I love professional football. There's nothing better than a lazy Sunday, when you can get together with friends, order some food and watch the exciting games all day long.

But I'm boycotting it–I am boycotting the National Football League.

How does one just decide to boycott one of their favorite sports? I'll tell you how.

In recent years, and much more in recent months, multiple NFL players have been in the public eye for reports that they have abused women. In 2014, NBC News reported that 13 players had been arrested for domestic abuse, and almost all were still playing football. Only one, Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens, was released from his team. Rice punched his wife Janay (they were engaged at the time) in an Atlantic City hotel elevator, knocking her unconscious.

One of those 12 players who remained on their teams' roster is Greg Hardy, who, while playing defensive end for the Carolina Panthers, was arrested for assaulting and communicating threats to his then-girlfriend Nicole Holder in May 2014. He allegedly grabbed Holder, threw her into walls and onto furniture laden with assault rifles, and choked her in his Charlotte, N.C. apartment.

But things took a new turn Friday, when Deadspin chose to release nearly 50 police photos of Holder's injuries, its editorial reasoning being that it believes the pictures tell the true story of what happened on that night in Charlotte. In the photos, Holder's body is visibly marked with multiple deep, dark bruises from her back to her chin to her arms. The album also contains three photos showing Hardy's injuries: a mark on his forearm and two marks on his face.

According to Deadspin, Hardy's details of that night paint himself as the victim, details which certainly do not match up with the photos released Friday. The article also depicts Holder and Hardy's roller coaster of a relationship, which involved Hardy often calling Holder offensive names, as well the drinking and drug use the couple had taken part in before the alleged incident in Hardy's apartment.

The article continues to detail the horrific events that unfolded, including Hardy "snapping out of it" after the worst of the ordeal, his alleged filming of Holder afterwards, trying to "agitate her" in order to get her to "flip out on him" so that he could try to make it look as if he was the one being attacked, and his call to 911 claiming he was the victim.

Holder eventually fled Hardy's apartment building and ran away until nearby police stopped her, asking her why she was crying. She reportedly told police she fell down a flight of steps, a common excuse victims of domestic abuse use to deflect concern over their injuries. Hardy also told police Holder had fallen as a result of intoxication. A witness, Hardy's next-door neighbor, claims she heard the screaming and commotion that sounded like "a body being pushed around."

Even more haunting is the statement Holder told Charlotte police officer Christopher Martin: that if she did anything that could potentially damage Hardy's football career, "he would kill her."

At the end of it all (before the photos were released), Hardy was convicted of assault, but was able to appeal. He won and, better yet, was able to have his criminal record expunged. Nicole Holder refused to testify; it's believed she and Hardy made a civil settlement that involved a cash reward of an unknown amount.

The case was closed when Holder made herself "unavailable" to testimony. Hardy was suspended for 10 games for "violating the NFL's personal conduct policy." An arbitrator fought it and had it lowered to four games, even after the NFL saw the photos. Four football games for threatening his girlfriend's life. No jail time, no fines, nothing. Just a minor suspension.

Hardy, now playing happily for the Dallas Cowboys, has had a history of being a hothead. Upon his return from suspension in October, he made a slew of distasteful and irresponsible remarks, got into a fight with teammate Dez Bryant (who was also arrested for but not charged with domestic assault in 2012 after hitting his mother), and slapped a coach's clipboard away when the Cowboys gave up a 100-yard touchdown to the New York Giants. After that incident, Dallas owner and general manager Jerry Jones went on to say Hardy "inspires" his teammates and is "a real leader."

An inspiration. A leader. A domestic abuser. One of those things is not like the others.

Greg Hardy is 6'4" and approximately 280 pounds. Nicole Holder is 5'10" and approximately 110 pounds. Do inspirations and leaders brutally abuse women smaller and more than half their size? A quick math calculation shows that the 13 players who were arrested and/or charged with domestic violence-related charges average a weight of 253.2 pounds. The average male weight is 195.5 pounds. The average female weight is 166.2 pounds. These football players are about 58 pounds heavier than the average male, and 87 pounds heavier than the average female. Imagine trying to defend yourself against someone who has 58 to 87 pounds on you.

I am boycotting the NFL because it is fully aware the pain, misery and humiliation some of its players have inflicted on their domestic partners in the past. Ray Rice told NFL commissioner Roger Goodell that he had hit Janay in Atlantic City. Goodell still came out in a statement saying the league was "ambiguous about what actually happened," claiming the evidence released by TMZ conflicted with what Ray Rice had told him.

I am boycotting the NFL because it values how hard a player can hit an opponent over them hitting women at all. Jerry Jones released a statement last week saying the Cowboys organization is "aware of the serious nature of this incident," "is taking it very seriously," and does "not condone domestic violence." Yet, Greg Hardy remains on the team, because it decided to give him "a second chance."

So basically, the Cowboys care about domestic violence and all but not enough to cut a guy who takes part in it because he's a good defenseman who can help win games (which is funny, because the 2-6 Cowboys' season is practically over.) An ironic side note, Cowboys' tight end Jason Witten has talked publicly about being a victim of domestic abuse as a child. Shows you how sensitive Mr. Jones is to victims of domestic violence - his own player is a victim, but allows another player who's committed the same crime to remain on the same team.

I am boycotting the NFL because it's an organization that refuses to learn from its mistakes. It keeps unrepentant and indifferent players on its rosters, furthering the idea that professional athletes can keep doing with without any repercussions. Its incompetent commissioner and front office staff are just as guilty as the men who lay their hands on their partners. After Dez Bryant's mother decided not to file charges against him in 2012, he spoke at a Men Against Abuse rally where he stated, "I'm done with domestic abuse," as if it's equivalent to quitting smoking or cutting out unhealthy food from his diet.

I am boycotting the NFL because the organization and its players implement hush money and scare tactics to keep women from moving forward in the legal processes. As mentioned above, Holder was most likely paid off to stay quiet through a "settlement" with Hardy. During Ray Rice's investigation, Goodell allowed Ray to be in the same room as Janay when they interviewed her (which he now so very conveniently "regrets.")

I am boycotting the NFL because a sexist, ignorant, bigoted organization such as itself does not deserve one more dime from me. It does not deserve one more second of my viewership. I'll keep up with the games on Twitter. I'll pay for my Dunkin' Donuts coffee on Mondays. I cannot, in my heart of hearts, as a woman, give this organization anything worth my while. I know I am only one person, but I know I am not alone in this fight.

If you are a woman or have a woman in your life whom you love, this should make you angry. This should make you want to raise your voice as well. This should make you want to change the status quo. This goes beyond players' private lives off the field; this isn't a "what happens off the field stays off the field" kind of deal. We are actually paying criminals to keep playing football for our entertainment and the chance for a shiny trophy and some bragging rights. We are enabling domestic violence. We are enabling a culture of abuse.

Take a stand. One by one, it adds up. Boycott the National Football League.