Barrett, ex-girlfriend allege abuse

[die hard gopher]

http://espn.go.com/college-football...iend-made-911-calls-alleging-domestic-dispute

According to the police report, Barrett said the woman ran at him and hit him before he pushed her away in self defense, causing her to fall on a bed. The woman said Barrett confronted her in his bedroom and used his forearm to apply pressure on her neck and tried to take away her cell phone.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Obviously it will be interesting to see what other details come out but on the surface there is something about this one that screams jilted ex-girlfriend trying to take down superstar ex-boyfriend. The problem is that with all the other legit domestic abuse cases going on in football many will vilify Barrett regardless of whether he actually did anything wrong or not.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Compared to McNeil, this sounds like a tea party.

 

[beavergopher]

Compared to McNeil, this sounds like a tea party.

The police report did mention crumpets.

 

[Mick Turition]

I assume Barrett won't be starring in one of those "No More" ads?

Jameis Winston hasn't made an appearance in any of them either, hmmmm.

 

[hungan1]

Is violence committed against women by student athletes pervasive in the general student population?

 

[AF_Howie_2180]

If it wasn't for Domestic Violence/Domestic Issues...I'd have a really slow day at work most days

 

[MNVCGUY]

Is violence committed against women by student athletes pervasive in the general student population?

I don't think it is pervasive in the student athlete population either it just gets a ton of publicity when these cases come up involving athletes. It seems like there are a ton of cases right now but when you consider the number of players vs. the # of incidents it is still a very small percentage of the total players that are getting in trouble.