Personal Conduct of Athletes in the National Football League

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Personal Conduct.
Personal conduct is how an individual behaves in public or private life. The personal conduct of
athletes in sports in the game or outside the game is important for the image of the professional
sports team and also for the sport’s governing body.
The issue of personal conduct of athletes in the National Football League (NFL) has the potential
to damage the reputation of the team the player represents and the National Football League that
manages the American football league. A case in point is the case of Ezekiel Elliott a running
back player for the Dallas Cowboys who was suspended for six games without pay for violating
the league’s personal conduct policy (Miragaia, Brito & Ferreira, 2016).
The NFL in a yearlong inquiry, reached its verdict after going over Elliott’s behavior through a
six-day bit in July two thousand and sixteen whereby his ex-girlfriend Tiffany Thompson blamed
him of hitting her in five intervals in Columbus, Ohio whereby he was performing at the state of
Ohio. Elliott wasn’t under arrest or charged since prosecutors determined that Thompson’s
testimonials conflicted with that made by Elliott as well as witnesses. Nevertheless, he remained
to be punished by the NFL (Griffiths, Armour & Cushion, 2018).
The NFL’s communication to Elliott similarly cited an occurrence in a St. Patrick’s Day
procession in March, whereby Elliott took down a lady’s shirt and uncovered her breast, equally
reflecting “disrespect for women” besides suggesting a “form of poor decision’s and behavior.”
Jerry Jones the owner of the Cowboys has repeatedly protected Elliott who is twenty-two years,
recently stating that his evaluation of the circumstance suggesting “not a thing that ensured there
is domestic violence.”