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Post by afvolunteer on Mar 15, 2021 20:56:04 GMT -8
It's definitely a flagrant foul. But "criminal action" . . . really? Let's calm down a bit. This is about as criminal as a PbP guy accidentally calling us "Oregon" in the heat of the action. Stuff happens bang-bang fast and people make mistakes. Concussions are no laughing matter anymore. However, with that said, anytime we can ever avoid the police being involved with anything, ever, the better off we all are. A lot of people have broken the law in the heat of action... doesn't excuse it. In no universe was this accidental contact. This was an intend to hit and injure somebody. There should be severe consequences for the player, that involve a multiple game suspension, including into next season (not bothering to google what class he is in). Vol fan here, in the heat of the moment (and still after the fact) many Vol fans were rightfully pissed and also argued the criminal aspect. "If you did that outside the game, one would press charges." I'm not on board with that b/c like some of you mention, it's still a physical sport and things happen sometimes in the heat of the moment that wouldn't happen outside. But this was no accident, so I'm also not on board with the fact that our guy likely had his college career end on that play, while Florida's player will be playing in their NCAAT game in a few days. That's right freaking out.
It's a judgment call, I guess, but that wasn't a hard foul accident. That was an intentional elbow. Twice really. If you want to throw elbows, I don't want guys getting arrested, but I do want guys getting suspended if they concuss the other player and require them to get facial surgery. What if someone would have turned around and punched him? Or we retaliated afterwards and punched him. Because it happened 3 seconds after a live play, those players would've likely been suspended. The ball was no where near the play and it was dirty and intentional. I don't think black and white rules going forward are a good thing, but I think there out to be some precedent for a suspension/fine (maybe on the university) exactly like the NBA.
The other player and coach apologized, but basically that's the end of it, it seems.
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Post by collegiate on Mar 15, 2021 21:39:30 GMT -8
Sucks big time that this happened. In a situation like this, it seems fair and appropriate to suspend the offending player for at least as long as the injured player is out due to the injury. If the conference or NCAA doesn’t already have a policy in place, the only hope is for the coach or AD to self-impose... and the odds of that happening are $mall.
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Post by obf on Mar 17, 2021 22:21:18 GMT -8
Not sure if the Florida guy is potential NBA guy, but a play like that WILL hurt his drat stock I would assume. Small comfort, I know.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 17, 2021 22:47:50 GMT -8
Not sure if the Florida guy is potential NBA guy, but a play like that WILL hurt his drat stock I would assume. Small comfort, I know. Because it killed the draft stock of the dirtiest player of all time, Chris Paul. I mean fourth overall. If he had not been such a terrible human being, maybe third?
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 18, 2021 4:48:17 GMT -8
Not sure if the Florida guy is potential NBA guy, but a play like that WILL hurt his drat stock I would assume. Small comfort, I know. Because it killed the draft stock of the dirtiest player of all time, Chris Paul. I mean fourth overall. If he had not been such a terrible human being, maybe third? If you think Chris Paul is the dirtiest player of all time, you haven’t been watching basketball very long.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 18, 2021 7:27:51 GMT -8
Because it killed the draft stock of the dirtiest player of all time, Chris Paul. I mean fourth overall. If he had not been such a terrible human being, maybe third? If you think Chris Paul is the dirtiest player of all time, you haven’t been watching basketball very long. I know he has the crappiest commercials. Why State Farm ever chose him is beyond me. At least Rodgers was a national figure. Paul was a good player but essentially a nobody nationally.
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 18, 2021 7:51:48 GMT -8
If you think Chris Paul is the dirtiest player of all time, you haven’t been watching basketball very long. I know he has the crappiest commercials. Why State Farm ever chose him is beyond me. At least Rodgers was a national figure. Paul was a good player but essentially a nobody nationally. A national nobody? He's an 11 time all-star and a sure fire hall of famer.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 18, 2021 9:46:47 GMT -8
I know he has the crappiest commercials. Why State Farm ever chose him is beyond me. At least Rodgers was a national figure. Paul was a good player but essentially a nobody nationally. A national nobody? He's an 11 time all-star and a sure fire hall of famer. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Aaron Rodgers was, more than 75% could tell you he was the QB of the Packers. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Chris Paul was, 50% would say he's a senator from Kentucky. Good player. No national profile. And crappy commercials.
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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 18, 2021 10:06:34 GMT -8
A national nobody? He's an 11 time all-star and a sure fire hall of famer. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Aaron Rodgers was, more than 75% could tell you he was the QB of the Packers. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Chris Paul was, 50% would say he's a senator from Kentucky. Good player. No national profile. And crappy commercials. The only thing that would prove is that there are a lot of stupid random people.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 18, 2021 10:14:35 GMT -8
If you asked 100 random people on the street who Aaron Rodgers was, more than 75% could tell you he was the QB of the Packers. If you asked 100 random people on the street who Chris Paul was, 50% would say he's a senator from Kentucky. Good player. No national profile. And crappy commercials. The only thing that would prove is that there are a lot of stupid random people. True. And that the NFL is way more popular than the NBA, and that playing most of your career in New Orleans and with the Clippers is a good way to be forgotten about.
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Post by jefframp on Mar 18, 2021 18:54:18 GMT -8
Chris Paul is actually a very good bowler so there is THAT! :-)
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Post by steinlager on Mar 19, 2021 14:41:32 GMT -8
Andy's looking pretty smart about now.
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 19, 2021 16:20:04 GMT -8
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