As millions gear up for Super Bowl LX this Sunday, Professor Dale Cecka client Albany Law School sheds light on the spike in domestic violence tied to the major sporting event in a powerful op-ed for The Progressive. The piece, distributed nationally by Tribune News Service and reaching millions of readers across the country, urges proactive support for survivors and systemic reform.
In her op-ed, Professor Cecka wrote: “Sporting events like the Super Bowl don’t cause abuse — they expose it. For some abusers, the Super Bowl provides a socially sanctioned moment where entitlement, aggression and grievance collide. Instead of minimizing the spikes in domestic violence, we should be proactively increasing funding for domestic violence shelters and services in anticipation of known danger periods like the Super Bowl.”
