#PRWin? NFL Sponsor Verizon Clarifies Position on Domestic Violence

So far, we’d be hard-pressed to name an organization whose handling of the NFL domestic violence controversy made it look good. While some of the league’s larger sponsors have issued statements about their disapproval of domestic abusers, they haven’t done much to back those statements up.

For example, here’s the initial statement on the Adrian Peterson story from Verizon:

“We are supportive of the NFL and, at this point, we are satisfied with our sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings…In fact, for the past several years we have collaborated with the Vikings on several programs to raise awareness of the impact of domestic violence, an issue Verizon has had a long-standing commitment to.”

Yesterday,