ESPN's Joe Buck praises life story of Dallas Cowboys WR KaVontae Turpin who pled guilty to assaulting his girlfriend in 2018

The league almost certainly wouldn't allow it, so we stopped talking about a player's past on broadcasts.

The league gave these networks so much exposure that they didn't have to pay billions to get it.

Even the smallest amount of research doesn't feel like it's too much to ask, so broadcasters can avoid needling viewers right in the eyes and ears with an insult.

Here's a report from NBC Dallas/Fort Worth.

Former Texas Christian University football player KaVontae Turpin pleaded guilty Monday to assault causing bodily injury - family violence related to an October 2018 assault of his longtime girlfriend, prosecutors say.

Turpin, who was a wide receiver/kick returner on the Horned Frogs football team until he was dismissed in the fall of 2018, will serve two years deferred adjudication probation and must complete a 27-week Partner Abuse Intervention Program through SafeHaven of Tarrant County.

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Every broadcaster has a cheat sheet and roster in front of them, so it wouldn't take a huge level of preparation for a producer or spotter to circle KaVontae Turpin's name. Troy Aikman could follow those directions. It's probably a possibility. Unless the NFL is actually asking these broadcasts to try and whitewash any player's past, it isn't that hard.

It is likely.