The rich get....

[t96]

Poorer?

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5530/michael-bennett

 

Eagles DE Michael Bennett has been indicted on a felony charge of injuring a 66-year-old paraplegic woman at Super Bowl 51.

The 66-year-old woman was working at Houston's NRG Stadium trying to control access to the field. A warrant in the state of Texas has been issued for Bennett's arrest. Then a member of the Seahawks, Bennett attended the Super Bowl to watch his brother Martellus. Michael was accused of shoving his way onto the field after the woman told him to use a different entrance. Bennett faces a penalty of up to 10 years in prison in addition to a $10,000 fine.

[Captain Morgan]

wow

[YoungPanthers89]

10 years in prison for "shoving"

 

yeah ok

[t96]

Question: is shoving a young healthy woman you know into a bed of guns worse than shoving a paraplegic woman you don’t know into the ground? 

 

If if not then Bennett should be immediately commissioner exempt listed while Eagles have to eat the cap hit.

[Zaximus]

1 minute ago, thomas96 said:

Question: is shoving a young healthy woman you know into a bed of guns worse than shoving a paraplegic woman you don’t know into the ground? 

 

If if not then Bennett should be immediately commissioner exempt listed while Eagles have to eat the cap hit.

This is a good point.    And in Hardy's case, it was a lady that had a ton of issues and I think arrests before herself, and still, he got crushed. 

Though he did it RIGHT after Ray Rice so bad timing on his part.  

[Johnny Rockets]

10 minutes ago, Captain Morgan said:

wow

wow indeed

[Ricky Spanish]

11 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Question: is shoving a young healthy woman you know into a bed of guns worse than shoving a paraplegic woman you don’t know into the ground? 

 

If if not then Bennett should be immediately commissioner exempt listed while Eagles have to eat the cap hit.

Devil's advocate:

No they aren't equal because this situation doesn't have the label of "domestic violence" attached to it. 

He pushed a stranger. A paraplegic older woman stranger, but still a stranger. 

While it doesn't look good, it's not quite the same PR hit that Hardy and Rice were. I don't anticipate anything coming of this but I've been wrong before. 

[t96]

3 minutes ago, Cracka McNasty said:

Devil's advocate:

No they aren't equal because this situation doesn't have the label of "domestic violence" attached to it. 

He pushed a stranger. A paraplegic older woman stranger, but still a stranger. 

While it doesn't look good, it's not quite the same PR hit that Hardy and Rice were. I don't anticipate anything coming of this but I've been wrong before. 

We’ll see. Bennett’s had a lot of bad press and that’s really all that matters here. I doubt much of anything comes of it legally, however the league doesn’t care about that and I would bet on him getting at least a several game suspension.

[CPcavedweller]

28 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Poorer?

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/5530/michael-bennett

 

Eagles DE Michael Bennett has been indicted on a felony charge of injuring a 66-year-old paraplegic woman at Super Bowl 51.

The 66-year-old woman was working at Houston's NRG Stadium trying to control access to the field. A warrant in the state of Texas has been issued for Bennett's arrest. Then a member of the Seahawks, Bennett attended the Super Bowl to watch his brother Martellus. Michael was accused of shoving his way onto the field after the woman told him to use a different entrance. Bennett faces a penalty of up to 10 years in prison in addition to a $10,000 fine.

A month and a half later? For the State, the best they get is a misdemeanor and at worst the case gets dropped. Overzealous prosecutors trying to make political grandstands always overcharge stars. This will get headlines and will likely help the DA win votes for a future move in politics. 

[Khyber53]

The story made it to the front page of NFL.com. I seriously doubt if it will be brushed under the carpet now.

I haven't had much good to say about him or his brother, this won't help much. 

There must be something more to the shove than just a simple push.

[trucpfan]

6 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

A month and a half later? For the State, the best they get is a misdemeanor and at worst the case gets dropped. Overzealous prosecutors trying to make political grandstands always overcharge stars. This will get headlines and will likely help the DA win votes for a future move in politics. 

Ding ding ding

[Skack25]

The real question here is... why on Earth is there a retirement age, paraplegic, security guard in the first place??

[4Corners]

 Both of the Bennett brothers seem to be terrible humans. 

[Jon Snow]

42 minutes ago, YoungPanthers89 said:

10 years in prison for "shoving"

 

yeah ok

..a 66 year old paraplegic? Yeah I would say it's in play.