Presumably most of you heard this on the news:
Brawl fallout
Miami, FIU have 31 players suspended for role in fight
Posted: Sunday October 15, 2006 11:34AM; Updated: Monday October 16,
2006 12:23AM
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- After reviewing a sideline-clearing brawl
between players from Miami and Florida International, officials from
both schools and their conferences on Sunday announced the suspension
of 31 players -- 13 from the Hurricanes, and 18 from FIU.
Each suspended player must sit out his team's next game for taking
part in the ugly melee that marred the teams' Saturday matchup.
[snip]
It's the third on-field incident involving the Hurricanes in their
last seven games. And there's been plenty of off-the-field ones, too.
-- Several Miami players fought with LSU players following the
Tigers' 40-3 win in the Peach Bowl, a brawl that quickly escalated
into an out-of-control melee in the tunnel leading from the field.
-- Shortly before the Miami-Louisville game Sept. 16, virtually the
entire Hurricanes' roster jumped on the Cardinals logo at midfield --
an act widely viewed as a taunting gesture. Afterward, several Miami
players chided teammates for their involvement in that incident.
[Entire story at
<<http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/10/15/miami.suspensions.ap/index.html>>]
I wonder if anyone else agrees with me that a more appropriate
punishment for players (HS, college, pro, whatever) who get into
fights on the field would be to be summarily booted off the team and
not allowed to play again. Obviously whatever is being done now is
not enough to stop such incidents from happening . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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