After yesterday's Boise State win over Oregon, Oregon senior tailback Legarrette Blount sucker-punched a Boise State player and then went beserk before being pushed into the Oregon locker room. Here's the video. There was some provocation. The Boise State player taunted Blount and slapped Blount's shoulder pads. But the provocation was nothing compared to what Blount did. Upon seeing the incident on video, University of Oregon officials quickly decided to suspend Blount for the rest of the 2009 season and effectively end his college football career.
It appears that they are going to keep him on scholarship though.
I agree with the punishment.
For his own good, Legarrette Blount needs to get out of big-time football for awhile.
But I also have some sympathy for Blount. High level athletes are expected to play with enormous intensity, reckless abandon, and testosterone-fueled aggression. But athletes are also expected to keep their emotions under rigid control at all times when they're not playing football and serve as role models for good citizenship.
It's an impossible demand and I'm surprised more athletes don't just go berserk like Blount did yesterday.
Anyway, I hope Legarrette Blount gets things worked out.
He certainly has my good wishes.
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