
        From a young age Floyd was exposed to drugs and violence
        
        Boxing is a sport that focuses on head trauma, the mixture of a though childhood and repeated concussions can lead to a more violent person.
- - - - There is still great controversy over this case because he was later charged with kidnapping and armed robbery
        
        Post prison, OJ has has run into drug and depression issues. I think the trauma from killing his ex wife, and also head trauma from playing football may have caused a drug dependency.
- - - - He was accused of pushing and hitting a sexual partner after she texted one of his ex-teammates. As well as 4 other times that he was abusive to the women
        
        When the NFL heard what the women had to say they suspended Elliot of 6 games, he is one of 3 NFL Players to be susspended for 6 games for domestic violence.