Hope Solo is arguably the best goalkeeper in women's soccer. It is not a stretch to say the USWNT hopes of a World Cup championship rest in no small part in her hands. Off the pitch, Solo continues to make news and not always in a positive light. Alcohol often seems to be a contributing factor. It seems reasonable to suspect she may have a drinking problem. And she's evidently not the most truthful person either.
Hope Solo not yet cleared of Domestic Abuse charges.
Although our legal system proclaims one innocent until proven guilty when it comes to sports figures the consequences for decision making that lead to legal troubles more often than not result in an athlete being suspended or even dismissed pending the legal proceedings playing out. Hope Solo has never been publicly suspended concerning this incident. She was kept out of the public limelight. Solo was suspended for 30 days earlier this year after her husband crashed a USWNT van while driving drunk with Solo in the passenger seat,
The current legal proceedings will conveniently not take place until after the World Cup is completed. US Soccer seems willing to allow Solo to play in the World Cup and take its chances on how the legal proceedings will play out afterwards.
I cannot complain if only for the fact we are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Even when this reasoning flies in the face of the conventional wisdom in dealing with athletes who run afoul of the law these days. However, I am not comfortable with putting Hope Solo on the World Cup stage as one of the faces of the USWNT. I am left to wonder if her participation is all about winning with her personal well-being a secondary issue. Will World Cup glory, if it is to be, be tarnished if Solo falls from grace and is convicted of domestic abuse? Is this the epitome of trying to win at all costs? What message are we sending to all the impressionable young girls playing soccer and watching the World Cup?
What say you?
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Showing posts with label domestic violence. Show all posts
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I'm taking on Hope Solo.
I have refrained from commenting on Hope Solo's domestic violence case because I prefer to concentrate on the game itself and how players perform in the game. Unfortunately off the field issues do intrude at times.
For the record, I am not a Hope Solo fan.
She has had more "indiscretions" and second chances than most anyone would be allowed because of her talent as a goalkeeper. She abuses her standing as a member of the USWNT and the gift of being able to earn her living playing soccer. Let's not forget her teammates kicked her off the 2007 World Cup team. Or that she appeared on the Today Show drunk as a representative of the US 2008 Olympic Gold Medal team. Or that she has thrown multiple teammates under the proverbial bus over the years with denigrating comments about them. Now she has been accused of Domestic Violence against her half-sister and a nephew.
What Hope Solo has done makes headlines in men's sports but is largely ignored because she is a woman soccer player.
Well, here is the indisputable fact, Hope Solo has a problem. There exists a trend of increasingly disturbing "indiscretions" and it's time she is held to the same standards society is demanding male athletes be held to. Hope Solo should be suspended from all professional and national team play until her case is resolved.
For all the outcry about Ray Rice and Greg Hardy nothing much has been said about Hope Solo. Does society really feel woman on woman violence is different than man on woman violence? And we must not forget the accusations against Solo also include assault on her 17 year old nephew.
Just as the NFL is striving to get it right, FIFA, US Soccer, the NWSL and the Seattle Reign need to strive to get this right in Hope Solo's case as well. There are no acceptable excuses that can be made for Hope Solo's alleged behavior. She must be dealt with swiftly in an appropriate manner. The organizing bodies of soccer are already tardy in dealing with the domestic abuses charges. How much further does Solo's negative behavior have to escalate before the soccer authorities take notice.
Enough is enough.
U.S. Soccer continues to make the WRONG call on Hope Solo
For the record, I am not a Hope Solo fan.
She has had more "indiscretions" and second chances than most anyone would be allowed because of her talent as a goalkeeper. She abuses her standing as a member of the USWNT and the gift of being able to earn her living playing soccer. Let's not forget her teammates kicked her off the 2007 World Cup team. Or that she appeared on the Today Show drunk as a representative of the US 2008 Olympic Gold Medal team. Or that she has thrown multiple teammates under the proverbial bus over the years with denigrating comments about them. Now she has been accused of Domestic Violence against her half-sister and a nephew.
What Hope Solo has done makes headlines in men's sports but is largely ignored because she is a woman soccer player.
Well, here is the indisputable fact, Hope Solo has a problem. There exists a trend of increasingly disturbing "indiscretions" and it's time she is held to the same standards society is demanding male athletes be held to. Hope Solo should be suspended from all professional and national team play until her case is resolved.
For all the outcry about Ray Rice and Greg Hardy nothing much has been said about Hope Solo. Does society really feel woman on woman violence is different than man on woman violence? And we must not forget the accusations against Solo also include assault on her 17 year old nephew.
Just as the NFL is striving to get it right, FIFA, US Soccer, the NWSL and the Seattle Reign need to strive to get this right in Hope Solo's case as well. There are no acceptable excuses that can be made for Hope Solo's alleged behavior. She must be dealt with swiftly in an appropriate manner. The organizing bodies of soccer are already tardy in dealing with the domestic abuses charges. How much further does Solo's negative behavior have to escalate before the soccer authorities take notice.
Enough is enough.
U.S. Soccer continues to make the WRONG call on Hope Solo
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