No suspension for Tommie Harris

[Mr. Scot]

Wow :nonod:

The apparent rationale is that Harris already missed most of one game after being ejected last week, so no point in making him miss another one.

Dante Wesley missed half a game after his hit on Clifton Smith, but was suspended the next week anyway. Wesley's infraction was a hard hit on a special teams play. Harris threw a punch to the head of Deuce Lutui while he was on the ground after a play was over.

I think the league owes Wesley an apology, and a game check.

(no, he won't get it, but he should)

[Jase]

wow.

How can the league be that blatantly inconsistent.

How many games was Haynesworth suspended for stepping on that guy? I consider them almost on the same level.

EDIT: Just looked it up, 5 games. wow.

I fully expected Harris to get 2 games for that.

[KillerKat]

Bullsh*t!!!

[Epistaxis]

I'm not surprised.

He didn't get him solid. Kinda a basketballesque slap-n-tickle.

Not that it matters, as I said before the season started, Tommie Harris is already washed up, the injury he sustained took away what made him special, the first step.

[Kevin Greene]

Giant pile of Bull Dung.

The Bears are featured tonight on NFL Network. There's the reason.

Fug Goodell.

[Epistaxis]

meh.

I'm the furthest thing from a Bears homer.

I just didn't think it was that bad.

Illegal? Yes. Cheap shot? Yes.

I doubt it even hurt the other guy, wasn't like a stomping.

He got tossed on the 4th play of the game, so he essentially served a game suspension.

Seems appropriate to me, and again, I'm not a Tommie fan and don't think the Bears chances are that much better with him in the game tonight.

He is mediocre at best.

He doesn't have a history.

1 game and a fine works for me.

[Mr. Scot]

Hard hits are a normal art of the game. Punches to the head are not.

I had no problem with Wesley's suspension, but I do think Harris deserves one as well.

[dimbee]

[PanthersFanNY]

He used to be so good. The one injury really took all that away?

[dimbee]

He used to be so good. The one injury really took all that away?

Yup. Tommie's greatest asset was his burst off the line. He's not the same without that burst

[God]

The bears are terrible.

[dimbee]

Awesome insight. You could be on ESPN and stuff

[Mr. Scot]

Giant pile of Bull Dung.

The Bears are featured tonight on NFL Network. There's the reason.

Fug Goodell.

I don't buy the notion that this was favoritism to the Bears. I think the decision was honestly based on the rationale they gave. I just don't happen to agree with that rationale.

Suspension costs a game check. Haven't checked the rules, but I'm pretty sure ejection doesn't. I think Harris deserves to lose a game check. Of course, he could still be fined, and if so we'll see how much. That may equalize things a little.

There's also a certain school of thought (from the old "spanked at school, spanked again at home" way of doing things) that if you do something that's worthy of ejection, you probably also deserve at least one game off. Not sure I buy that entirely, but I see the logic.

While we're at it, how does this stack up against Mike Smith's actions this past weekend? Should he have had to stay away from a game?

(leaving out that this week happens to be against us)

[Guild]

Alright I love double standards!

Larger market means more leeway to break the rules and generally act like an overpaid thug.

I love you commissioner Goodell you set the bar for fair and equal treatment of all teams and players across the NFL.

What a frickin joke, Wesley got suspended and ejected for making a mistake that occured as a result of trying to play the game. Harris hits someone on the ground which is in no way part of playing the game and only gets ejected. Hooray for an idiot commissioner.