Oh, please!!!! The NFL sells violence for crying out loud!! Has anyone ever watched those idiots on ESPN ooh and aah when a good hit is made? While this guy's actions were beyond the pale, asking such a mental midget to turn it off and on is asking too much. The bitching and crying over this guy's actions is just as hypocritical as the NFL's decrying gambling and then posting game statistics for fantasy league gamblers.
As a matter of fact, athletes, in general, get away with WAY too much. Does anyone remember Latrell Spreewell? How about Kermit Washington? How about Roger Clemens throwing at Mike Piazza's head? How about Juan Marichal hitting Johnny Roseboro in the head with a bat? The list goes on and on and will continue to do so as long as morons like these are tolerated, even promoted.
Enjoy the games. Pretty soon, it will be all Rollerball, anyway.
"Oh, please!!!! The NFL sells violence for crying out loud!! Has anyone ever watched those idiots on ESPN ooh and aah when a good hit is made? While this guy's actions were beyond the pale, asking such a mental midget to turn it off and on is asking too much."
There is a huge distinction between a legal bone jarring hit and the crap that Haynesworth pulled. Yes the NFL sells a violent game, but that violence is controled by rules, rules that get updated every season to protect the game. And no it's not to much to ask players to turn it off and on. The friggin rules are the rules. Haynesworth knew what he was doing, and now he will pay the price. If you don't like the NFL don't watch it.
That's part of the sport. They wear pads, and knowingly take their chances. There is an objective difference between a good hit made in the course of play and an intentional stomp in the face after the play is dead. You play the game, you take some chances that those "good hits" could injure you. No one, however, expects to get a cleat in the eye after the play is over.
There is a BIG difference between a hard hit and assaulting a player. I forgot who the player was, but there was a baseball game where the batter kicked the cathcer in the face because he got an inside pitch. These kinds of actions are not part of the game and should never be tollerated.