"The NFL's Bully Problem": Sports Columnist Dave Zirin Connects Violence in Sports to Rape Culture

Democracy Now
The National Football League's culture of violence has come under scrutiny after Miami Dolphins player Richie Incognito allegedly made bullying and racist threats to his teammate Jonathan Martin. We talk with Dave Zirin, The Nation sports editor and host of Edge of Sports Radio who explains: "Think about other stories that have been in the media recently with names like Steubenville, or Maryville, or Torrington, Connecticut, instances where you see this connective tissue between jock culture and rape culture, all of these things are very connected. This idea where you get young men in a very violent kind of group mentality ... It creates a very, very destructive social climate that puts terrible social cues out to the general public."