UT Player attacks a fan

[Deeeefense]

Watch #21 for UT grab a fan and shove him into a woman and they both go down:



#21 for UT is Omari Thomas. If I were head coach of a team that had a player do that they would be told to clean out their locker no matter how many stars they had besides their name. Someone could have gotten badly hurt there.

 

[backinky2018]

The fan would be within their rights to press charges, but if UT had an ounce of decency (they don't), the player would be suspended.

 

[rick64]

 

[footerball]

He should be fined and made to wear a diaper

 

[*CatinIL*]

ThUg Tee being ThUg Tee!

Suck it orange!

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

That's a real good way to get your university sued. If Tennessee's athletic director has any sense, this will be dealt with quickly.

 

[YardCat]

Nothing will happen, fans shouldn’t be on the field in the first place. Losing players emotions are running high, he will apologize for losing his composure and “It will be handled within”. UT is the Kansas of NCAA basketball, minus not winning anything.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

In fairness, I was looking at some of the Tennessee boards, and a lot of fans were suggesting he be suspended even some suggesting he should be kicked off the team. They agreed that he had no business doing that.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Nothing will happen, fans shouldn’t be on the field in the first place. Losing players emotions are running high, he will apologize for losing his composure and “It will be handled within”. UT is the Kansas of NCAA basketball, minus not winning anything.

Until the home team's have to forfeit, it will never stop.

And the revenge of the nerd rally last night in Nashville and somehow chucking a giant goal post into the city's river is cool. I dont get it personally.

If anyone else throws something that big into the river and is caught, I'm pretty sure they get in trouble.

I agree as well on the players. They will handle it internally and nothing will happen. I couldn't imagine trying to leave the field or court and having a bunch of drunk morons surrounding u talking smack. I'm not defending the action of the UT player at all as you can't do that but whenever these things happen it never surprises me.

 

[m080470]

Total Bull$hit defending that player. Fans shouldn't be on the field but a few things that some of the sites (and I think SEC Country is one) are reporting it was a male Arkansas cheerleader so he has.every right to be out there. Second, there was no menacing behavior from the fans that I saw, certainly not the one who was shoved, unlike the situation we had at Arkansas when the Harrison's were here and a couple of Arkansas punks were trying to throw down with Aaron at the end of the game.
If you're in a crowded mall at Christmas season, at Disney World, going into a sporting event, you don't have the right to grab and shove another person walking through the crowd, that's assault. And that's exactly what happened in that video.

 

[STL_Cat]

Stay off the field and you won’t get pushed down by a player, that’s pretty simple.

 

[STL_Cat]

The fan would be within their rights to press charges, but if UT had an ounce of decency (they don't), the player would be suspended.

Fans don’t belong on the field, I’d win that litigation with my eyes closed.

 

[Bluegrass79]

Throw me down like that and I'm going to lay there and call Morgan and Morgan before I get up.
Which they should anyway

 

[STL_Cat]

Throw me down like that and I'm going to lay there and call Morgan and Morgan before I get up.
Which they should anyway

I’d say

“where did this happen, did the player come into the stands and attack you?”

“No sir, I was on the field.”

“*click*, dial tone*”

 

[HYTCHYE ISLAND]

I’d say

“where did this happen, did the player come into the stands and attack you?”

“No sir, I was on the field.”

“*click*, dial tone*”

Doesn’t take away from the fact that this (rushing the field) happens a LOT. And….each and every player out there knows this. They need to act accordingly. Not go and throw someone to the damn ground like the street thug that he is! Think he would’ve done this on their home field to one of their fans? Doubt it. Omari Thomas should be suspended at the very least!

 

[STL_Cat]

Doesn’t take away from the fact that this (rushing the field) happens a LOT. And….each and every player out there knows this. They need to act accordingly. Not go and throw someone to the damn ground like the street thug that he is! Think he would’ve done this on their home field to one of their fans? Doubt it. Omari Thomas should be suspended at the very least!

I’ve been banging the KEEP THE FANS OFF THE F’N FIELD drum for as long as people have been doing it. It’s always a disaster waiting to happen when a bunch of drunk idiots run onto the field through an emotional bunch of athletes after taking a loss. As far as I’m concerned you assume all risk when you run onto the field in that situation. If you get crushed by a player I feel zero sympathy for you.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Doesn’t take away from the fact that this (rushing the field) happens a LOT. And….each and every player out there knows this. They need to act accordingly. Not go and throw someone to the damn ground like the street thug that he is! Think he would’ve done this on their home field to one of their fans? Doubt it. Omari Thomas should be suspended at the very least!

The fans don't act accordingly and that's the primary issue. IU and it's thug fans almost trampled poor Miller in basketball n December 2011.

Most players act very professionally despite dealing with leering morons and drunks and the dregs of society up in their space and I commend them for it.

I'm not defending this UT player as he should have done the same but these goofy court and field stormings are out of hand and so cliche and dangerous for all parties.

 

[Grumpyolddawg]

Nothing will happen, fans shouldn’t be on the field in the first place. Losing players emotions are running high, he will apologize for losing his composure and “It will be handled within”. UT is the Kansas of NCAA basketball, minus not winning anything.

I dislike the vols and their trash program as much as anyone, but I agree with this. But reality to this is the vol was on the field heading to the dressing room, doing what he was suppose to be doing after the game, the fan buying a ticket doesn't give him a right to be on the field. The reason for this is to avoid situations like this. When the Vols beat Bama a Bama player grabbed a female vol by the neck. Neither happens if fans stay in the stands.

 

[christophero]

My first thought was stay off the field. Not a fan of storming. But this was deliberate and way more than pushing a fan out of the way to get to the locker room. Both are at fault. But so is ESPN/networks as they continuously televise these stormings.