According to ESPN.com, Pittsburgh Steeler James Harrison is considering retirement after being fined $75,000 for what the NFL calls an illegal hit. Here's what his agent had to say:
"This is a very serious issue. James is very concerned about how to play football. If James is going to be fined $75,000 for making a legal tackle, then how do you go play football? It's quite frustrating to James, to Coach Tomlin, to me, to everybody."
It was nice of Harrison's agent to speak for Coach Tomlin. In any case, this was predictable based on the intense reaction to the fines and tough talk surrounding Sunday's various helmet-to-helmet hits (although I'm still not sure that the hit on De Sean Jackson was illegal). Other players may threaten the same sort of response in the coming days and weeks.
The good news is cooler heads will prevail. First, what the hell else are these guys going to do for a living? Second and more importantly, this situation is fixable. NFL defenders changed their approach to hitting quarterbacks, so I'm sure it can be done regarding "defenseless players." After all, these are some of the best athletes on planet Earth.
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