DHL Dan CCXXXIII - Innocent Until Proven Guilty?

That's Shank's somewhat disingenuous statement on certain professional athletes accused of domestic violence:

When employing those accused of domestic violence, teams weigh quest to win against damage to brand, and other thoughts

Picked-up pieces while waiting for more Red Sox news to come out of the Winter Meetings . . .

▪ Aroldis Chapman. Milan Lucic. Jabrill Peppers.

All three are Boston athletes on teams that have not enjoyed a lot of success lately; all were accused of violence against women; none were convicted (Peppers doesn’t go to trial until January); all of them raise questions about the responsibilities professional sports teams face when allegations of domestic violence collide with a team’s quest to win and the experience of its fans.

Every case is different. Like the rest of us, millionaire professional athletes are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But teams hiring baggage-laden players are ever measuring fairness and the quest to win against potential damage to the team’s brand. It’s a high-wire act filled with mixed messaging.

Unlike the rest of us, our names and faces aren't splashed across the sports pages in print and on the Internet, which tends to cause the ' potential damage to the team’s brand'. To me, that's the disingenuous part.