Sunday, October 09, 2005

Now eye get it

So, Jeremiah Trotter pushes an Atlanta Falcon before Monday Night Football and he is ejected before the game gets started.

But when the beloved Ronde Barber of the Tampa Bay Bucs throws his arm during a game and makes contact with an umpire's eye, it's inadvertent.

At least that how the game officials and the ASSOCIATED PRESS called it:

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tampa Bay cornerback Ronde Barber inadvertently punched umpire Butch Hannah in the eye when he swung at New York Jets center Kevin Mawae during an altercation in the second quarter of their game Sunday.
After the Jets got the ball on the Buccaneers 8 on Ty Law’s second interception of the season, Curtis Martin rushed for 3 yards. After the play, Mawae and Barber got into it. While the two were yelling at each other, Barber took a swing at Mawae with his right hand — but missed and landed a punch toHannah’s right eye. Hannah was sent sprawling to the field, holding his face, but he got up quickly.
Hannah appeared to be OK and stayed in the game, but was rubbing the eye afterward. Barber was flagged for unnecessary roughness but not ejected, giving the Jets the ball on the 2. Martin ran it in on the next play for his first touchdown ofthe season, giving New York a 7-6 lead with 7:32 left in the half.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home