I'm offering an official apology here...

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by dblanch66

what about grabbing a guys nuts, pinching his inner thigh skin, biting, scratching, punching, elbowing ribs..etc. If you've ever been in the bottom or middle of a pile, all this shit goes down including the spitting. Football is a rough sport for rough guys. spitting happens ALL the time. just ask anyone who has played. Bottom line is, it never really bothered me.

I played football for 11 years, so I know all about the dirty stuff. But if spitting in someone's face is so common, then how come it's such a big deal when it happens? When Housh accused ST it was a big news, and then Taylor got fined $15K when he did it against the Bucs in the playoffs. Remember when Romanowski spit in JJ Stokes' face? He got ridiculed big time. Spitting in a guys face isn't as common as you think. I got elbowed and punched a few times in piles, but never had my nuts grabbed (you're an idiot if you're not wearing a cup to begin with), was never bitten (facemasks make that kind of hard), and never spit on.

Trust me, if this kind of stuff went on all the time at the bottom of the pile, players would get caught a lot more often, and called out by other players a lot more often.