Rudolph's agent hasn't ruled out legal action against Garrett

[GNG]

Rudolph's agent weighs legal options from melee

 

[CaptainStubing]

eh, i would be surprised if they actually filed charges. garrett is getting a ton of punishment already from the league and is losing a bunch of money.

 

[GNG]

eh, i would be surprised if they actually filed charges. garrett is getting a ton of punishment already from the league and is losing a bunch of money.

Rudolph could file legal action against Garrett for assault.

 

[CaptainStubing]

Rudolph could file legal action against Garrett for assault.

i understand he 'could' ..... i just don't think he will

 

[Carnzo]

That would be stupid and make a bad thing worse.

 

[GNG]

That would be stupid and make a bad thing worse.

If somebody hit me over the head with a helmet I would.

 

[Carnzo]

If somebody hit me over the head with a helmet I would.

Meh, I have a thick Irish Italian skull.
I wouldn't press charges, just get an ice pack and get on with my day.

 

[GNG]

Garrett should be suspended for the rest of the season without pay and forced to undergo anger management counseling.

 

[CaptainStubing]

and the league will encourage them NOT to press charges. they want this to go away as quickly as possible and that would just drag things out.

 

[Carnzo]

Garrett should be suspended for the rest of the season without pay and forced to undergo anger management counseling.

Agreed.

 

[Mofo]

Rudolph could file legal action against Garrett for assault.

There's no legal precedent for filing criminal charges against an opposing player for violence, even if it exceeded the rules. In fact, quite the reverse. In 2004, Todd Bertuzzi, then playing for the Vancouver Canucks fulfilled a "bounty" on Colorado's Steve Moore, approaching him from behind in stride, and driving him face-first into the ice. It ended the guy's career, and despite a call for criminal charges, he received no punishment, and surrendered only a small amount of money after protracted years of civil suits.

In comparison, this was a helmet-swinging incident, in which no one was hurt, and there was limited build-up to the incident in question.

 

[GNG]

There's no legal precedent for filing criminal charges against an opposing player for violence, even if it exceeded the rules. In fact, quite the reverse. In 2004, Todd Bertuzzi, then playing for the Vancouver Canucks fulfilled a "bounty" on Colorado's Steve Moore, approaching him from behind in stride, and driving him face-first into the ice. It ended the guy's career, and despite a call for criminal charges, he received no punishment, and surrendered only a small amount of money after protracted years of civil suits.

In comparison, this was a helmet-swinging incident, in which no one was hurt, and there was limited build-up to the incident in question.

If this had happened out on the street Garrett would be in jail.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Rudolph could file legal action against Garrett for assault.

Garrett should be suspended for the rest of the season without pay and forced to undergo anger management counseling.

First off Garrett is suspended without pay for the season.

Second. Let's not act like Rudolph is a little choir boy. IMHO Rudolph is just as guilty as Garrett. We just don't know what all happened.

 

[The Derski]

 

[GNG]

First off Garrett is suspended without pay for the season.

Second. Let's not act like Rudolph is a little choir boy. IMHO Rudolph is just as guilty as Garrett. We just don't know what all happened.

So you equate what Rudolph did with what Garrett did.

 

[Debbie Does]

I think the same issue came up after the Ted Green - Wayne Maki hockey fight in the sixties. Both were charged with assault, but acquitted. I seem to recall that they ruled that hockey is a physical game with frequent body contact, both players understood this and played willingly so it was not a matter for the police.

 

[Carnzo]

I think the same issue came up after the Ted Green - Wayne Maki hockey fight in the sixties. Both were charged with assault, but acquitted. I seem to recall that they ruled that hockey is a physical game with frequent body contact, both players understood this and played willingly so it was not a matter for the police.

THIS

 

[Mofo]

If this had happened out on the street Garrett would be in jail.

Yeah, but it didn't. It happened on the field of play, and no prosecutor would agree to file charges against something that happened in the heat of play.

If Albert Haynesworth only got 5 games' suspension for taking off Andre Gurode's helmet and ripping his face apart with his stomping cleat, then I find it ridiculous that Garrett would get more punishment. Something must've changed.

 

[Myles]

If this had happened out on the street Garrett would be in jail.

There are lots of things in football that wouldn't be tolerated on the street.

Wouldn't it suck if players started filing charges against opposing players who lead with their helmet? Late hits?

 

[Tapey]

There are lots of things in football that wouldn't be tolerated on the street.

Wouldn't it suck if players started filing charges against opposing players who lead with their helmet? Late hits?

Being tackled? Because I’m pretty sure that’s frowned upon in the streets