The NFL has voiced their concerns about domestic abuse after athletes were caught on camera and/or accused of beating their spouses. The "No More" campaign was the first step the organization used to bring awareness of domestic violence; however, Miko Grimes begs to differ. The forthright football wife doesn't take the leagues' messages seriously after being apart of the environment in which she claims forced women to cover their bruises and hide their troubles at home. "These are coaches, front office people saying things like 'if you call the cops again we're going have to cut him. We're not going to cut him now, just sweep this under the rug, but if you call again then it's going to be a thing, then we got to cut him.'" She told VladTV, "They don't care that you're getting your ass beat."
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been talked about, but most notably has been adapted to film in "Concussion" featuring Will Smith. The movie opened up about real-life athletes who've experienced memory, personality changes, and behavioral changes including aggression and depression after repeated blows to the head after years of playing the sport. Grimes says she links some of the abuse to a rooted issue in which she's seen gentlemen turn violent at the drop of a dime. "A lot of these guys have mental issues from concussions that are going untreated."
Never holding anything back during this interview, Grimes said she has never been threatened by the NFL, and though she's lost her radio job for talking negatively about them, she's confident that they could never stop her voice of opinion since she funds her own iHeartMiko podcast. "I have my own podcast now, I pay for everything. I talk my s*** and I move own with my life." She said, "There's nothing they can do to me, except kill me maybe."
