Should NFL players be criminally prosecuted for on-field violence?

Hot Air ^ | November 17, 2019 | Jazz Shaw

[sport]

It doesn’t go anywhere when they are arrested.

[elteemike]

Beat me to it, but Maximus asking the crowd “Are you not entertained?” was my first thought reading the headline...

Just guessing but I’d almost bet if some linebacker ripped the head off a running back, there’d be a very significant % of the crowd who’d really get off on seeing it...Beer sales would double...

Rollerball is where this whole pro “sports” phenom is headed IMHO...Or maybe they should just skip all that in-between stuff and go right to the Coliseum...

[Telepathic Intruder]

Yes, that's the famous scene where he says "Are you not entertained?".

I think there would be a large percent of the population who would be paying customers to a Roman-style blood-and-gore gladiator fight. That would give them, to quote Maximus again, "something they've never seen before".

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

I’m satisfied with how it’s being handled right now. The cops have already said that they’re not going to pursue charges against Myles Garrett unless the victim (Mason Rudolph) files a criminal complaint. Rudolph has already said that he won’t, and hasn’t up to this point, so the point is moot on this one. The loss of pay for the games Garrett is missing is at least a couple million dollars, so his penalty is MUCH greater than if he were being sued for it and it would be pocket change for Rudolph, it would never offset the amount spent on lawyers and court costs. Rudolph is right to just call it good.