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We were discussing the outrageous actions by Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, who stomped on the helmet-less head of Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode, and my wife (a lawyer) pointed out that there's legal precedent if Gurode wants to file a lawsuit over the matter. In 1973, Cincinnati Bengals running back Boobie Clark delivered a cheap shot to Denver Broncos safety Dale Hackbart. The play, which Hackbart recounts here, resulted in Hackbart suffering a fractured C4, 5, 6, and 7 vertebrae on his neck, an injury that ended his career. Hackbart filed a lawsuit over the incident.Hackbart v. the Cincinnati Bengals became a precedent-setting case. The courts ruled that in a professional football game, an intentional infliction of an injury by one player on another is grounds for a lawsuit. With that precedent on his side, Gurode, who needed stitches, should sue Haynesworth. Haynesworth still has two years left on the six-year, $9.6 million contract he signed as a rookie, but there has been talk that the Titans would work out a new deal with him. If that's true, I'd love nothing more than to see Gurode get a big chunk of Haynesworth's signing bonus.
Shockingly, Peter King reported on NBC that the league is not likely to suspend Haynesworth. However, Titans coach Jeff Fisher most likely will suspend him. If that's true, good for Fisher and bad for the league. Haynesworth's discipline is probably the biggest decision of Roger Goodell's brief tenure as commissioner. If he lets Haynesworth off with a fine, he's gotten off to a very bad start.
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