[Husker] Joel Klatt's Chad May moment, live on ESPN(.com)

[Smith, William]

Generally I have no problem with rules that protect players.  When I first thought of this it seemed that such rules tend to skew things in balance of the offense.  Then I considered that even though the guy with the ball is "marked" on a particular play, so is every defender.  I suppose cheap shots could just as easliy be associated with blocks as they are with tackles.   

Of course the challenge is defining what is cheap?  Was it a cheap shot that took Willis Mcgahee (sic?) out of the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State a few years back?  In many ways it looked as if the defensive guy was going right for his knee?  What if a husker had done that?  Would will be willing to see the rules apply equally?  

It would seem that part of what would constitute a cheap shot is the intent of the player.  e.g. Was he aiming for the head?  for the knee?   

(btw, who was it a few years back, was it a KSU player?, that claimed NU played "dirty"?)

Bill Smith
Towson MD 



-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of j j
Sent: Sat 12/24/2005 11:13 PM
To: George Rapp; Husker List
Subject: Re: [Husker] Joel Klatt's Chad May moment, live on ESPN(.com)
 
I know this is an old post but have been too busy  to read the list lately. I think one way to slow down cheap shots is to  make the person lose as many games as the victim of the cheap shot if  they got hurt. In other words: if a qb takes a cheap shot from a  linebacker and gets hurt and is out for one or more games the  linebacker also cannot play in those games. Of course this will work  better in the NFL where they usually say how long a player is out. And  of course this would be without pay in the NFL. If the player loses all  season to injury or even his career then so does the person who  committed the cheap shot. This would be for shots that drew flags not  just some coaches or announcers call of a cheap shot. Maybe it wouldnt  work but I think guys would have to think twice before making a cheap  shot. 
  
  

George Rapp <george.rapp at gmail.com> wrote:  On 12/22/05, Dick Karre  wrote:
>
> I believe Bosworth's comments came after he was suspended. In Klatt's
> case,
> a concussion will likely keep him out of the bowl game and he is a senior,
> so there isn't much the NCAA could do to him anyway. His point, BTW, is
> that
> the NCAA should adopt the NFL's rules regarding helmet-to-helmet hits on
> QBs.


Dick -

Not directed at you in an ad hominem way, but you've pointed out exactly why
I think the tone of the interview (and the interviewee) is so whiny ...

The article mentioned that the defensive player who applied the hit incurred
a 15-yard unnecessary-roughness penalty for the infraction.  What other
measures (short of ejection from the game -- or immediate lethal injection
on the sideline) is Mr. Klatt suggesting the NCAA implement to protect
quarterbacks?  Air bags?  Sumo suits?  8^)

George
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