A top NFL executive tearfully shared his story of growing up witnessing domestic violence in a Senate hearing on the topic Tuesday.
Hearing chair Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) called on the four major professional sports leagues to develop uniform policies for punishing players who commit crimes against women and children. Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, spoke candidly on the issue:
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