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Assault and Battery

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Posted by: JG

Should a football player be arrested for assult and battery when he does something to hurt someone that could kill him after the play is all over.

I was watching the Ohio State and Wisconsin Football game and saw something that really upset me.
I saw a young man reach in his hand and it looked like he was trying to kill the quarter back from the other team. Now I do not know his intentions but He reached in under the face guard and choked the quarterback so much he may not be able to play any more.
No one stopped him, he was not thrown out of the game and not penalty was given. This really upset me.
Assault and Battery is against the law. That young man needs much prayer and help. This is not a good example for young children to see, this reckless disregard for human life, and for what a game.
What is this world coming to when it is ok to almost kill or end someone life over a game.
This was not just a accident. This was not just hard hitting during play. This looked like assult and battery.I think we should pray about it.

Sometimes I go a little overboard maybe I should have slept on this a little more. What do you think???

Schabert, a junior who had just two touchdowns tosses in his career, was in because starter Jim Sorgi was injured when Reynolds shoved his fingers into his throat in the third quarter (He almost killed him, just a little more pressure and...).
Sorgi’s injury made it difficult for him to swallow and impossible for him to call out plays, (this was no accident, that is what he was trying to do).......so Alvarez had no choice but to send in Schabert. “He’s got a neck injury and was having a hard time breathing, (that's called choking him to death)” Alvarez said. “He can’t talk.” His teammates had plenty to say - or tried to. “Everybody kind of went off. That’s something you just don’t do,” Evans said. “Ohio State is a great program and for them to come out and do that to our quarterback, ... that’s one of the lowest things I’ve ever seen in a football game ...” Just then, Alvarez cut him off and said his team wouldn’t discuss the play.
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“You saw the film,” Alvarez told reporters. Badgers center Donovan Raiola yelled across the field after the play. “If they want to do that, I don’t really care who they are,” Raiola said. “After that, I lost all respect for (all) of them.” Reynolds wasn’t made available to reporters after the game and Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said he didn’t see the play. “I only saw a pileup,” he said.
The officials said they didn’t see Reynolds shoving his fingers into a prone Sorgi after his third-down scramble with just over five minutes left, either. But several of his teammates did and they got into a scrum with Reynolds.
No flags were thrown, and after Sorgi went out, Mike Allen kicked a 38-yard field goal to make it 10-3 with 5:09 left in the third quarter.


Posted by: HisPrincess

I know NOTHING about football, (well, except that it keeps breaking up my Sunday and Monday night tv) but I do agree with you on this subject. I'm not sure how much assault there was, the mere fact that football seems to be a violent sport seems to invite assault, but battery is unnecessary. Battery is a sin that comes from selfishness. From the story that you told, the opposing team member had something to gain from battering those who got into his way. Just like on the street, battery should be treated very seriously. Not only does it show pitiful sportsmanship, but it is also illegal. If we accept this type of behavior on the field, we cannot be surprised when it happens in the players home. Need anyone be reminded of the O.J. Simpson or Ray Caruth cases. Both football players with bad tempers. Coddled on the field, they thought that battery was okay in their own lives. Both killed the women that they were once intimately involved with.

Pray for them, yes. Prosecute them, yes.

~Walking around with a useless degree in Criminal Justice~

HisPrincess






QUOTE=JG]Should a football player be arrested for assult and battery when he does something to hurt someone that could kill him after the play is all over.

I was watching the Ohio State and Wisconsin Football game and saw something that really upset me.
I saw a young man reach in his hand and it looked like he was trying to kill the quarter back from the other team. Now I do not know his intentions but He reached in under the face guard and choked the quarterback so much he may not be able to play any more.
No one stopped him, he was not thrown out of the game and not penalty was given. This really upset me.
Assault and Battery is against the law. That young man needs much prayer and help. This is not a good example for young children to see, this reckless disregard for human life, and for what a game.
What is this world coming to when it is ok to almost kill or end someone life over a game.
This was not just a accident. This was not just hard hitting during play. This looked like assult and battery.I think we should pray about it.

Sometimes I go a little overboard maybe I should have slept on this a little more. What do you think???

Schabert, a junior who had just two touchdowns tosses in his career, was in because starter Jim Sorgi was injured when Reynolds shoved his fingers into his throat in the third quarter (He almost killed him, just a little more pressure and...).
Sorgi’s injury made it difficult for him to swallow and impossible for him to call out plays, (this was no accident, that is what he was trying to do).......so Alvarez had no choice but to send in Schabert. “He’s got a neck injury and was having a hard time breathing, (that's called choking him to death)” Alvarez said. “He can’t talk.” His teammates had plenty to say - or tried to. “Everybody kind of went off. That’s something you just don’t do,” Evans said. “Ohio State is a great program and for them to come out and do that to our quarterback, ... that’s one of the lowest things I’ve ever seen in a football game ...” Just then, Alvarez cut him off and said his team wouldn’t discuss the play.
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“You saw the film,” Alvarez told reporters. Badgers center Donovan Raiola yelled across the field after the play. “If they want to do that, I don’t really care who they are,” Raiola said. “After that, I lost all respect for (all) of them.” Reynolds wasn’t made available to reporters after the game and Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said he didn’t see the play. “I only saw a pileup,” he said.
The officials said they didn’t see Reynolds shoving his fingers into a prone Sorgi after his third-down scramble with just over five minutes left, either. But several of his teammates did and they got into a scrum with Reynolds.
No flags were thrown, and after Sorgi went out, Mike Allen kicked a 38-yard field goal to make it 10-3 with 5:09 left in the third quarter.[/QUOTE]


Posted by: talena

I think that Robert Reynold's should no longer be allowed to play. There is a thing called good sportsmanship, and Reynold's obviously has no regard for that.

I agree with you JG. It if was something that could kill or cause permanent damage to someone then charges should have been brought on him. I dont understand how this could have been disregarded.


Posted by: JG

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Originally Posted by talena
I think that Robert Reynold's should no longer be allowed to play. There is a thing called good sportsmanship, and Reynold's obviously has no regard for that.

I agree with you JG. It if was something that could kill or cause permanent damage to someone then charges should have been brought on him. I dont understand how this could have been disregarded.


A very similar thing happened at the Nebraska game also. When the game was over a football player from Nebraska punched out a Missouri fan because he the football player was upset.

It is time we start taking a stand and say this is not the roll model we are looking for in this country.

Thank you for praying.
I do not think I would take away their ability to play for life but I would make the punishment fit the crime. In real life if I was leaving a football game and hit someone from the other school I would have been arrested for battery.

This is just a thought.
Blessings
Jerry


Posted by: talena

Look at everything that has happened in the playoff games (talking baseball now). The Yankees asst. coach (a man in his 70's) charged after Alvarez (Sox) and Alvarez knocked this 72 yr old man to the ground. AND didn't a bunch of Yankee's players beat up a guy that was a member of the ground crew simply because he was cheering for the Red Sox?? This is serious and sad, mostly because Athletes have a lot of influence on young men and boys who like to "mock" that same behavior.

You are right, Reynolds should have been arrested for battery. I do think the punishment should be made to fit the crime. But it looks like with SOME athletes they are the exception to the rule, and can get away with a little more than us "civilians".


Posted by: Ragamuffin

I don't know a whole lot about football, but I do recognize good and bad sportsmanship. I have 3 children that all play sports, the oldest is 13 and an avid soccer player. This year in Virginia, he was accepted into their classic league where he plays competitive soccer. Now I understand that sports are competitive, but as he began playing sports and I watched children throw fits because they didn't win or their parents yell at them because they missed a shot, I taught my son that the real sportsman wins with humility and loses with dignity. This current team can be cutthroat and there is a time and a place to play hard. God gave my son a gift, he is to use it to the best of his ability, players break the rules, they should have consequences, and it's really been a learning process for us (it's gone both ways as we've sat in awe). When it comes to those that play pro ball and are in the limelight, they have more than a responsibility to play good ball, they are responsible because they have people watching them, and if they don't like what that means, then they should stop playing. Being in the limelight comes with responsibility, and hurting anyone, especially in anger, is absolutely punishable. So I will get off my soapbox now, I can only say I am a mother 24/7 and what goes on in this world today leaves me without words, and when I have to explain why this "good guy" did a bad thing and try to explain why some get away with it, some get raked over the coals, and some get the book thrown at them because they're famous, I wonder what is really going on in this world. My son is taking civics this year, and he had learned this year "no one is above the law."