Let's not forget basketball. Current Sonic starter Ruben Patterson, while at the University of Cincinnati, was absolved by a Hamilton County grand jury of felony aggravated burglary after an incident in which he allegedly broke into a former girlfriend's apartment, hit her, threw her to the ground, shoved her into a wall, and stole a purse. Former Sonics Dale Ellis, Dennis Johnson, Olden Polynice, David Wingate, Benoit Benjamin, and Dontonio Wingate have all had incidents. So have past and present stars like Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Anthony Peeler, Rod Strickland, Derrick Coleman, Isaiah Rider, Chris Webber, Anthony Mason, Juwan Howard, Robert Parish, Jalen Rose, Cliff Robinson, Clyde Drexler, Nick Van Exel, and Rasheed Wallace. These athletes are the exception, not the rule, but they are not nearly enough of an exception.
Sports leagues have stringent prohibitions on illicit drug use, but it's open season on women.
A number of studies show the incidence of sexual violence among pro and collegiate male athletes is far, far above societal averages. They're young, rich, pampered, aggressive, idolized, feel they can get away with anything, often can, and do. Rarely are incidents prosecuted, still more rarely is jail time spent. Media is complicit, treating such outbursts not as contemptible violence but as off-field distractions, tragic footnotes to otherwise stellar seasons. Big league sports have become a huge business as well as a heavily subsidized national pastime.