VIOLENCE IN SPORTS

Every thinks that hockey is the most violent professional sport being played. Recently a poll was taken asking if the fans would want the violence to stop in the game, and the answer was overwhelmingly a ‘No’! The fans think and like the fact that violence and fighting is part of the sport.

Last summer there was a big investigation into the New Orleans Saints play to maim attitude: seriously injure an opponent to get him out of the game. A number of players and coaches, including the head coach were implicated and fined and or suspended.

Then this past Sunday, the Houston Texan’s quarterback, Matt Schaub was injured so badly by a vicious hit that it knocked his helmet off his head and he lost a part of his left earlobe! The culprit, Broncos defender Joe Mays hit Schaub with the intent to hurt and the so-called tackle was illegal. They should suspend Mays from ever playing the game again, fine him big bucks and let it be a reminder that there is no place for that kind of ugliness. Football is a rough sport without having headhunters roaming the field.

In baseball as football, you can’t put your hands on an official, and that is exactly what Bill Belichick did at the close of the Ravens/Patriots game after the Ravens kicked the winning field goal to drop the Pats to a 1-2 record.

I often wonder about the coach, if he thinks he is a sacred institution to the league, who can demand everyone be accountable to him? He will probably receive a heavy fine and they should suspend him too, because the arrogance the man exhumes from deep down inside becomes obnoxious. Maybe he has no respect for the officials because they are the scapegoats for the players and coaches for poor play and coaching. Granted the league should be cancelling the games, because with the substitute officials and refs, they are putting out a sub-par product for the fans to pay for. But no matter what, if you take the field, you play by the rules, big shot coach or not.

That's all I wrote, folks!