Tragedy Strikes Kansas City Chiefs Community and NFL Fans Nationwide

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As week 13 of the 2012 NFL season comes to a close, we are left to process the impact of yesterdays tragedy in Kansas City. Details of the murder/suicide involving Kansas City Chief Javon Belcher, and his girlfriend Kassandra Perkins, will continue to surface. We might gain perspective on what could possibly have driven Belcher to commit such an act, yet none of that will ease the pain of the loss. Nor will it return 3 month old Zoey Belcher’s parents to her.

Kansas City Chiefs -  Javon Belcher and FamilyOur friends in the Kansas City Chief community are hurting, and we want them to know that fans across the league support them as they recover. As NFL fans, these are times when rivalries and team allegiance falls to the wayside. It’s an opportunity for us to see we are all members of a much larger affiliation. And perhaps, we can take the effort to view our NFL players in a different light. These men who play for our teams are sons, fathers, husbands, uncles, brothers, friends… They are simply people. Their celebrity does not exclude them from the stressors and pains of life.

In his post game press conference, KC Chief QB Brady Quinn offered, “We live in a society of social networks. Twitter pages and Facebook. That’s fine and stuff, but you know we have contact with our work associates, our family, our friends, and it seems like half the time we’re more preoccupied with our phone and other things going on, than the actual relationships we have in front of us. Hopefully people can learn from this and try to actually figure out if someone’s battling something deeper on the inside than what they’re revealing on a day to day basis.” As the Holiday season is now upon us, this is the best time of year to take his words to heart.

We at Fans Against Violence would like to extend our prayers and our sincerest  condolences to the entire Kansas City Chiefs Family and everyone who has been touched by this tragedy.

National Domestic Violence Hotline (800-799-7233): Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, this line is a resource for safety information and can connect any caller with shelters and protection advocates in her area.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255): Suicide hotline, 24/7 free and confidential, nationwide network of crisis centers.