|
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Detroit Lions safety Glover Quin receives his news about Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy and Ray Rice just like everyone else, but the team’s NFLPA player representative just wants to see one thing out of the entire process. Fairness. For everyone, when it comes to how those cases are handled within the NFL.  “I just want it to be fair for everybody,” Quin said Tuesday before guest grilling at an event supporting the Ms. Molly Foundation, a group raising money for shelters and safe houses for domestic violence and sexual assault victims. “I don’t condone domestic violence. I don’t condone any other thing that’s going on. But obviously, everybody deserves a fair trial.
“But I wasn’t there. I don’t know what all was happening. I don’t know all that stuff. As long as it’s fair, I’m all for it. If it’s not fair, then I think something should be done about it. As long as it’s fair for the players, for the league and everything of that nature, then I am all for whatever.” Minnesota running back Peterson pleaded no contest Tuesday to misdemeanor reckless assault and avoided jail time. He is one of three high-profile domestic violence cases in the NFL in the past few months. Rice has his reinstatement hearing this week, following his suspension after video surfaced of an altercation between Rice and his now-wife, Janay. On Tuesday, Carolina defensive lineman Hardy’s assault trial was postponed until 2015. Seeing all these things led Quin to want to become involved in a positive way, to bring awareness to the issue and try to stop it. He said he has never dealt with domestic violence in his family, but he knows it is a major issue in the NFL recently, and he wanted to do something. “I don’t condone it, like I said, at all,” Quin said. “But at the end of the day, there are still issues out there. Domestic violence is still an issue, and in our league there is a lot going on with that, so being able to shed a positive light on that situation and try to bring some awareness to try and help it and stop domestic violence, I can be a part of that. “And I can use, hopefully, my platform and whatever to try and help that. I think every little bit counts. Every word, everything you can do to try and help it counts and goes a long way.” This is why Quin showed up at the BD’s Mongolian Grill in Ann Arbor to be a guest griller in the event for the Ms. Molly Foundation. The event raised money for the SafeHouse Center, which is a domestic violence and sexual assault center in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Quin spent time preparing food for customers, signing autographs and raising awareness for the cause. He said he did not ask his teammate -- and amateur chef -- James Ihedigbo for advice on how to prepare the food. Quin said he figured Ihedigbo will grade his performance, though. “It was a great thing,” Quin said. “I wanted to be a part of it, so when they told me about the event, I wanted to come out and be a part of it and spend some time, talk to some people, meet some people and have fun with it.”
|
