NFL ruling for hit on a defenseless player

• Laley23

  

  killer_ewok;525215 wrote:Because that's part of his job. Pro football is a violent sport.

  
  I guess. I dont know if Im going out to try and hurt someone though. Im trying to do my job, tackle, and not let the other team score. It seems too many guys are literally trying to hurt their opponent in todays football. If someone gets hurt in the course of you trying make a play than fine. But deliberately trying to hurt someone is just weird.
• WebFire

  Laley23;525188 wrote:Im not calling him a thug. But Why would anyone want to hurt someone and why would you announce it to the World?

  
  Mental aspect of the game. You think guys thought twice about running a crossing pattern with Ronnie Lott lurking. Sure as shit they did!
• KR1245

  

  Harrison to be fined 75,000 dollars
• killer_ewok

  

  KR1245;525233 wrote:Harrison to be fined 75,000 dollars

  
  Yet Brandon Meriwether was only fined $50,000 for his hit on Heap.
  
  Laughable.
• WebFire

  I really believe there should be a rule that if a flag was not thrown, the player cannot receive a fine.
• royal_k

  

  WebFire;525256 wrote:I really believe there should be a rule that if a flag was not thrown, the player cannot receive a fine.

  
  Officials miss penaltys. Don't know how they missed the Harrison one, but it happens.
• killer_ewok

  

  Just saw that Harrison got fined $75,000 for being a "repeat offender." Being fined more than Meriweather is understandable then.
• lhslep134

  

  Why was Dunta fined??! He led with shoulder to the CHEST, AND Desean was running with the ball . Bullshit.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAR_zEvT7dM&feature=related
• HitsRus

  

  I called him a thug and I'm sticking by it....cause that is what he is. Sure football is a violent sport, but "unnecessary roughness" penalties have been around since the beginning of the sport. If a helmet and forearm underneath the chin strap is not unnecessary roughness, then I don't know what is. It's one thing to try to seperate the ball from the reciever....it's another thing to try to seperate his head. From what he said, and from the fact that he is a 'repeat offender', I don't know what else to call him but a thug. He got off easy with that fine. I'd have docked him 1 game for every one that Massaquoi is out.
  He is an accident waiting to happen. Maybe the next guy doesn't get up.
• royal_k

  

  A lot of NFL players like the "thug" personna. There is no place in the game for players that go out of their way to hurt oyher players. Injuries happen in the natural flow of the game. But to try to do it is BS.
• lhslep134

  

  I say on SC last night a great point:
  
  These players ALL know the danger. Playing in the NFL isn't a right, it's a privilege. If they don't want to risk injury getting hit, don't play. It's part of the game.
  
  You think the NFL gave a flying fuck when Jack Tatum was hitting people? Sure, but not enough to change anything.
  
  But nowadays, when literally every mistake can result in a lawsuit, the NFL "has" to give a shit. Unfortunately, it's at the expense of the enjoyment and the playing of the game.
• Art Modell

  

  HitsRus;525316 wrote:I called him a thug and I'm sticking by it....cause that is what he is. Sure football is a violent sport, but "unnecessary roughness" penalties have been around since the beginning of the sport. If a helmet and forearm underneath the chin strap is not unnecessary roughness, then I don't know what is. It's one thing to try to seperate the ball from the reciever....it's another thing to try to seperate his head. From what he said, and from the fact that he is a 'repeat offender', I don't know what else to call him but a thug. He got off easy with that fine. I'd have docked him 1 game for every one that Massaquoi is out.
  He is an accident waiting to happen. Maybe the next guy doesn't get up.

  
  LOL. Go play soccer.
• WebFire

  royal_k;525259 wrote:Officials miss penaltys. Don't know how they missed the Harrison one, but it happens.

  
  They do, but honestly, if a play is so intentional and violent, an official shouldn't miss it.
• Art Modell

  

  Plus it's a team rule that whenever a Steeler player is fined, it is divided among all the players. So you're talking about 1500 dollars per man. Chump change to these guys.
• wghfan

  Harrison is a jerk.
• Hb31187

  

  Dunta Robinson getting fined is a complete and total joke.
• outdoorsman

  wghfan;525412 wrote:Harrison is a jerk.

  
  If he was on your team, you would love him.
• Art Modell

  

  wghfan;525412 wrote:Harrison is a jerk.

  
  Mike Ditka on espn today quote'' Go in your basement and put together the most complete linebacker and you come out with James Harrison''.
  You Clown fans are just pissed that he fucked up the only player you have.hahahaaaaa
• KR1245

  

  Art Modell;525447 wrote:Mike Ditka on espn today quote'' Go in your basement and put together the most complete linebacker and you come out with James Harrison''.
  You Clown fans are just pissed that he fucked up the only player you have.hahahaaaaa

  
  That would be Patrick Willis
• wghfan

  Do you really think I give a shit with what Mike Ditka says LOL. Again, Harrison is a jerk
• Art Modell

  

  wghfan;525453 wrote:Do you really think I give a shit with what Mike Ditka says LOL. Again, Harrison is a jerk

  
  Go enjoy your 1-5 team. hahahaaaaa
• KR1245

  

  Art Modell;525379 wrote:LOL. Go play soccer.

  
  Hahaha. Says the guy who never put pads on in his life.
• wghfan

  Art Modell;525457 wrote:Go enjoy your 1-5 team. hahahaaaaa

  
  My team is not 1-5, to show how much you know. And yes Harrison is still a jerk
• killer_ewok

  

  Let's be honest, I'd be willing to be that many of you who are bashing Harrison love it when one of your players lay someone out even if it's "dirty." Go back and read the Browns-Bengals thread and read how many "loved" the hit that TJ Ward put on Jordan Shipley. There was a lot of praise for him because of that hit. But when it's a player on a team you hate....they're a "thug" in your eyes.
  
  Interesting.
• Iliketurtles

  

  killer_ewok;525499 wrote:Let's be honest, I'd be willing to be that many of you who are bashing Harrison love it when one of your players lay someone out even if it's "dirty." Go back and read the Browns-Bengals thread and read how many "loved" the hit that TJ Ward put on Jordan Shipley. There was a lot of praise for him because of that hit. But when it's a player on a team you hate....they're a "thug" in your eyes.
  
  Interesting.

  
  It's Ohio sports fans at there finest.