Two weeks ago, MLB ( Major League Baseball) announced that they implemented a domestic violence education program in collaboration with Futures Without Violence an organization committed to end violence against women through training and advocacy. Since the Ray Rice scandal, the NFL responded poorly with holding him accountable and their prolonged effort to take a stance on intolerance for family violence. MLB's approach seems more actionable but I still feel prevention involves the teaching of the dynamics of abuse, power and control, and coercive control. I'm not getting a clear picture of what MLB is doing better than the NFL. As a former crime victim advocate for law enforcement, I know the importance of teaching the public the truth about domestic violence. The truth is knowing and understanding what power and control can do to a person. Taking the approach of how to respond to violence in the workplace is not going to educate players on abuse. That is a totally different
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