You are conflating empathy with sympathy. Nothing the OP or his defenders has said indicates that he doesn’t directly sympathize with the victim. You, SarAttacks, and others are being deliberately obtuse in order to drag this guy over the coals. Why, because he’s on Deadspin?

There are apparently a lot of people on here who really don’t understand how empathy works, or statistics, or language. Ugh.

The original comparison was being made between football players and other sports players. Not between football players and the population at large.

He never said he was under the impression that he cannot be drugged and raped. Would you like to try again? Dude.

Oh for Christ sake. Not everyone has the same level of risk for everything. That’s why it’s called risk. You Jezebel refugees are really going out of your way to be offended here.

Nice Boxster.