, , , , , , ,  Jovan Belcher, the NFL starter for the Kansas
City Chiefs killed his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, on Saturday
and then himself, leaving behind a 3-month-old daughter. This is
tragic. It just makes me so sad- for the daughter who had two
parents and now will never know them, for the woman who was
killed and had no choice in whether she wanted to live, for
Belcher who couldn’t regulate his emotions enough to not kill
someone else and himself, for all the people who knew him, the
other players, the coaches, the fans, and for football itself.
I don’t know any more details than the first hand news reports
are giving, but from afar it looks like a domestic violence case
that escalated to a woman being killed, though there are reasons
to see it as atypical. BUT, there is one thing, that makes me
think it might have an added issue- football.  Football as a
game has gotten progressively more violent. Protective gear
hasn’t helped because it makes the players ram into each other
even harder. Head injur