Why are jocks exempt from the law when they commit assault but I'm not?

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can anyone answer this question for me?

This is in response to the weekly sports assault. Last night it was during the Boise State vs. Oregon game.

why does the church decide they are not to be prosecuted . . . .

you think?

would be the football coach and a priest

Imagine the sport without squads of toothless Canucks pummeling one another with curved sticks!

Seriously, it's just another manifestation of our multi-tiered system of justice. Money, race, celebrity, connections...all determine precisely how justice is dispensed in this country.

Not only that, the player he punched should of left him alone, and shares a small part of the blame, though not enough to deserve sanction.

I agree he should be suspended, but he should not pay for this by being denied a chance at a professional career in football.

Here is the local story, I am a University of Oregon grad, and I live in Eugene, Oregon.

http://registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/19672586-41/story.csp

He's fortunate to still have that. He'd better take full advantage of it.

or consider prosecuting a kid for a brawl after a sporting event. Small wonder you have the world's largest and most expensive prison system.

last I heard college seniors were considered adults in every way shape and form under the law.

And the prison system is huge due to huge numbers of non-violent drug offenders, not violent thugs.

weapon when thrown by someone with the already-demonstrated ability to earn a living at the highest level of a violent collision sport. :P

you and I are not. We are not of the annointed.

If many Americans had their way, they'd execute or put people in prison for life for ________.

And no- don't lie or do the rationalization thing. You'll put people in prison to get your pound of flesh irrespective of the case.

THAT'S who you've become. THAT'S the sort of people you choose to be.

At least be honest enough to admit it.

:shrug:

assault too I imagine.

And look at boxing or extreme fighting. I guess the answer is that in any physical sport, some types of behavior are accepted, and penalized, but not criminalized.

coldcocking someone in the jaw is not. It's assault.

Nobody yet has been able to answer my question: Why is ok to have one standard of behavior for athletes, and another for regular citizens?

But anyone who has seen it notices that the player of Boise State looked like he said something to Blount. I'm not saying this justifies his behavior, but unless you saw the game, we don't know what may have happened between the two during playtime. Maybe this is something that was manifesting from the start of the game that finally came to a head at the end. My point is, everyone has a breaking point. If there was animosity between the two throughout the game, maybe the player from Boise State made one too many yo momma jokes. If this was the case, suspending him the rest of the season is a bit harsh. We don't know all the details. I am not excusing his actions, I am simply trying to analyze it from many angles.

but why should athletes have a different standard of justice applied to them than Joe Schmoe?

And the OP is spot on when he addresses this. Many of the big name athletes are proclaimed (many self) "national treasures" and God forbid the justice system sets a standard by knocking them off their pedastal. However, I have been a soccer referee for many years and I can say that when one player assaults another, it frequently is not a season-ending offense. They are required to sit out a certain number of games because of the red card, and are subject to further disciplinary action as sanctioned by the league, but it frequently amounts to maybe 6 or 8 games before they are back on the field. Just trying to put things in perspective here.

If the BSU player were to press charges then you'd get what you wish. Good grief. It's a violent, testosterone filled sport where physical domination wins the game.

I'm sure that Boise State player will take tougher hits this season and will be teased enough for that look on his face when he got clocked.

Seriously though, there have been cases of criminal prosecution for what happens on the field/rink/court, but they are rare. I remember an NHL player etting arrestedfor assault a few years back. Boise State elected not to pursue charges, proabbly because the little jackass who got punched begged for it by getting all up in the face of a guy whose football team just took a stinging defeat ealy in his senior season.

This stuff about criminal prosecution was not nearly as loud when Miami and South Florida got in that brawl a couple seasons ago. Makes a cynical person think that folks don't mind it when black people are beating up each other, but theylose their lid when the guy on the receiving end of the blow is a little white dude.

I just do commentaries on youtube when the subject strikes me.

I am not even a sports fan. It was all about timing, not the color of anyone's skin. But I can see your point, but it's not right. And yes, the guy taunting was an asshole who should be punished too.