Originally Posted by Sparky

Eh. I'm trying to stay impartial. He did hit a 4 year old kid with a switch. If the kid was 8 it's a different story, four is pretty young.

Child abuse, at least by my estimation, implies a notion of a sort of sadistic intent or mental derangement by the perpetrator. This comes off more as absent mindedness. I'm not saying just because he's imitating his father it isn't child abuse, but as it being the primary motive it seems more defensible than it on its own.

Should it be punished? Certainly. It's going to be a slippery slope if your going to go this route. A lot of hall of famers may not have become so. I believe that the NFL has the aptitude to punish accordingly on a case by case basis without steeping over and targeting everything. However putting AP in perspective with all the other abusers--who've done worse, no less--in that view, it doesn't seem fair.


Something tells me companies are only going out for a while like they tend to do. Kobe, Tiger, Ray all had their issues but eventually got their sponsors back. A.P might have to sit it out, and come back with another team.