Much is being written about the sheer stupidity and outright lunacy of Albert Haynesworth's unprovoked attack on Andre Gurode. From this writers perspective the goon should be bounced from the league post haste. At what point anywhere, in any environment in society, is it considered okay to take a foot, wrapped in cleats, and stomp on the face of a man who's lying flat on his back on the ground? For no apparent reason. Maybe it is in that parallel universe known as professional sports, but not in mine.
Worse yet, and something no one has mentioned. Where were his teammates?
I can't imagine the type of bench clearing brawl that would ensue if that happened in a baseball game. How many ambulances, or better yet hearses, would they need to call if it happened in a hockey game? Would anyone reading this let it happen to a friend at a local bar without getting in at least one good shot at the assailant? But here we have the Dallas Cowboys: Sissies in tight pants.
I am stunned that not a single Cowboy took offense to one of theirs being stomped on by an opposing player. Not one Cowboy player could muster the gonads to even wag a finger in the face of the buffoon. If there's video of a confrontation of any sort, I haven't seen it.
I don't condone fighting in any sport. But I do expect my teammates to at least watch my back. If I were Andre Gurode, I would think twice about returning to a team that didn't give a hoot about me when I was at my most vulnerable.