Denizens, remember a couple of years ago when then-Tampa Bay Buccaneer thug Warren Sapp blindsided Green Bay Packer Chad Clifton on a play that was going away from him?
That hit ended Clifton’s season.  It should  have ended that punk-ass Sapp’s career.
Well, now the NFL stands on the precipice of outlawing cheap-assed shots like that – and none too soon, from where I sit.
The NFL Competition Committee meeting in Hawaii this week will recommend that blind-side plays on “unsuspecting” players — such as Warren Sapp’s block on Packers tackle Chad Clifton on a punt return two years ago — should be banished under the rules, league sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen on Tuesday.
If the proposal is adopted by owners at next week’s league meetings in Maui, it will be specifically written into a broader interpretation of the unnecessary roughness rule.
The proposed change came as the result of continued dialogue stemming from Sapp’s block on Clifton during a game between the Buccaneers and Packers on Nov. 24, 2003, in Tampa. The play on which Clifton was injured occured in the third quarter, on an interception by cornerback Brian Kelly, and far removed from the action. Video showed that Sapp launched himself into the unsuspecting Clifton, who had his head turned and appeared to be slowing down.Clifton missed the remainder of the 2003 season with severe pelvic injuries.
And as if that weren’t bad enough – not only was Sapp the Punkaneer not flagged on the play…the bastard wasn’t even fined.
Good on the NFL for finally stepping up and being men about all this.  A little late, but we’ll take it.
As for the Punkass, we take a perverse pleasure in noting that Tampa Bay let him go to the Raiders last year, where he thoroughly underwhelmed the league.
Looks like Instant Karma™ gotcha, Sapp, you fuckhead. (snicker)
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