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

[I Love Lamp]

Similar thing happened in a WVU vs TTU basketball game a few years ago. Not much was done.

West Virginia player gets slap on the wrist for punching court-storming Texas Tech fan

 

[hog88]

Do / say stupid stuff while at work and especially in front of customers then absolutely. Talking smack around a charged athletic event on your own time - I’d hate to do that then have to defend it in court against a competent lawyer. My morality meter tells me that it’s not a just consequence.

TN is an "at will" state, you can be fired for anything other than sex, race, religion and other protected designations. Making a stupid twitter post isn't protected.

 

[Volfan574]

Eh, based on that video, criminal assault seems too much. He definitely needs to be punished but should be football related. Send the message that crap wont be tolerated but no reason to ruin the kids life for the actions I see on that video.

IMO he should sit out the rest of the season.

 

[Smokey7]

There's some punks on that team from the southwest

 

[walkenvol]

TN is an "at will" state, you can be fired for anything other than sex, race, religion and other protected designations. Making a stupid twitter post isn't protected.

If you are fired for something that your employer isn’t firing everyone for then you have a case for litigation. Unless his employer is firing every employee for making a stupid tweeter post then he is somewhat protected.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Serious comment by me--->Bama sends video to SEC office for review of officiating. Perhaps Bama should submit this also and that will let them know how undisciplined they are and in turn get penalized.

Lighthearted jab at rival by me-->Hits like this are why they had no shot of bringing Jalin Hyatt to the ground. Poor tackling technique. Heck the girl might have scored 5 times too with that tackling execution.

 

[mpfvol]

It was unnecessary and could have been his way of trying to provoke someone to retaliate, it's not like he slugged her but he did initiate contact in both occasions.

This right here if he would have gotten his faced rocked after smacking her the bama players would have jumped in and then said its because the people stormed the field . But it was his fault for initiating and assaulting her to begin with .

 

[WilcoVolsFan]

It's about to get ugly for ol' Steve.

I'm not a cancel culture kind of guy, but what a F'n idiot. Took me about 5 min. to find him online (he lives in Tennessee), identify his employer, and the head of HR at his company.....who happens to live in the same county as the young girl that he cheered being assaulted.

He also has a daughter about the same age too. So no excuse as well as no class.

 

[hog88]

If you are fired for something that your employer isn’t firing everyone for then you have a case for litigation. Unless his employer is firing every employee for making a stupid tweeter post then he is somewhat protected.

Someone always has to be the first. Dude would have no case.

 

[walkenvol]

IMO he should sit out the rest of the season.

IMO, a video apology to the young lady, his teammates, and both universities and a bunch of stadium stairs seems appropriate. He did inappropriately put his hand on her but he didn’t appear to hurt her.

 

[Arrested Devolopment]

A situation like this is worst case scenario for the SEC and Bama, even Tennessee in a lot of ways. This exact scenario, or the opposite, with a Vol fan punching a Bama player/coach, is why there are rules and fines for rushing the field. Imagine how much chaos ensued on that field.

Is Burton a scumbag for this? Absolutely. But I’m not sure the SEC, or anyone for that matter, wants to start chasing down these incidents, because they don’t want to open that door. It’s a liability nightmare for both schools and the SEC.

So, rushing the field = the Purge?

 

[walkenvol]

I'm not a cancel culture kind of guy, but what a F'n idiot. Took me about 5 min. to find him online (he lives in Tennessee), identify his employer, and the head of HR at his company.....who happens to live in the same county as the young girl that he cheered being assaulted.

He also has a daughter about the same age too. So no excuse as well as no class.

So you reached out to his HR department concerning his tweeter post? If so, how is it you don’t identify with the cancel culture?

 

[The_Big_Orange]

to everyone defending this or justifying it.

I would have a really hard time believing that you do not think that it’s ok to hit women if you think they deserve it.

 

[mpfvol]

I’m a lot older than most people on this board I’m sure, but I’m shocked at the number of people here defending him or brushing it off. Guess I’m just old fashioned but I was always taught that you never hit a woman unless she assaults you. That young lady did everything in her power to avoid him. Whe she realized their paths were going to cross she stopped and veered around him to the point he had to fully extend his arm to strike her. He should have had his butt mobbed right then. The fact he didn’t is a testament that it was not a hostile environment. It’s the defense of stuff like this that I just shake my head at know the world is upside-down morally and my days are gone. I’m just an old out of touch dinasaur.

Even though your a Bulldog fan you are correct . I feel the same but I am also older and former Marine dude would have gotten his face rocked . It was classless and unnecessary.
But his fellow players would have jumped in even though he started it and would have blamed it on the field rush instead of what it was assault for no reason other than you were a sore loser .

 

[walkenvol]

Someone always has to be the first. Dude would have no case.

Your opening yourself up for litigation if you fire someone for being late unless you have a written policy in place that is equally enforced to all employees. The guy absolutely has a case unless his company has something similar concerning private social media posts.

 

[VolInNW]

This isn’t hard. If I am an Alabama player (shudder) leaving the field Saturday, I probably keep my helmet on (for projectiles), realize 25k drunk hyped up fans just stormed the field, and make my way deliberately and quickly to the locker room. Nothing good comes of anything else. I realize drunks are going to scream at me.

If nothing else works, I just picture the spittle-laden tirade my Lilliputian head coach is about to deliver to the locker room and stay centered.

 

[hog88]

Your opening yourself up for litigation if you fire someone for being late unless you have a written policy in place that is equally enforced to all employees. The guy absolutely has a case unless his company has something similar concerning private social media posts.

Just stop. There are plenty of examples of people being fired over stupid twitter and other social media posts.

 

[Alto1]

Any argument that invokes "fans shouldn't have been on the field" is a red herring argument.

Because it doesn't matter. It simply makes no difference.

Why not?

Because the Alabama player didn't smack the fans before they were on the field. He smacked them after they took the field.

They had already committed the grievous sin of getting excited and rushing the field to celebrate (how dare they?).

That having happened, everyone involved must reset their Morality Calculators. Because that part, fans on the field, is now a pre-condition for any decision about "what's the right thing to do?"

And the right thing to do is, obviously, don't hit other people who aren't threatening you. Don't hit a young woman who walks by talking on her cellphone.

It doesn't matter if she's smiling, and you're unhappy. It doesn't matter if she's in your path. It doesn't matter if she's wearing the colors of the team that just beat you. There are no valid reasons--no valid excuses--for hitting another person under those circumstances.

So, for those who want to try the "but she shouldn't have been there" defense, give it up. It's not a part of the calculation at the instant he swings.

Dude acted like a thug. Needs to sit out at least one game, and undergo mandatory anger management training. And if the folks he hit sue him for damages, he can pay that price, too. And if the NFL decides not to give him a chance to hit some other woman while in their employ, that's on him, too.

Bad decision, thuggish behavior.

Well stated!! Thanks for posting this.
Wouldn’t doubt if a lot of the same ones defending his behavior or excusing it do the same thing themselves. Birds of a feather flock together.
Also, for him to do this in that atmosphere at that moment, no telling what he has done and got away with in the past when no camera caught him when he doesn’t get his way. He’s a POS COWARD NO EXCUSE FOR HIM!!

 

[tennesseeduke]

Figured with the Alabama fans wanting to start rumors of someone getting beat up Saturday, it would be good to start this thread to show evidence of Jermaine Burton assaulting a girl.

Only thing any Bama player hit Saturday night

 

[VOLS INC.]

If either of my sons did this. The police, a lawyer, their coach, social media etc. would be the least of their worries. Because their mother and I would beat their A**!!!

We don’t hit women, we protect them!

 

[deatojl]

Your opening yourself up for litigation if you fire someone for being late unless you have a written policy in place that is equally enforced to all employees. The guy absolutely has a case unless his company has something similar concerning private social media posts.

Tennessee is an at will employment state, which means no reason has to be given at all to terminate employment. Here is an explanation from a quick google search. Tennessee recognizes the doctrine of employment at will, which allows the employer (and the employee) to terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause. The only way in which he would have legal grounds would be if he was specifically told he was being terminated for his social media post. Then, the company's policy on such behavior would potentially come into play. If his employer so chose, they could simply terminate employment without providing a reason.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

You can argue the legal merits of “she shouldn’t have been there” but frankly that’s the equivalent of telling a rape victim she shouldn’t have worn a skirt in that part of town.

The objective facts are: was he being harassed? The videos show that he was not. His life and person were not being threatened, nor was he being physically impeded in any way from leaving the field. Other Bama players were deeper in the crowd and did not feel the need to take such action.

Second: he committed the assault twice to two different people. That indicates a pattern that is not associated with a feeling of threat or harm but just anger.

So frankly, yes this is a huge deal and the fans are not at fault as all evidence indicates the player was completely unprovoked. He was not pushing fans away but physically reaching out to cause harm.

 

[N.ohio vol]

Got some Bama fans in this thread I believe. Got one arguing through half the thread.

 

[DuckinVol]

Your opening yourself up for litigation if you fire someone for being late unless you have a written policy in place that is equally enforced to all employees. The guy absolutely has a case unless his company has something similar concerning private social media posts.

The only person who might tell him he has a case is a lawyer who requires a big retainer. He might have been on his own time, but there was nothing "private" about the post, and he names his employer and his job title on his social media profile page. Anything he writes there can be rightfully viewed as a reflection on the company, and if that company deems it contrary to their business, he can be disciplined all the way up to dismissal.

People without a filter should at least not name their employer on their profile, and that would provide a small amount of defense.

 

[walkenvol]

Just stop. There are plenty of examples of people being fired over stupid twitter and other social media posts.

You clearly don’t have experience in these matters so I’m wasting my time - Go VOLS!