Steve Smith to wear domestic violence cleats, unloads on NFL
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith continues to say what most of us are thinking with regard to the Josh Brown domestic violence case — the NFL’s priorities are so out of whack it’s downright disgusting.
In a series of posts on social media Thursday, Smith unloaded on both Brown and the NFL for its mishandling of yet another domestic violence incident. Like many others, the veteran used the example of the league spending millions of dollars to investigate and suspend Tom Brady over Deflategate.
“We have valued the amount of air in a ball but yet devalued when a person or persons may have been harmed and fail to put forth necessary actions of energy and time in which far less important things have taken precedent!” Smith wrote. “There have been players with far less [offenses,] some have been banned, cut on the spot. But this person had behavior patterns behind closed doors unknown to everyone while swift and harsh action handed down to many players without half the details or amount of time.
“Our system is broken the NFL needs to stop acting like they care and start showing people they mean what they say. I will continue to speak for the voiceless and for my mother who is a survivor of domestic violence.”
Smith also said he is planning to wear these cleats to call attention to the issue:
Not just words!!! Actions do follow @SteveSmithFDN #DV https://t.co/hF1jGdridV pic.twitter.com/NSgfEoa4ok
— Steve Smith Sr (@89SteveSmith) October 20, 2016
Earlier in the day, Smith had a more violent tweet directed at Brown. You can read that here.
After the Ray Rice disaster, the NFL instituted a zero-tolerance policy for domestic violence and said all first-time offenders will be automatically suspended for six games. The policy has not once been applied in nearly two years.
