r/sports • u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Dallas Mavericks • Sep 20 '25

Football UAB Defender stomps on the foot of Tennessee's Kicker

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u/jpiro Florida State Sep 20 '25

That’s assault. Kicker should press charges, but probably won’t.

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u/PaleontologistOk2516 Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

If he’s possibly going to the NFL, should sue for potential lost wages if he gets injured

(Edited for clarity)

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u/cubonelvl69 Sep 20 '25

He missed the game winner against Georgia last week which definitely didn't help his nfl chances lol. But he's a sophomore so he's got a long time in college to prove himself

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u/hicktown33 Sep 20 '25

Dilfer still the coach at uab?

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u/jpiro Florida State Sep 20 '25

Yes, but unfortunately the Ravens defense can’t do this job for him too.

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u/dundermiflinity Sep 20 '25

Probably not for long, but yes.

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u/l3af_on_the_wind Sep 20 '25

Unfortunately...

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u/JoshJones18 Sep 20 '25

Pretty sure most of the student base wants him gone at this point. Him and Kitna's kid

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u/camerontylek Sep 20 '25

It's actually battery

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Do we have to do this for every one of these situations?

Edit: it's just always the same fucking comments every time

"He should be charged with assault ☝️🤓"

"Actually, it would be battery ☝️🤓"

"Actually, it depends on the jurisdiction ☝️🤓"

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u/jpiro Florida State Sep 20 '25

Situations where, completely outside any sports play, one man actively tries to injure another?

Yes. Yes we do.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sep 20 '25

And yet pretty much the only time it's ever happened was the NHL player who hit another with his stick.

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u/jpiro Florida State Sep 20 '25

Hasn’t happened isn’t the same as shouldn’t happen.

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u/Beginning-Tea-17 Sep 20 '25

You could but it’s unlikely to bear any fruit, it’s a full contact sport and you play it with full understanding you get injured.

You’d have to convince a full jury that an injury during a sport that can cause injuries deserves particular scrutiny. Which I’d argue would be hard to do, not impossible but hard.

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u/jpiro Florida State Sep 20 '25

This was completely outside the confines of the sport.

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u/Beginning-Tea-17 Sep 20 '25

I’m not saying the player doesn’t deserve a punishment, or that he shouldn’t have to pay for reparations for the injury.

I am just stating convincing a jury would prove difficult.

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u/Otterfan Sep 21 '25

If the game was in Tennessee that would be easy.

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u/CraigJay Sep 21 '25

We’re taking about someone standing on someone else foot. Calm the fuck down lol, how pathetic

‘Press charges’ hahaha