The Cubs’ 15-year deal with NBC Sports Chicago is set to expire at the end of 2019, so they plan to launch their own regional sports network in time for the 2020 season, president of business operations Crane Kenney told Jordan Bastian of MLB.com and other reporters Saturday. “We are going to have our own channel. We’ve got a seat at a much larger table, so we’ve been involved in conversations not locally, but more nationally, on how we’ll launch our channel and who we’ll launch it with,” said Kenney, who added the Cubs “will do it with a strategic partner” and that “the details of that will be more apparent in probably the next 30 days.” Kenney also hinted that another baseball team will be involved, though he revealed it won’t be a local club, according to Bastian.
Here’s more on the North Siders:
- Even though the Cubs won’t pursue an extension with Joe Maddon this offseason, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said Saturday he wants the manager to stick around beyond 2019. “I sure hope so,” said Epstein, who, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune writes, is “betting that Maddon remains as manager past this season.” The Cubs have been resoundingly successful in their four years under Maddon, who will turn 65 in February, as they’ve gone 387-261 with a playoff appearance in each season, two NL Central titles and their drought-breaking World Series championship in 2016.
- Maddon indicated earlier this week that the Cubs aren’t going to sign free-agent outfielder Bryce Harper, and third baseman Kris Bryant threw more cold water on that possibility Saturday (via Bastian). “He’s not signing here,” Bryant said of Harper, a longtime friend who had been a speculative target for the Cubs entering the offseason. However, because the Cubs are seemingly maxed out on spending, they haven’t been in the Harper market this winter. The team’s easily slated to run a franchise-record Opening Day payroll in 2019, as Jason Martinez of Roster Resource estimates, and Epstein “emphasized” Saturday that he can’t go over budget, per Gonzales.
- Epstein also spoke this week about shortstop Addison Russell, who, to the disgust of many observers, remains in the Cubs’ plans despite incurring a 40-game suspension for domestic violence. As Patrick Mooney of The Athletic relays in a subscription piece, Epstein stated Friday that the Cubs’ initial reaction was to move on from Russell. But they’re instead primed to keep the 24-year-old Russell and pay him a $3.4MM salary, in part because Epstein learned that “domestic violence experts do not believe in zero tolerance.” Rather, they advocate “a second chance if the offender is willing (to) do the difficult work of stabilizing his life and relationships and growing so this doesn’t happen again.” The Cubs are giving Russell that second chance, though Epstein noted “people have the right to boo” Russell, and the team’s prepared to “move on instantaneously” from him if he squanders his opportunity. Notably, Epstein added that Melisa Reidy, Russell’s ex-wife whose abuse allegations led to his suspension, was supportive of the Cubs’ choice to keep him in the fold, saying: “She felt like this was Addison’s best chance to get his life in order and get support from us with the incentive of earning his way back to the Cubs.”
I don’t have all the facts but didn’t Russell abuse his wife on two separate occasions or was it two times that she came forward with the allegations?
She’s come forward twice and outlined a long history of horrible behavior.
Multiple occasions and hospitalizations spanning several years. There is no rehab for people like this.
Mkeyankee, unless you are a clinical licensed social worker or a psychologist, that statement coming from you is hollow, baseless, and wholly incorrect.
Yeah because social workers are a beacon of intelligence… I think not.
So it would be correct if someone else said it?
As much as it pains me to say it, mkeyankee is correct. Much like child abusers, serial domestic abusers rarely change. Please don’t believe me, Google it. Recidivism after treatment is greater than 80%.
Baseball
Baseball. Yes.
Mkeyankee——not a single shred of evidence of a police report, doctor report, or hospital report ever shown……cut with the multiple hospitalization statement. And “several” years? A problem, yes….but stick to the facts that have been shown, please.
You know NOTHING
This is the inaccurate type of comment that the casual reader sees and thinks” oh wow, I didn’t know she was hospitalized!” They didn’t know because there is no such article about 1 let alone 2 hospitalizations. I read the Reidy article. I agree 100% Addison did and said some horrible and unforgivable things. Based on her story which has no mention of her in the hospital.
team “from another area” read very futbol to me.
AC Milan? Someone else? Would seem rather strategic, as the “other shows available” would be reasonably well meshed with baseball. Advertise to two different countries. Cross-advertise.
“Kenney also hinted that another baseball team will be involved, though he revealed it won’t be a local club,”
Since when did AC Milan take up baseball??
What I saw online was
club “from another area”.
I wasn’t listening. I wasn’t watching. Soccer would make sense, as the times would account for being “normally toward peak hours”.
It could well be another MLB team. We’ll see when the ink dries.
Mo money.
Mo problems
Mo Bamba
Which domestic violence experts exactly? It would be instructive if person(s) and/or organization(s) were referenced, more credibility.
At least tell us their usernames and what articles they commented on.
Their talent evaluators who said “we don’t have a better option up the middle without creating just as big of a hole at 2nd.”
I have been a Cubs fan through thick and thin for over 69 years and seriously, if Russell stays, I go …. and I won’t be alone. The guy is overrated and a crap person. If he had a higher salary they would have dumped him IMMEDIATELY. This has come down one thing. They won a world series so now their only concern is MONEY. I understand but there are legitimate teams out there.
Russel will not play a game for them this year. And if you are ready to give up on a team for this you weren’t much of a fan. What he did was awful but do you think this has never happened before social media ? Teams have always stuck by criminal activities of their players. It’s all about the money
I get. We all have a line, and Russell definitely crossed what would be mine.
Just because things were kept behind closed doors in the past doesn’t make it right. I’m sure plenty would’ve jumped ship had they known what some players did back then.
I think that’s debatable. He is getting a suspension without pay. He should be in jail but no charges were filed. That’s not the Cubs fault. They choose to keep him employed because in their minds he adds value to their team. And after he serves the suspension we will see if he plays. Maybe they have a plan. I personally don’t see him playing for them.
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Obviously some people think some things are more important than baseball. That doesn’t make him a bad fan, that’s ridiculous.
I’m not condoning what he did and neither are the Cubs. So to give up on a team that is just doing business and having faith in one of their players being able to be a better man is not a bad thing.
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For the record, I’d love to see him turn his life around. I can also see why many fans will be upset with the Cubs and may jump ship.
That is exactly what you are arguing for.
Anyone consider that she is probably getting alimony? She is also getting a hunk of his salary and is probably supportive of him staying on the Cubs for that reason.
I’m sure she’s ecstatic about that
I’ve been a great fan and attended many many games for probably longer than you have been alive but yes I didn’t like Russell before this so that probably plays into it. At this point I believe ownerships attitude and the fact that sabermetrics is diminishing the game and Maddon is a manager that lives by it. The fact that the Cubs lowered the standards of what should be accepted is something that I choose not to agree with and I really don’t believe I’m the only one
So what you’re saying is it really isn’t about Russell being part of the team. You just don’t like the way the team has been doing things analytically? You know, the way they won a title and all……
I don’t understand. After the cubs acquired Arnoldis Chapman, who was even really a cub, you should’ve abandoned ship then. I’m not saying I disagree with your position. It’s admirable to put beliefs over entertainment. It’s not for me, but I get it. Why was getting Chapman okay, but not Russell?
Here’s how I see it, domestic violence happens with everyday joes that don’t have the media spotlight. Many probably go through the legal trouble without it actually affecting their job, let alone notifying the employers. This should be no different, he doesn’t deserve to lose his job based on what is going on in his personal life. Should their be legal fines or jail time? Possibly depending how bad. Sabermetrics by the way have improved the game. Players have starting points on how to fix their game, teams no longer recklessly spend based on name value, and are able to statistically analyze their opponents. Russell really wasn’t all that impressive in the sabermetrics, doubt it had any impact on Maddon’s decision.
@ mistry gm;
I’m a bit younger then you, but not by much. I agree that sabermetrics has pretty much ruined the artistry of the game. But while I and my friends grew up playing the game from 10am till after dark in the summer; reading books on the sport; and hitting up on coaches for constructive criticism; most baseball fans in America under 50 find that humorous.
In the past 25 or so years I loved going to Dodger Stadium. Once one gets past the expensive seats, at least 80% of the fans are either foreign born or 1st generation American. People from Latin American countries, Korea and Japan love the game, played it (along with soccer) and understand it. Most Americans grew up playing baseball on computers. To them it’s all about stats, players diving at balls for no reason (often injuring themselves), and being used by their manager as if they’re programmed robots (at that kind of money…..).
I’ve known ML managers, players, and FO people. Stuff is always kept out of the media. I can’t write here some of the things I heard about, and what management did to resolve them – often using cover stories to get the player off the team.
This has nothing to do with sabermetrics at all. It is not an isolated incident. It has to do with a gossip society in which everyone believes that other peoples business is open for them to pass judgement on.
Am not a Billy Beane fan. But he does 2 things I love – 1) he does not get stuck with bad contracts; and 2) he seldom takes on problem players…..and if he finds he has one, he dumps him. Mr. Russell’s actions did not suddenly appear. MLB players behavior gets around. On the surface, including his top prospect in a trade for rental players made no sense to me at the time. Now it does.
@oxford So you don’t mind if the entertainers you like mistreat women? You are still a Bobby Brown and R Kelly supporter after the things they did because its just entertainment?
Wow. You are a sick puppy.
In most cases, domestic abusers that are not sports or entertainment stars go to jail and many lose their jobs because they are in jail. The courts treat sports stars differently than everyday Joes. That is a fact.
I argue none of them should lose their jobs if their sentence or their actions don’t effect their work. No matter what you do.
I find it silly that everyone thinks they should have a say in this type of thing nowadays. First off a lot of athletes are horrible human beings and terrible people. In fact many of the most successful athletes are ultra successful because they are so driven they are narcissistic, and don’t care about anything else but their own success.
In fact many people successful people in the business world are the exact same way. Russell seems like a horrible human being. But all those people acting like they’re now down on the team they once loved because a guy like Russell plays for them are comical to me.
These guys are literally nothing more than entertainment. I view them the same way I view going to the Zoo, as entertainment. I wouldn’t want a Lion babysitting my kids, or becoming close with them, and feel the same about a progressions athletes.
My favorite athlete of al time is Michael Jordan. I was obsessed with him growing up. But once I got older and understood what made him tick I soon realized what a p*ick he was. He’s completely narcissistic and cares very little for others. I realize he may not have beat his wife, but my guess is he abuses the crap out of her mentally.
I get being upset at Russell as part of the human race, but let’s give the professional athletes should be good people thing a rest. Because it’s not realistic or remotely true.
Hey, it’s his “Prerogative”.
@bush1—thank you! Well said. I am certainly sure if we look around the office tomorrow or even up and down this chat, there are some pretty bad humans hanging around. The games will go on. And for those watching football today—-check Tyreek Hill or Travis Kelce’s past……or even Tom Brady and Bill Bellichick. Abusers, cheaters are everywhere….
Well said bush1! My kids remodels are not athletes or entertainers because I’ve discussed these things with them. I wouldn’t give up on a team unless they endorsed the behavior. And the athletes themselves are just a uniform with a faceless person and stats for my enjoyment.
@Samuel
I assume that I am younger than you, born in the 80s. My friends and I played baseball from early morning till the street lights came on. We had ghost runners, who’s numbers would make sabermetricts people drool lol. There was 7 of us and we all created teams because we were all Giants or Dodger fans lol.
I played little league, but my love for soccer was rooted in growing up in a Hispanic neighborhood. The game has changed and you are right. My father worked the grounds at Candlestick Park and later AT&T Park. I grew up on around the beat writers and remember hugging Hank Greenwald’s leg as he’d talk to my dad. I remember watching a game and meeting Jon Miller and Lon Simmons, who was the nicest man and as a pre teen talked to me like an adult and made me want to become a broadcaster.
I love baseball, I had video games, but actually playing was the best. I broke my foot playing soccer and never pitched again (I had a nasty slider). I am rambling now…I agree with yoi about Billy Beane. He knew something and shipped the problem to Chicago. I hope Russell gets help, I hope for Cubs fans sake that he he doesn’t become a problem that effects the club.
I also want to add that, even though I don’t usually comment a lot (and if I do, I try to add humor lol) I enjoy yours, your insight usually gets me thinking and I appreciate that. If you get a bunch of rapid upvotes on comments at one time…that’s probably me lol
Lol OK gramps
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You don’t have to say “downvoted” every time you downvote something.
Great comment JD!
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Russell is expected to start playing on May 3rd of the 2019 season. That is a far cry from not playing a game this year and a far cry from what Epstein said in the article.
People with honor often stop being fans of teams when the team supports things that they believe are immoral. What does it say about you that you would not be willing to do that?
That we don’t support that nonsense.
Why werent you this mad when we traded for chapman?
And there it is. Because his morals didn’t matter when the team was winning.
Chapman fired a gun in a garage, but did not abuse his domestic partner to the point of hospitalization over a period of years. Russell is a sick man. Chapman is an idiot with a drinking problem that got help with the source of the issue.
^Chapman also pushed his girlfriend against the wall and grabbed her by the throat. I’ll just be a dink and assume you’re ok with that or you just overlooked that part to make a lame argument.
That said, not saying he or Addison don’t deserve a chance at redemption. I also don’t blame Cubs fans for walking away as fans. Every fan has a breaking point. We’ve all switched sides at one time or another.
What I don’t understand with the Cubs is you have a young player whom I think can easily outhit Russell (Ian Happ) and a veteran that can start at 2B against lefties (Zobrist). My argument is if those two players are healthy they do not need Russell.
There is a slight difference here—-when the Cubs traded for Chapman he had already been traded twice (one aborted by the Dodgers) and served his suspension and was back in baseball playing. If he had been through the process and was OKd by baseball to pitch for the Yankees, he was OKd by baseball to pitch for anyone—-Cubs or anyone. Baseball makes those rulings and decisions. The Russell thing, we can assume, happened on the Cubs watch and they must abide by the process.
In what way are they not abiding by the process?
You are a liar. Let’s see you back up that claim…
Good for you Mistry GM. I agree 100%.
Ill bet you don’t look up all the registered sex offenders or domestic violence reports on people in your area then boycott these people’s places of employment do you? Your neighborhood bank teller, grocery store clerk, etc could have a bad history and you wouldn’t think twice about it
What does being overrated have to do with anything?
Russell has been healthy 1 season of 3 since the Cubs acquired him in July of 2014. He didnt make the 25 man roster til 2015. And that was mid may. He had a decent season. He breakthrough year was 2016. Hes the reason they won game six of the world series that year. With a giftedn2 run double and a grand slam.
Hes been hurt off and on since 2017.
He’s very underrated If anything. If they can package him with Ian happ and i guess Heyward and one of very few prospects they got left. They can get a decent player or players back. Maybe throw in chatwood and his salary. It would take at least 60% of Jason Heywardd salary too.
His off field issues should not deplete his on field value.
Ian Happ should be replacing Russell at 2B. At the very least dangle Russell in mid-April to a team that loses a middle infielder to injury (it’s inevitable). Doubtful you get a return but if a team takes the salary it gives the Cubs more breathing room at the deadline.
They won’t be able to get anything by pairing Russell (and his baggage) with Heyward (and his contract). Right now, they would be lucky to get anything other than a middling low level prospect that doesn’t project to be much more than minor league depth for either, and in Heyward ’s case they would also have to eat most of the contract to get that.
I too, have been a life long Cubs fan. Also, through thick and thin. Definitely do not condone the actions of Addy and would have no problem seeing until him cut loose because of it. But to say you will give up on the team is ridiculous.
Were you also willing to give up on them in 2016 when they traded for Chapman? Probably not, because your lifelong dream of seeing hem win a title was just a few months away .
Gonna hold you to that. If they make the playoffs or W.S., you can’t watch. I suppose you quit your job when you found out a co worker was not fired for domestic abuse. It is the same thing. Bottom line, Russel on the field is not good enough to warrant all this talk in the first place. His offense is offensive. So even if they dont release him for pushing his wife and other awful things, he will be released for poor play eventually.
Glad to see the Cubs didn’t let morals get in the way of baseball. Glad they brought him back.
I do see a difference between the Cubs trying to work with and improve a person they’ve had for years and the Astros importing a woman beater on the cheap because his team had scruples.
I don’t see the difference either. Both are morally reprehensible actions.
Honestly what Russell did was awful and is not acceptable in our society by any means, but I love the stance the Cubs are taking on this, it takes a lot of courage to stand up for someone who is in the wrong but is willing to give them a chance if the person (point in case: Russell) is willing to work extremely hard to get help and change their ways. Like the article said, if the issues arise again they can release him.
People don’t believe in second chances unless they need one themselves
Well said.
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so because i support second chances but ive never needed one does that just make me amoral or something?
Apparently we both are
You have needed a second chance in your life? Really? So a girl breaks up with you and you go ok cool. See ya. No you asked for a second chance probably.
There’s a difference between making a decision that ruins your life where you’d need a second chance and having moments In your life where you mess up but learn from your mistakes and in turn end up growing from it
well im not that old anyway, im sure ill commit a violent crime or the like eventually just so that i can validate your point.
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I downvote your downvote, and raised you one by downvoting the guy below us.
@simschifan – so true. I suspect that those moral preeners on this site (that IS what they are) feel exactly that way.
I suspect that since they are ‘morally superior’ to you and me they can judge others, despite our Lord’s admonition that because we are all fallen we should not do so.
I wonder if they think that everyone who’s committed a violent crime of any nature should be tossed in prison forever.?
Here’s what I do know:
I have never laid a finger on my wife, but I am still no better than Addison Russell.
So only IF he beats another woman after beating his ex-wife to the point of hospitalization for years should they cut him? What kind of sick logic is that?
No. They shouldn’t cut him at all unless it happens at his work or he can’t show up for work. Even if it happens a bunch of times.
The less sick logic than thinking keeping a guy in a situation where he is accountable to people who have influence over him that mandates his involvement in professional counseling that at the very least tries to rehabilitate him and attempts to teach him processes of how to manage his issues that led to the assaults in ways that don’t lead to assaults is a worse option then sending a 22yo out into the world accountable to no one who, answers to no one and doesn’t have to spend one minute getting professional help addressing his issues if he doesn’t want to.
Sure, good chance it won’t work, but I’ll take even the slightest odds over the option where the odds are zero.
Sick logic is to prefer to cut a guy lose into the world with no incentive correct his behavior if he doesn’t over putting him in a situation where he at least is exposed to avenues to try to correct that behavior whether he likes it not.
If I’m the Cubs and if he ends up doing it again and I could have at least tried to get him the help he needs, but didn’t, I’m gonna be alot more disgusted with myself than if I at least tried and it didn’t work.
He either is married again already or in a relationship right now. That woman has seen something in him to give him a chance even though he has a bad past. So are you better than her for not giving him a chance?
Its good to know I can assault my wife, but just once.
If she didn’t turn you in to the authorities you will get away with it
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Nobody cares
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I honestly can’t even tell what the hell stance clepto is taking.
allow him to go on his holy crusade, he probably isnt gonna stop after all.
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I bet when clepto claps for something he also says “clap, clap, clap”.
You care. You answered.
She did turn him in.
Turned him in via social media
Sims—-well said——until her friend, then she, posts something on social media. To this point there is no shred of evidence that she ever turned Russell into the authorities, doctor’s report, or hospital report.
That is exactly correct mike.
But if a guy says women let me grab them by the p___y, we elect him president.
this is such a horribly stupid comment
Bryant called St. Louis ‘boring’.Yadier called Bryant a loser!!! Haha. Nothing like some good ole smack talk between rivals.
Yadis response was brilliant…took the high road and really embarrassed Bryant
Name calling is the high road now? Got it
so molina isnt allowed to insult the man that insulted the city he loves? well that makes complete sense.
Are you kidding? He didn’t embarrass Bryant he set himself up to be ridiculed at wrigley all year. If you don’t think the Cubs organist will be playing slyly “cry me a River” every time the aging on the downslope of his career Molina comes up to bat you don’t know a thing.
this is like a highschooler shooting down any valid compalint from the opposing team by saying “scoreboard”
I see nothing wrong with trying to straighten out a young kid with issues. He is only a victim of his own choices, much like an addict. I’m all for 2nd chances and trying to right the ship. Support him trying to get his act together but not his previous actions.
Blow that chance, it’s “see ya later”. We’ll see what happens
80% chance of recidivism. 80%. He had his 2nd chance already and is onto his third.
Where did you get that percentage? Just curious. From personal experience, (never participated, but witnessed DV) Im inclined to believe it.
20% still leaves the door open on the possibility of change but I can’t imagine it would be easy. Nothing worth doing ever is.
Those of you who don’t care about spousal abuse, where do you draw the line, if at all? Serious question and genuinely curious, not criticism.
Who said that they didnt care?
im pretty sure no one reasonable thinks that is fine, and i don’t think supporting an organization that employs such a person is to condone such an issue.
They don’t draw the line. As the one schmuck above said, if they entertain them, they don’t care what they do in their personal life. The players can beat their wives all they want as long as they play well.
No. We say the legal system handles it, and only them.
Draw the line for what? Work is related to criminal activity unless it happens at work. There isn’t such a line. It’s not a moral evaluation. Let the legal system handle it always.
*isn’t
So when the cubs launch their own network, the cable providers will raise their rates to,get what the cubs want in terms of per channel, which mean it may be more like La and no tv for a while. Then it will be down to 5 games per year on w6n. Sounds like they don’t even have a production company lined up.
So Cubs have money and can spend big now ?
Cubs traded their farm to bring in a closer with a questionable past to win their World Series.
Russell no different.
Too much cubs news
This weekend the Cubs have their Cubs Con, so with multiple notorious people in the baseball world there, they are bound to have noteworthy things be said. At least compared to the very slow offseason.
They haven’t said anything note worthy yet at that cubs con.
Haven’t they? It’s a con.
Cardinals players seem to think otherwise.
These tools literally created accounts specifically to troll fans of other teams. The fans of the lesser Chicago team seem to have the biggest inferiority complex though, All day, every day just bashing the Cubs instead of anything useful.
Lots different. But then pretty much everything you say is ill-informed. Chapman had a drinking problem and fired a gun in the garage after a fight that involved no physical altercation and had no history of spousal abuse. Russell beat his wife repeatedly over a period of years.
Wasn’t he supposed to have choked her too? Not 100%, real question… I though that was the story.
Cubs need to be on WGN again.
Russell looks like an alien who’s face got ran over, how’d he get a chic in the first place.
And the guy said it best up a few threads. Baseball players are not role models. I want them to win games.
Lol… this dude wins too post with fewest words
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With their own network, I expect the Cubs to dominate the Cardinals for the next 25 years.
I think what the Cubs may try to do is to create a general entertainment network, which can be beamed anywhere, versus a sports-only network, which has all kinds of market restrictions. I.e. “Big Bang Theory at 6PM, Cubs at 7PM”. Either way, it should be very lucrative.
Big Bang theory is not entertainment. It’s already in syndication. Big Bang at 6, cubs game at 7 news at 10? It’s called wgn. However. NBC sports or comcrap sport has poor studio production.
It’s about talent not lifestyle. Sad
i think its worth considering why and why not a team may want to keep or not keep a player. i think its perfectly fine to keep or discard of a player. perhaps you believe in second chances, perhaps you believe (as i mostly do) that issues outside of sports shouldnt affect sports, (unless legal consequences impede playing, i.e. Matt Bush, Kang) or perhaps you believe it’s a moral issue. either way, i think its worth realizing that no one is a demon for persueing either course of action, and that you shouldn’t bail on a team because of this decision. its just entertainment, its not a self-righteous crusade for what you believe is right.
Time to lock this thread too. Now we even have people bringing politics into it.
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Me for one?
Zero tolerance isn’t the greatest policy for a couple of reasons.
1) it removes agency from the abused person.
2) most don’t know that there is a zero tolerance policy in certain locations – they call the police to try to stop a bad situation and aren’t always on board with mandatory charges/prosecution.
3) A ZT policy could put extra pressure on people (most likely women) to not report abuse. It’s difficult to leave an abusive situation if there are no supports in the community. Women who lack resources (social or monetary) may have to go back to an abusive relationship. If women know there is a ZT in place, they may not choose to report abuse. In the context of sports, ZT policy could cost a partner millions so there may be some apprehension.
Of course, ZT was imagined as a way to support women who would report it then would be afraid to testify. But it provides no flexibility and removes choice from the person abused.
People need to stop equating role model to being famous or an Athlete. Most people dont have their every infraction posted on TMZ or ESPN. Terrible people have worked for almost every major company or retailer and worked there after things like DUIs, DV, Manslaughter, Pedos. You’ve all heard of parole right? Are you suggesting an ex-con/parolee can’t play sports? Michael Vick? Maurice Clarett? Leonard Little? Donte Stallworth? Matt Bush?
But the ex-con handling your food at a restaurant is okay right?
Selective morality. If you want harsher punishment contact your local and state representatives. But you’ll find it hard to have them deny gainful employment upon going through the legal system.
If shes not pushing for jail time, its bc she has a financial agreement w this turd so she needs him in MLB. That’s usually the case, $ instead of jail.
Very well said
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Up voted to cancel your downvote. She wants the Cash and she almost blew it big time.
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i agree with of the whole concept of idiolizong athletes, regardless of their misdeeds. i dont see why we should be telling our kids to look up do people who are generally exceptions to normal societal rules anyway.
The slective morality point is a good one as well and one of the biggest parts of this story. Its easy to see someone is supposedly a crimial (usually those who are famous because we see much more of them) and act like you are doing your good deed for the day simply by condemning an individual. Yeah these guys don’t usually get punished as they should due to the money involved, but taking personal moral offense to treatment of the issue is hardly the most noble way to solve this problem. How about go out and activly crusade to solve the issue, rather then sitting on your couch and condemning the individual case. Do i feel bad for Russell? No, he’s obviously not a good person. But I’m also not gonna direct all my vitrol for domestic abusers towards him. He’s hardly alone in his crimes.
The best thing that ever happened here was mandatory arrests when there’s evidence of an assault at domestics, regardless of whether the victim wants it or is screaming “Noooo don’t take him away from me”
So cubs getting there own station. Maybe they’ll show all the highlights of all of there World Series wins over the last 120 years. If it’s a 24 hour station wonder what they will show for the rest of the 23 hours and 55 minutes daily.
Probably all the attempts at the Cardinals trying to beat the Cubs in a playoff series.
11 WS trophies vs 1 in 110 years?
Yeah cub fans always seem to be jealous of the Cardinals storied franchise. Cards have so many more playoff games and appearances the last 15 years the cubs fans only want to bring up one particular series or one year. Hey cub fans you and your team are losers. You had one fluke year in the past 110 years. Cry me a river! Go watch all of your losing on your own network.
Oh look a cubs article here is themed, go figure right.
Who are these people that they keep mentioning who hate Russell now? I’m tired of this crap. Did Ray Rice deserve to never play football again? You weren’t there, you aren’t a party to the issue, those who are, including Russell’s ex, all agree that the best course is the current course. So shut up about it already.
Russell’s ex only agrees because, if he’s out of baseball, he’ll never have a job.
I used to catch a cubs game almost everyday growing up on wgn, just like I’d catch a braves game on tbs
Not so much anymore
This is the first time I can truly say that the Gleyber Torres trade is hurting the cubs. Then again that sacrifice helped the cubs win the title in 16 so it evens out
Totally disagree. I actually think Maddon pulling starters too early in favor of Chapman cost them a couple of those games and nearly cost them everything in the WS. Even late in the season, every time Joe would try to use Chapman for more than one inning, it would backfire.I would much rather have Torres back than to ever have had Chapman on the team.
It would seem that, following Tim Dierkes’ comments in a chat about deleting comments that are needlessly political and such, this entire thread should be deleted. Russell is an absolute scuymbag; read about how he paid his child support in pennies, just to be a jerk. Read about how many times he assaulted his wife. Read about how he isn’t even divorced and is expecting a kid with his new girlfriend. The Cubs are a smart team, generally, but refusing to cut ties with this psychotic loser is beyond the pale.
Russell’s ex will get a chance to save her major screwup. By yapping over and over she darn near got the goose that lays golden eggs fired from his job. Now the Cubs have given her another chance to cash in on her husbands new contract.
Three things: Most people who engage in domestic violence don’t stop.. They may stop temporarily due to jail, being supervised, whatever, but MOST (I did not say all) don’t stop.
Second, I think the Cubs are saving the $ for the new TV channel. It’s an investment for them that will pay them every year. Fans like me will for pay a yearly amount just to watch them on TV. Yankees do it….
Third, as for the other teams, I’d think the Cubs would broadcast their AAA team. It would cause fans to watch the guys progress to the majors and continue to watch them.
If the cubs just cut Russell, a team picks him up within a few days ala “he didn’t do that for us, we’ll not tolerate any future instances.” If the cubs keep him, he has to earn his way back. We see this in every sport. Look at Chapman, he was traded low to Yankees then sold high/signed a lucrative FA deal. I think moving teams is least beneficial for the player. I’m all for giving him a 2nd chance, and not just cutting him where he’ll learn nothing. Idk if people realize this, but the cubs will surely be tougher than any other team would be on addy.
Know what? I’m going to let those who know more details than I have make the appropriate decisions, hopefully considering the clubhouse impact of this distraction.