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Tennessee's Haynesworth suspended 5 games for stomping on lineman's head
Yahoo - AP ^ | 10/02/06 | TERESA M. WALKER

Posted on 10/02/2006 2:38:38 PM PDT by Borges

Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth was given a five-game suspension -- the longest for on-field behavior in NFL history -- for stomping on Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode's head and kicking him in the face Sunday.

The NFL said Monday that Haynesworth was suspended for flagrant unnecessary roughness. The suspension, which is without pay, is effective immediately. Haynesworth will be eligible to return Nov. 19 for the Titans' game at Philadelphia.

"There is absolutely no place in the game, or anywhere else, for the inexcusable action that occurred in yesterday's Titans-Cowboys game," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said.

Haynesworth was penalized and ejected from the game early in the third quarter after stomped on Gurode's head, causing his helmet to pop off, then kicking him again following a 5-yard touchdown run by Julius Jones of the Cowboys.

Gurode received stitches above his forehead and beneath his eye.

"What I did out there was disgusting," Haynesworth said Sunday. "It doesn't matter what the league does to me. The way I feel right now, you just can't describe it."

Titans coach Jeff Fisher said Haynesworth's actions were unacceptable.

"I felt there needed to be some serious action taken from a discipline standpoint, and I believe that what the league has done right now is adequate," Fisher said.

Jones had just scored on a 5-yard run, putting Dallas up 20-6 in what wound up as a 45-14 victory. Gurode said they hadn't been talking or having any exchanges that led to Haynesworth kicking him twice.

"In all my years of football, this has never happened to me. I've never been kicked in the face like this, and I've never seen anybody kick nobody else in the face," Gurode said.

Before Monday, the longest suspension for on-field behavior was two games for Green Bay defensive lineman Charles Martin for throwing Chicago quarterback Jim McMahon to the ground during a game on Nov. 23, 1986. McMahon landed on his shoulder.

It's the first suspension since 2002 Rodney Harrison, then with San Diego, was suspended one game for hitting Oakland's Jerry Rice with his helmet. Earlier that season, Denver's Kenoy Kennedy was suspended for a game for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Chris Chambers of Miami.


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Only Nigras and Mexicans write on walls.

Say what?

21 posted on 10/02/2006 2:52:39 PM PDT by rogue yam
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To: justche

Reminds me of the original " Rollerball "


22 posted on 10/02/2006 2:52:56 PM PDT by Renegade
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To: TChris

The comment was removed. Yours, which repeats the weird statement, should be removed, too.


23 posted on 10/02/2006 2:53:27 PM PDT by Defiant (There is no god but AOL, and Muhammad uses Messenger.)
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To: Defiant
The comment was removed. Yours, which repeats the weird statement, should be removed, too.

Agreed.

24 posted on 10/02/2006 2:54:41 PM PDT by TChris (The United Nations is suffering from delusions of relevance.)
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To: justche

Yes he should be prosecuted criminally.


25 posted on 10/02/2006 2:56:12 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: TChris
It's the mentality dude. This guys makes millions this is how he handles this shit? You explain it to me.
26 posted on 10/02/2006 2:57:39 PM PDT by BIGZ
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To: TChris

No. 21 also. By the way, good job exposing that odd post and getting it removed. No need for that here.


27 posted on 10/02/2006 2:57:43 PM PDT by Defiant (There is no god but AOL, and Muhammad uses Messenger.)
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To: thinkthenpost

Haynesworth knew he screwed up, and admitted it last night.


28 posted on 10/02/2006 2:58:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: BIGZ; Admin Moderator
It's the mentality dude. This guys makes millions this is how he handles this shit? You explain it to me.

You're really having problems with your language today, man.

29 posted on 10/02/2006 2:59:40 PM PDT by TChris (The United Nations is suffering from delusions of relevance.)
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To: thinkthenpost
I think a 5 or 6 game suspension is good, and the matter ought to be closed as long a Haynesworth does not re-offend.

As I said on another thread, Haynesworth may end up wishing for a much longer suspension than that. I'm sure there are lots of guys in the NFL that'll be eager to give him an on-field lesson in sportsmanship when he returns to play.

30 posted on 10/02/2006 3:01:28 PM PDT by CFC__VRWC (AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
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To: CFC__VRWC

"I'm sure there are lots of guys in the NFL that'll be eager to give him an on-field lesson in sportsmanship when he returns to play"

He'd better be wearing a titanium cup when he returns to the field.


31 posted on 10/02/2006 3:03:14 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
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To: Borges

The NHL suspended Bertuzzi for a year. In this case, if the guy had died or been severely hurt, the sentence would have been longer. I hate that, he should be penalized based on what COULD HAVE happened.


32 posted on 10/02/2006 3:04:01 PM PDT by Rippin
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To: CFC__VRWC

Excellent observation Mr. CFC__WRWC:
Offensive linemen on any team he faces are going to be VERY offensive for quite some time methinks


33 posted on 10/02/2006 3:04:31 PM PDT by thinkthenpost
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To: vpintheak

Exactly. He scarred a man for life just as if he slashed hime with a knife. No difference.


34 posted on 10/02/2006 3:05:01 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: thinkthenpost
"Everyone including Chris Collingsworth who is talking about calling the cops and charging with battery and so on ought to just shut up."

Should everyone that disagrees with you on anything shut up, or is there a reason that those who disagree with you on this particular issue should shut up?
35 posted on 10/02/2006 3:05:33 PM PDT by Moral Hazard ("That's why I vetoed the 'Johny can't read so let's get Johny laid' bill" - Mr. President)
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To: Borges

#@$%^! coach, I warned you my 'roids weren't properly adjusted!

36 posted on 10/02/2006 3:05:48 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Moral Hazard

Authorities are prepared to prosecute if Andre Gurode gives the ok. Just announced in ESPN.


37 posted on 10/02/2006 3:12:15 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: Borges
Geez! Why all the surprise and disgust?

This level of reaction seems equal to the latest revelations in "steroid baseball".

My questions to all you "play nice football" start with; what do you think happens when you pump developmentally arrested, adolescent, millionaires with synthetic hormones? Would you suggest a separate rule book for their behavior? On or off the field?

Where are congressional hearings for the NFL? Let's start with that one.

38 posted on 10/02/2006 3:14:32 PM PDT by free from tyranny
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To: Moral Hazard
Well since you ask, as I stated at the top on the post, it is my opinion and worth what you paid for it, but it is ridiculous to think the NFL would want the civil authorities involved anyone who believes that is crazy, which again is my opinion.
The incident took place on the field of play, there were no foreign objects, (although if you have ever been spiked or cleated it really is unpleasant) were used, the offender was dealt with during the game, and now by the league. You can argue the severity of the punishment but the talk of criminal charges starts a slippery slope no one wants to go down, when does a hit become too vicious, how do we know he wasn't aiming for the quarterback's knee, Hey ref he bit me and I lost the fumble that I'd just recovered? I know lets call the cops and let the DA and grand jury decide. I hate it when the ref's calls markedly affect the outcome of a game, imagine the cops having to sign off on it, nope the Titans won, T.O. had a foreign object screwed into the bone on his hand, Cowboys disqualified.
39 posted on 10/02/2006 3:19:38 PM PDT by thinkthenpost
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To: justche

Oh please... NFL and NBA are nothing but thug wanna be punks... you really think they would honestly fire anyone for that sort of behavior? Please....

They make too much money hocking faux bling to the poor to every actually make one of these bafoons truly pay for acting like a clown.


40 posted on 10/02/2006 3:21:40 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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