The NFL's image has been significantly marred in recent weeks due to a number of cases surrounding domestic violence. While the league's commissioner Roger Goodell has attempted to take a few steps in the right direction on this front, the league still has a long way to go.
Fortunately for Roger Goodell, whose image has gone from bad to downright sickening during this time, he has stand-up players like Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to aid him on the matter.
While I'm fairly neutral when it comes to teams in the NFL, or any sport for that matter, it's difficult not to like and pull for Russell Wilson, who came into this league as an undersized quarterback, wasn't given much of a chance to be an elite-caliber quarterback in this league, has led his team to a Super Bowl victory in his short time there, and continues to showcase that he's a good, decent human being away from the field as well. Wilson continued that do-good trend when he recently introduced the "Pass The Peace" campaign to raise awareness and funds for domestic violence victims.
In a personal essay he posted on the site, The Players Tribune, Wilson wrote:
"I want us to Pass the Peace to support victims of domestic violence. The idea behind Pass the Peace is simple: It's a promise. I'm sharing my love for you. I want to take care of you. I am here for you."
Like with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Wilson passed the peace to recently retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and actor-musician Justin Timberlake to donate money to the cause and continue the movement so that not only do funds get raised for it, but awareness as well.
As Wilson himself wrote:
"This issue is much bigger than NFL suspensions. Domestic violence isn't going to disappear tomorrow or the next day. But the more that we choose not to talk about it, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose. I can't fix the world. I can't fix the NFL. I can't change the guys around me. The only person I can change is the one in the mirror."
To learn more about this cause, please visit the Why Not You foundation's website at this link: http://whynotyoufoundation.com/
If you'd like to donate money to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, you can do so here: https://support.thehotline.org/hotline/support-the-hotline
Once again, kudos to Russell Wilson for being a class act both on and off the field and for attempting to bring awareness and support to the victims of domestic violence.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/pass-the-peace-russell-wilson_n_5919848.html
Fortunately for Roger Goodell, whose image has gone from bad to downright sickening during this time, he has stand-up players like Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to aid him on the matter.
While I'm fairly neutral when it comes to teams in the NFL, or any sport for that matter, it's difficult not to like and pull for Russell Wilson, who came into this league as an undersized quarterback, wasn't given much of a chance to be an elite-caliber quarterback in this league, has led his team to a Super Bowl victory in his short time there, and continues to showcase that he's a good, decent human being away from the field as well. Wilson continued that do-good trend when he recently introduced the "Pass The Peace" campaign to raise awareness and funds for domestic violence victims.
In a personal essay he posted on the site, The Players Tribune, Wilson wrote:
"I want us to Pass the Peace to support victims of domestic violence. The idea behind Pass the Peace is simple: It's a promise. I'm sharing my love for you. I want to take care of you. I am here for you."
Like with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Wilson passed the peace to recently retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and actor-musician Justin Timberlake to donate money to the cause and continue the movement so that not only do funds get raised for it, but awareness as well.
As Wilson himself wrote:
"This issue is much bigger than NFL suspensions. Domestic violence isn't going to disappear tomorrow or the next day. But the more that we choose not to talk about it, the more we shy away from the issue, the more we lose. I can't fix the world. I can't fix the NFL. I can't change the guys around me. The only person I can change is the one in the mirror."
To learn more about this cause, please visit the Why Not You foundation's website at this link: http://whynotyoufoundation.com/
If you'd like to donate money to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, you can do so here: https://support.thehotline.org/hotline/support-the-hotline
Once again, kudos to Russell Wilson for being a class act both on and off the field and for attempting to bring awareness and support to the victims of domestic violence.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/02/pass-the-peace-russell-wilson_n_5919848.html
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