Bama player appeared to hit woman as he left the field…

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VFL92 said:
Correct. If it went to a legal battle, while there’s certainly a case to be made vs Mr Burton, he (and the University of Alabama) could turn it right back around and say “Tennessee’s security team’s job is to protect the players on the field and ensure their safe exit and they failed to do that.” It’s not as black and white as we may want it to be.

In the end, everyone would lose in that scenario, and Tennessee would make sure that no one ever stormed the field again.
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I failed to see where his safe exit was jeopardized.he seemed to actively seek her out to inflict harm.
 
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SockeyeVol said:
That's a Strawman argument though. Nobody is going to say that simply being on the field will justify being struck.

The argument will be that 5,000 people being on the field, all of them very excited and quite a few of them also drunk and screaming about "redemption", creates a hostile environment...and Is beyond the ability of UT security to provide for the safety of the visiting players. And that UT is at fault for failing to control this.

There is precedence for this perspective. Just this Sept 21, Texas Tech fans stormed the field and assaulted a visiting player (and are being fined). Video of Texas Tech fan pushing Texas player illustrates the risk of continuing to schedule the Red Raiders

And remember "Malice in the Palace?" IIRC, the Detroit law enforcement ultimately did NOT prosecute Pacers players because the Pacers could reasonably claim they were in legitimate fear for their personal safety after Pistons fans came into the court. And this was despite players going into the seats to beat the stuffings out of a number of fans.

This is also why cops escort visiting coaches off the field after games. Visiting teams can feel threatened by a mob pretty quickly.

I sure as heck wouldn't have wanted to be down on that field wearing an Alabama uniform after that buzzer sounded and people started pouring onto the field.
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So, the player can push the fan....from what I have seen in the video, the girl was not attacking the player. She was not carrying a weapon or doing anything to the player that would make the player "justified" in hitting her. I see nothing in that video specific to his action on that girl that justifies his action. The precedence you provided stated "Texas Tech fans....assaulted a visiting player". The girl did not assault the player. The player had no justification for a self-defense claim from the videos shown.
 
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Just wanted to give props to the OP for the subject line... classic!

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Capt Straight said:
An Alabama player is under investigation for hitting several Tennessee fans when they rushed the field. What a classless lowlife!
Alabama wide receiver Jermaine Burton allegedly hit female Tennessee fan after loss
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Well what would you expect!!
First, it like all such incidents, are a stampede.
Second, this or any player of a losing team just wants to get the hel- off the field and to the dressing room.
Third, contact with crazed fans is/should be expected.
Fourth, THIS IS WHY IT IS A RULE VIOLATION TO STORM FIELDS OF PLAY AND TEAR UP EQUIPMENT. SAFITY FOR ALL CONCERNED.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Neither TN, Alabama, not the SEC wants to know anything about injuries that might've happened when several thousand people mobbed a field, committed mass vandalism, etc.

Folks are rarely charged with simple assault for pushing someone in the middle of a riot.

Let's face it. Worse pushes and fights happen pretty often in the stands at football games. Rarely do people get more than tossed from the stadium unless they perform a beat down on someone.
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To hit a woman is a cowardly act. Period..no discussion. She showed no harm toward that player.
 
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savannahfan said:
Well what would you expect!!
First, it like all such incidents, are a stampede.
Second, this or any player of a losing team just wants to get the hel- off the field and to the dressing room.
Third, contact with crazed fans is/should be expected.
Fourth, THIS IS WHY IT IS A RULE VIOLATION TO STORM FIELDS OF PLAY AND TEAR UP EQUIPMENT. SAFITY FOR ALL CONCERNED.
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Yep
 
#114
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NomadicTendency said:
The Steve guy is now posting apologies on twitter. Probably just lost his job and uprooted his entire life over a dumb comment. Just a bad situation for Al involved.
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Steve absolutely made a stupid comment, but what has our country become when you make a stupid comment while off from work and your employer fires you?
 
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Was on Fox and Friends - its not a good look for them, no matter what. They are likely to come down on that pretty hard just to make sure there is never a repeat.
 
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Volador said:
Let's hope that the leaders of the SEC are not composed of a bunch of sorry ass woke people, cuz if they are there, then they will castigate UT and UT fans for storming the field - which means that Mr. Burton was defending himself against a mob of crazy people wearing orange clothing materials and was within his right to slap down women and children.
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That young woman offered no threat to him. He sucker punched a woman. That’s about as low as a male can get.
 
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walkenvol said:
Steve absolutely made a stupid comment, but what has our country become when you make a stupid comment while off from work and your employer fires you?
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I agree and that’s why most companies are now training their employees about the dangers of social media. Heck I just a took a course yesterday regarding this exact scenario. Once your employer is tagged, they have no choice but to fire otherwise they are seen as endorsing or advocating the behavior regardless of when the post occurred.
 
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apevol said:
this ain't like making off color jokes at wild wings
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What is it then other than a stupid comment made by a emotional fan whose team just lost a very exciting rivalry game? Not like he was encouraging someone to assassinate the president or something? Maybe it was even a poor attempt at humor? I’m so glad social media wasn’t around when I was young to record even stupid and emotional thing I said.
 
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walkenvol said:
What is it then other than a stupid comment made by a emotional fan whose team just lost a very exciting rivalry game? Not like he was encouraging someone to assassinate the president or something? Maybe it was even a poor attempt at humor? I’m so glad social media wasn’t around when I was young to record even stupid and emotional thing I said.
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I mean its not that hard to not advocate for violence against women on a platform the entire world can see
 
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