Kansas City, Mo., Aug 31, 2017 / 11:08 am
As part of a new program to educate baseball players on the dangers of substance abuse, the general manager for the Kansas City Royals added pornography to the list of potential harms for his team.
In an Aug. 29 statement, Royals general manager Dayton Moore explained that the team's leadership formation program discusses the problems surrounding drug and alcohol use, and also "pornography and the effects of what that does to the minds of players."
Moore expressed hope that team formation program might focus on the development of players beyond the early years of their careers, into the "next part of their journey – what type of husbands [and] what types of fathers [the players may become]."
He also linked pornography to the damage it has on family life and other relationships, saying that it can lead to the domestic "abuse of women."