CFL Player's Season Is Over, And Suffered Life-Altering Injuries, After Receiving A Brutal Punch Directly To The Nuts During A Game
Source -- The CFL came down hard on Regina product Josh Hagerty on Thursday, suspending the B.C. Lions defensive back for two games after he allegedly stuck a member of the Montreal Alouettes in the groin twice during their Week 15 matchup.
According to reporting by 3DownNation, Alouettes running back Liam Talbot received two blows to the groin during special teams play, neither of which was penalized by officials.
The damage from the blows was so severe that Talbot needed surgery that has been described as life-altering and will end his season.
I don't think there's a single fella out there who would disagree with the fact that you'd rather somebody punch you square in the face than unexpectedly clock you in the nuts. If you are going to sucker punch me, I'd rather have a black eye than a bruised sack. The black eye is pretty sick, all things considered. It carries a level of mysteriousness to it in your day-to-day life. But your balls exploding because some psychotic asshole decided to bash your nuts in during a football game?
There's just no place in sports for some demonic shit like this.
We all know that sports--especially football--are ultra aggressive and violent. The competitive nature causes some guys to lose their mind a little bit and snap. Again, I don't think there's THAT big of an issue with a guy randomly punching you in the face during competition. That's just part of the game sometime. But to club a dude's cock and balls so hard that he sustained "life-altering" injuries and requires surgery? That crosses a line.
There are only a small handful of guys who should ever punch your balls in the first place, and those are your absolute best friends. Not your close acquaintances or your very good friends. But the couple of guys who you know will be your best friends until the day you die. Those guys can hit you with the sack tap here and there. A little cup check from the boys is fine. Even if they get you a little too hard and it feels like your balls are now lodged in your chest, that's what best friends are for.
But some random dickhead on the other team in the middle of a special teams play? It's crazy for that idea to even pop in the mind of this Josh Hagerty fella. You have to have so many screws loose to even think about just punching a dude in the cock. But he looks exactly like someone who would do that.
Brent Just. Getty Images.He looks like a guy who probably got in a ton of trouble as a little kid for biting in school. Someone who has zero understanding of where the line is, or that there is even a line to begin with that shouldn't be crossed. He probably had a couple of older brothers who turned him into a raging lunatic, and now society is stuck paying the price.
I just don't know if a 2-game suspension is a harsh enough punishment to fit this crime. This might need to be where "an eye for an eye" comes into play here. If this poor Liam Talbot guy ends up losing a ball because of these ball bashers, he should be able to return the favor.
Sidenote: Some athletic company out there needs to find a way to invent a cup that is comfortable to wear. Maybe some sort of compression short with a kevlar crotch.