(5/6) At the time the news broke, some national sports columnists and news outlets allowed the charges to go nearly unnoticed and shrugged off. That negligence has since entered the spotlight after the NFL’s recent mishandling of punishment for multiple players charged with domestic violence, which has brought the issue to the forefront of national discourse
. The uproar has led a few pundits to ask why so many choose to ignore Solo’s charges as she continues to play for the US women’s national team as it works towards qualification for the 2015 World Cup — does a double exist between genders and is that a problem? AP PHOTO