For my rhetorical analysis paper I am planning on writing about domestic violence issues.  I specifically want to focus on why domestic violence has become so important in the news lately and why this problem only just really starting to concern people.  Domestic violence is an issue that has exited for many years and only recently has the news been drawing attention to this issue.  What got me interested in this topic was the recent occurrences concerning football players Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson.  Both of these men have been iconic football players and their sudden expulsion from the NFL was very surprising to everybody who regularly watches football.  I myself am a very big football fan and I was interested in learning more about why these players were punished.  This topic also concerns me because domestic violence is a major issue that many people are affected by, however, not enough attention is brought to this issue.  I personally have not had any experience with this issue nor do I actually know anybody affected by it.  It is a topic that I feel strongly about which motivates me to conduct more research on the topic.  The resources I will be using for this topic are news articles about various occurrences of domestic violence.  However, my concern is whether I should solely focus on domestic violence among notable sports figures, or if I should compare the news articles concerning sports figures today with earlier articles on domestic violence that may not have received as much attention at the time.  Also, I am aware that we are not able to bring our own opinions into this essay, but I am unsure of how to write this paper without using my opinion.