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BUFFALO LAW REVIEW

          THE DOCKET


   VOLUME 63           MARCH 2015           PAGES 1-21

 To Protect the Shield: Combatting Domestic
                Violence in the NFL

                     HELEN A. DREWt

    It's been a year like no other, said New York Giants
owner John Mara, as the 2014-2015 NFL season drew to a
close.1 As the delirious fans in Buffalo celebrated the
purchase of the Bills franchise by the Pegula family,2
Cleveland debated the performance of Johnny Football,3
and a previously unknown running back made Patriots and
NFL history with a 200-yard game,4 media coverage of the
NFL was dominated by some of the most ugly off-field
incidents in the League's history. This Article will examine
the most significant of these incidents, involving NFL players
Ray Rice, Ray McDonald, Adrian Peterson, Jonathan Dwyer,
and Greg Hardy. Ironically, as this piece is published, former
New England Patriots Pro Bowler, Aaron Hernandez, is the
defendant in a murder trial, and may well face a second
murder charge due to evidence uncovered during the

t Adjunct Professor, SUNY Buffalo Law School.
   1. Jenny Vrentas, Three Months After Ray Rice .... THE MMQB (Dec. 10,
2014), http://mmqb.si.com/2014/12/10/nfl-new-personal-conduct-policy-explained.
   2. Pegulas Buy Bills to Cement Commitment to Buffalo, USA TODAY (Oct. 11,
2014, 1:53 AM), http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/10/11/pegulas-
buy-bills -to-cement-commitment-to-buffalo/17091827.
   3. Jim Corbett, Manziel or Hoyer? QB Debate has Browns Fans Split, USA
TODAY (Dec. 2, 2014, 7:35 PM), http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/browns/
2014/12/02/quarterback-debate-in-cleveland-splits-browns-fans/19801915.
   4. Dan Hanzus, Pats'Jonas Gray has 201-yard Game after Stat Change, NFL,
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/Oap3000000430522/article/pats-jonas-gray-has-
201yard-game-after-stat-change (last updated Nov. 18, 2014, 9:58 PM).

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