OL Arrested for Punching Ref

[Choctaw_fan]

This is truly unbelievable. I know the line between sports and violence is very thin but this was unacceptable. There is video but no audio to know what was said between the group of players and the ref. http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id...rmer-arrested-suspicion-battery-game-official

It appears to me that children today are not taught restraint and self-discipline. How many times do we want to punch someone, ram another car, or just scream at the top of our lungs because of injustices. But, as adults, we know there are consequences for those actions. I guess time outs and sitting in the corner just doesn't work!

 

[peezy28]

That kid was huge... his football career is over all on one bad emotional decision.

 

[xcat1969]

That kid was huge... his football career is over all on one bad emotional decision.

6'5", 270.

http://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/fball/2016-17/bios/schirmer_bernard_ljdy

 

[Silver King]

Damn the LSU Guard's cheap shot at the end of LSU / Wisconsin game now this. I'm pulling those guys O-Line cards.

 

[Neutral 0bserver]

Lotta O-linesmens goin postal all of a sudden! Maybe - for his own safety - it'd be a good idea to put Silver King in protective custody?

 

[BStreak]

Damn the LSU Guard's cheap shot at the end of LSU / Wisconsin game now this. I'm pulling those guys O-Line cards.

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Come on! He didn't know he went down. Thought the play was still live.

 

[Choctaw_fan]

I still want to hear what was said. I don't think you'll get the whole story until you have that.

 

[anon_00zx5879k0jmw]

The kid was banned for five years but the school says it was "accidental"!!!! I have no words for the school saying it was an "accident"....

https://www.seccountry.com/sec/ol-bernard-schirmer-suspended-five-years-for-punching-official

 

[Silver King]

Five years. Stupid bastard should have let the "Gift of Snap" work for him and worked that rage to get to the NFL. Once there he could have got it all out of his system and prolly would have just sat for a week or so.

Adrian and Ray and most of the15 NFL players arrested for violence against women the last two years didn't catch anything that strict.

Also he's being discriminated against because he's an O-Lineman. If he had a Heisman Trophy like OJ, who killed two people, he'd get off too.

 

[Choctaw_fan]

5 years! That kind of means his career is over, right?

 

[Silver King]

yes

 

[MarkECannon]

Damn the LSU Guard's cheap shot at the end of LSU / Wisconsin game now this. I'm pulling those guys O-Line cards.

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Hey Silver King, going to see America and Three Dog Night at Ruth Eckerd Hall in February.

 

[xcat1969]

He's very likely to do a bit of time for battery, too.

 

[anon_00zx5879k0jmw]

Difference is this college and not the NFL. Your a student first and player last and being a player it's considered an extra-curriculum activity. I glad the kid got banned IMHO, there is no reason for what he did to that ref, none.

 

[anon_00zx5879k0jmw]

5 years! That kind of means his career is over, right?

Unless he can find another conference to play with as it was the conference that banned him for 5 years. So he could transfer if another conference and college would take him. But I doubt it as he may need to be cleared throught the NCAA, I don't know the rules on this.