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Originally Posted by Raven
the un-sportsman- like conduct done to the gronk
was unacceptable
and should have been backed with a HUGE FINE
and throw that bastard right out of the stadium!  |
That was the general consensus in our house yesterday.
The league wants to do all they can for the injured player AFTER it happens, and the player that hits them gets a "slap-on-the-wrist fine. If the league wanted to show they really had the balls, they would institute a game ejection clause for these plays, just like the "targeting" penalty they have in college football.
Add a mandatory game suspension with loss of pay and maybe, just maybe, there will be fewer intentional injury-intended collisions.
As I told my nephew yesterday, the Pats could have sent one of their guys out to retaliate, but that just wouldn't be our style.
I said what they WILL do is go out and beat the entire team, so that that one player will get the "waking the sleeping giant" response from his teammates...