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Originally Posted by Capt Canuck
Incentivizing hits that injure players immediately invalidates any respect you say you have for your opponent. How hypocritical would it be (has it been) for William's coached defenses to get into the typical players prayer circle, while a player is being stretchered off, knowing one of them is getting a bonus check because of it.
As a Seahawks fan, over the years watching Jacob Green, Rufus Porter, Julius Peterson, etc... drop a QB made me giddy as a schoolgirl at her first Beber concert; however, if they subsequently kicked him in the junk or spit on him, well not so much.
IMHO, paying an injury bonus is the same as any form of disrespecting your opponent or to make it more hyperbolic, disrespecting your fellow human being.
Also, isn't another big issue the source of the bounty funds? I thought some dodgy folks were involved in that?
Off topic: Harrison became the poster boy for 'dirty hits' because of his lack of contrition. Watch 3 or 4 games a week and we all see hits that go unpenalised that likely would have got him hit with a $50k fine.
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- Well said Canuck and I absolutely agree with those two first statements.
- I'm not sure if you mean Harrison's previous tackles were legal or illegal in your eyes, not with Gooden's, because I don't see eye to eye with Gooden that much when it comes to him handling Harrison.
And I don't know if you ever played football at all or even as young little kid, but Harrison's lack of contrition comes from how he was taught to play the game at his early stages. Most coaches go about teaching their players on putting their opponents in there place even if it means getting hurt.