It goes with out saying that purchasing a ticket to an NFL sport doesn’t provide the proper to shove gamers, however right here we’re. After a DeAndre Hopkins scored a big-time fourth quarter landing he was celebrating near the wall, when a Payments fan reached over and smacked him onerous on the helmet, earlier than doing the identical to Lamar Jackson.
Lamar wasn’t having any of it.
Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth have been fast to sentence either side, however sorry, I don’t subscribe to that mess. It might be one factor if Hopkins leapt into the stands, or tried to impress opposing followers — however this was a reasonably commonplace celebration. Simply because Hopkins is in shut proximity to followers doesn’t give them the precise to achieve over and smack them within the head, merely since you’re bitter they only scored in your ass.
We will clutch pearls about Lamar retaliating, however give me a break. It is a grown grownup fan considering he can get away with being a horse’s ass, as if his ticket comes with a bonus perk of treating athletes like rubbish. In the event that they’re going to effective Jackson for making contact with a fan, effective — ban this idiot for all times then as properly. In any other case simply depart either side alone and let this be a message to different morons that for those who decide a struggle with an NFL participant you may get popped again for it.
