Reuben Foster situation is emblematic of the NFL's moral failures

The idea that a man who was just arrested on domestic violence charges and fired by his current company could find himself employed within a matter of days is foreign to most in the world. This is especially true in the current climate that has helped women overcome a machismo culture that had in the past ignored the plight of domestic and sexual violence in the United States and around the world. As has been proven over and over again throughout the years, the NFL (and the broader sports world) is a foreign entity when it comes to this. Talent and the ability to help your company (in this case team) far supersedes character. The Reuben Foster situation is yet another example of this. Waived by the San Francisco 49ers early Sunday morning — mere hours after being arrested on domestic violence charges — Foster was claimed off waivers by the Washington Redskins on Tuesday. It’s not that we’re going to step back and say Foster is guilty until proven innocent. That’s not the way it works in the American justice

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