Thursday, November 5, 2009

N.O.W. Wants Tom Cable Fired



After the NFL and the Oakland Raiders announced that head coach Tom Cable would be investigated for not only his "encounter" with assistant coach Randy Hanson, but for alleged abuse coming from prior relationships, the National Organization for Women wants owner Al Davis to, at the very least, suspend Cable.

"Tom Cable's history of violence against women raises a question: why is he still the head coach of an NFL team?" Terry O'Neill, the President of the N.O.W., told USA Today. "Mr. Cable admits having battered his first wife, and he stands accused of battering two other intimate partners as well. As a survivor of domestic violence, I know that women do not make such accusations lightly. Indeed, women have much more to lose than to gain by coming forward to tell their stories.

"The Oakland Raiders, properly, say they are undergoing a 'serious evaluation' of these recent allegations. At the very least he should be suspended during this process. . . A man who has admitted battering his wife has no business being a role model for all of us who would like to be able to look up to the head coach of an NFL football team."

Okay, he admits to hitting his wife, once, and says he should not have done it. Of course he should not have done it, but it was, I believe, 20 years ago. How in the world can you expect his employer of only the past few years to suspend him pending an investigation of something that occurred 20 years ago?

It's absolutely ludicrous to not only ask this to be done, but to expect this to be done.

If I rob a bank today, then in 20 years get accused of stealing five bucks out of someone's desk, should my employer go back and try to find out what happened 20 years ago when I robbed that bank?

No, of course not.

Granted, it's not exactly the same, but you understand my point. Al Davis had nothing to do with anything that may or may not have happened with Tom Cable and his first wife, or any relationship thereafter.

I obviously do not condone domestic abuse, but I also don't condone an organization butting its nose into an issue with which it is not involved and simply attempting to take advantage of the media circus to put their name in the papers.

I ask you, and be honest, did you know what the N.O.W. was before reading about the Tom Cable case?

If you said yes, I don't believe you.

The bottom line is that whatever happen 20 years ago, or any time before Cable was employed by the Oakland Raiders, is no business of the league or Al Davis.

These women may have been abused, and in fact, given the most recent incident, it makes sense that they're telling the truth as Cable appears to have some anger issues, but they chose not to pursue this via the criminal justice system, so, not to sound too harsh but, too bad.

He has never been charged with anything, nor has their ever been a civil lawsuit, so why in the world should Cable be suspended or even fired as the N.O.W. initially proposed?

Well, apparently I missed the part where NFL head coaches now have to play role model to the rest of the country. It's the same issue with Michael Vick and the people who wanted to keep him out of the league saying that he was a bad influence on the children.

If you do your job as a parent, a figure in sports will never influence the life your child lives or the decision that he/she makes with their life.

This is nothing more than an organization looking for free publicity and another opportunity to absolve the masses of any responsibility of their own.

If your child looks up to Tom Cable and beats his first wife, it's not the fault of Tom Cable for being who he is, it's not the fault of Al Davis for hiring him, it's not the fault of Roger Goodell for not doing more, it's not the fault of the cameraman working for FOX, CBS, NBC, or ESPN for putting him on TV, it's the fault of you, the parent, for not doing your job.

The N.O.W. has done nothing but make itself look like a media whore and, this just in, the NFL is a juggernaut and could care less what you think. It, as a whole, will do as it feels is right concerning Mr. Cable and his position within the Oakland Raiders and the league.




Enter your email address for all the best NFL news, rumors, and analysis daily:

Delivered by FeedBurner