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Message: [QUOTE="Purple Haze, post: 3858981, member: 5843"] Your saying that this was "the last straw for them, not the only straw" for the players implies that they have stood by and tolerated a certain degree of domestic violence from Chase up to that point. That's an irresponsible thing to say (anonymously) and you better have something more than information from a friend of an friend of a friend. It implicates each and every player on the team. I have zero problem in believing that guys like Curry and Rehfuss would have zero tolerance for any DV - none. So while these rumors may have been "reaching your desk", I didn't see you on here saying anything about it until it's time to go on a Fire Desko rant. If, however, what you're saying the players (and coaches) knew he had anger issues, was a bad teammate or just an all around jerk then that's an entirely different matter - because every team I've been on had guys who had anger issues (including myself at times), were bad teammates and a few all around jerks. Here's the truth about Domestic Violence - it cuts across every demographic and more often than not it hides in plain sight. Here's a stat for you - 32% of college aged women report experiencing dating violence by a current or former partner. That's roughly one in three women - ask yourself this...how many did you know? How many guys did you know that had been violent towards a woman? I'm going to bet that the answer is probably zero or maybe one, What's that tell you? It's not just the poor trailer park trash - it hides in plain site. It's in the suburbs, the exclusive neighborhoods, the college dorms. They are the educated and uneducated - the young, the middle aged and the old. Black, white, native, asian, gay, straight. They are your neighbors and sometimes your family members. If you want to learn more about the subject pick up Don McPherson's book "You Throw Like a Girl" or anything written by Jackson Katz. I've been fortunate enough to spend several hours with Don talking about this as we served on a couple of Boards together - trust me, you can't unhear what he has to say. [/QUOTE]

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