Salt in the Wound

mjf150 · 10-06-2006, 08:35 AM

Dr. Z of SI wrote the following in his recent rankings:

New Orleans Saints (3-1)
Will linebacker Scott Fujita be suspended for five games? Yeah, right. I thought that what he did to Panthers star Steve Smith was worse than the Albert Haynesworth stomping thing. What did he do? Took a run at Smith and then took a full running dive at both of his knees, with the ball already gone elsewhere. So why no severe penalty, at least not at this point? Because the NFL, as you know, is into image, and while the image of the Haynesworth incident was an "Oh, my God, how horrible," Fujita's foul, while potentially more dangerous than what Haynesworth did, was on the other side of the field, away from the play, and not noticed by many.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...rt2/index.html

10-06-2006, 08:35 AM	#1
mjf150 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 770	Salt in the Wound Dr. Z of SI wrote the following in his recent rankings: New Orleans Saints (3-1) Will linebacker Scott Fujita be suspended for five games? Yeah, right. I thought that what he did to Panthers star Steve Smith was worse than the Albert Haynesworth stomping thing. What did he do? Took a run at Smith and then took a full running dive at both of his knees, with the ball already gone elsewhere. So why no severe penalty, at least not at this point? Because the NFL, as you know, is into image, and while the image of the Haynesworth incident was an "Oh, my God, how horrible," Fujita's foul, while potentially more dangerous than what Haynesworth did, was on the other side of the field, away from the play, and not noticed by many. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...rt2/index.html
mjf150 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 770