Head Butt article

1. What are your thoughts about this case? How did the video make you feel or think? Should the athlete be charged criminally for this act? Why/Why not?

I think that it was pretty crazy what happened. I don't get why someone would do something like that. That's just something that you don't expect in football, but we don't know if something had happened between these two players before it happened. I think that him being criminally charged is fine because he attacked him physically and this is what would happened to someone if it were outside of football too.

2. When competing in contact sports, should you have the same rights and protections as you would as an ordinary citizen regarding assault or should there be an expectation of violence? Why/Why not?

Well I think they should be the same if they literally start fighting during the game because most sports involve some contact. If anyone were to start fighting during a game it would pretty much be for the same reason if it were outside the game.

3. From each stakeholder perspective I want you to answer the following:
Here are the stakeholders: both players, each players parent, police (or state), teammates of both players, the coach, the athletic director and principal. FROM EACH OF THESE PERSPECTIVES I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS SO YOU SHOULD HAVE 9 different stakeholder perspectives!!

How would this make you feel?
What would you want done about this situation?
What would you do about this situation?

Player that head-butted the other player:
I don't feel good about what's happening to me. What I did was wrong but I think they are being a little to harsh, I don't think i should be charged for this. I will do anything else besides being criminally charged.

Player that was head-butted:
I don't know why this guy did this to me. I think that him being charged is what should be done because he attacked me.

Parent of the player that head-butted the other player:
I am very disappointed what happened was wrong and shouldn't have happened. I don't want my son being charged but this is what he gets for doing that.

Parent of the player that was head-butted:
I was so scared for my son. It's unbelievable that this happened, it's not something you expect to see in football. It definitely wasn't right, that boy deserves to be charged.

Police:
The criminal charge is definitely what the player deserves. He attacked the other player and it doesn't matter that it was during the football game, he still would have been charged if it were outside the game.

Teammates of the player that head-butted the other player:
We think that he shouldn't be charged, it's a little too much. He should just be suspened from a few games. He doesn't need to be charged.

Teammates of the player that was head-butted:
This was very shocking, nobody expected this to happen. The player should be charged.

Coach:
Our player's decisions was very wrong of him. He shouldn't have done that, but since he did he has to pay the consequences. It's his own fault.

The athletic director and principal:
What this student did is very embarrassing for our school. He made poor choices and it is only right for him to criminal charged. If the other family thinks this is what needs to be done then thats the right thing to do.