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If there is one thing the professional sports world has shown very little tolerance for in the past few years, it has been for domestic violence.

The NBA apparently takes a slightly different view of things.

That’s because it has decided to suspend Sacramento Kings point guard Darren Collison for just eight games following his conviction on a single charge of domestic violence.

At least that is the word from Marc Stein of ESPN:

Needless to say the Twittersphere has jumped all over the NBA for a light punishment of a player who got in to a domestic violence situation with his own wife.

https://twitter.com/CatholicMoore13/status/782716190695260160

Collison may have helped his case with the NBA by taking complete ownership of this incident in the courtroom and off the basketball court. He pled no contest to the charges back in May and has owned up to the mistake he made in this particular case.

Most importantly, he has worked behind the scenes to make amends with his family. Collison issued the following statement after his no contest plea:

“Words cannot describe the feelings and regret that I have been experiencing the last few months. My family and I found ourselves in such an unfamiliar situation and it has been a difficult few months. This is far from who I am as a person and not something I am proud of. I take full responsibility for my actions. I have apologized to my beautiful wife that I have known and loved since high schooI. I appreciate and am thankful for the love and understanding from my family, friends and supporters. Now it is time to put this behind us and move forward.”

For their part, the Kings are sticking behind Collison during this difficult time and issued the following statement after the NBA handed down his eight-game suspension:

Collison has avoided actual jail time, serving a 20-day sentence for his guilty plea in an Alternative Sentencing Program focused on community service instead of jail time.

Considering that news and the NBA’s minor punishment, perhaps there is some justification for the outrage seen in how this has been handled.

[RotoWorld]

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Andy is a contributor to The Comeback as well as Publisher of Big Ten site talking10. He also is a member of the FWAA and has been covering college sports since 2011. Andy is an avid soccer fan and runs the Celtic FC site The Celtic Bhoys. If he's not writing about sports, you can find him enjoying them in front of the TV with a good beer!

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