gotta give dariderfan some credit for acknowledging that a rider player got away with a slap on the wrist. Imagine a rider fan having the integrity to stand and demand that a rider player get the real punishment that he deserves :twisted:
I havent heard any different, I can't imagine that it was a large amount if they won't say how much it is. But my question is this. How can a player get fined/suspended on a perfectly legal hit?
its only a dirty hit if he meant to hit him in the helmet andor if he meant to injure him. It is clear to anyone objective that he was aiming lower, that his intent was only to tackle, maybe cause a fumble, and that Wynn ducked into his helmet.
personally, I dont care if they fined suspended or did nothing. What gets me is that one guys is only fined while another guy is suspended. The only rational I can think of is that in their judgement, the one helmet to helmet was intentional, while the other was not.
Helmet to helmet tackles are legal in the CFL, as long as there is no intent to injure. Was there a flag on the play? No, meaning it was a legal hit. Perhaps you should have a look at the rules.
I challenge you to find and post any rule that directly and clearly backs up what you say without it being subject to interpretation Cause I can find no such rule, which surprised me.
quoting george black "we're trying to enforce a rulebook that says you cannot contact a quarterback above the shoulders. period. we can't determine intent. we'd have to be mindreaders. sympathetically, in schultz's case, wynn ducks alittle bit."
leader post 07/28/06