Day 6

Female NFL fans on the moral compromise of watching pro football

Nearly half of the NFL's fans are women. And as the league comes under fire for its handling of the Ray Rice case, some of them are asking themselves whether it's right to keep watching. Lisa Schare Johnson is a Cincinnati Bengals fan who is boycotting the NFL, and is calling on others to do the same. Beejoli Shah...
Nearly half of the NFL's fans are women. And as the league comes under fire for its handling of the Ray Rice case, some of them are asking themselves whether it's right to keep watching. Lisa Schare Johnson is a Cincinnati Bengals fan who is boycotting the NFL, and is calling on others to do the same. Beejoli Shah has experienced domestic violence herself but just can't stop watching football. Diana Moscovitz writes for Deadspin and has some perspective on the league's track record when it comes to disciplining domestic violence among its players.