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11 Sports Law. J. 69 (2004)
Penalties, Fouls, and Errors: Professional Athletes and Violence against Women

handle is hein.journals/sportlj11 and id is 73 raw text is: Penalties, Fouls, and Errors: Professional Athletes and Violence Against Women Carrie A. Moser* I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 69 II. CASE STUDIES ................................................................................ 73 A . Jason K idd ............................................................................ 73 B. Indiana v. Mike Tyson ........................................................... 76 C Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Marcus Webb ............ 78 III. REMEDIES AND SOLUTIONS ........................................................... 81 A . The Industby ......................................................................... 81 B. The Legal Community ........................................................ 84 C The Public .............................................................................. 86 IV CONCLUSION ................................................................................. 86 I. INTRODUCTION I'm going to go home and beat my wife.1 This was a statement uttered by Joe Paterno, the much celebrated football coach at Penn State, when asked by reporters how he was going to cope with a particularly embarrassing loss.' This is a game that, if you lose, you go home and beat your wife and kids.'3 This similar comment came from Charles Barkley, the National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar and Olympian, when describing the gravity of a basketball game.' I just beat the hell out of my wife and kick the dog.5 This last comment came from Dallas Green, then manager of the New York Mets, when detailing his own method of coping with losing baseball games.' Arguably, all of * B.A. 1999, Political Science, Rutgers University; J.D. 2003, Northeastern University School of Law. The author would like to thank Professor Roger Abrams and Professor Lois Kanter of Northeastern School of Law for their support and encouragement in exploring this topic. Special thanks to her family and friends, especially her father for exemplifying the traits of a true sportsman. Thanks also to Jason Varitek and the 2003 Boston Red Sox for restoring her faith in professional athletics. 1. William Oscar Johnson, A National Scourge, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, June 27, 1994, at 92. 2. See id. 3. Id 4. See id 5. Id. 6. See id.

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