Steelers-Browns brawl is about Myles Garrett and avoiding violence in the NFL
Feature - November 21, 2019
Last Thursday night in Cleveland, Ohio, millions of football fans nationwide witnessed one of the most stunning and horrific endings to a football game in the history of the sport and the NFL.
In the days since the primetime incident, especially on Friday, there has been criticism from some inside and outside of the sports world regarding Mason Rudolph’s involvement in the incident and his deserving of a suspension from initiating it. There seems to be a lack of understanding as to why Rudolph did not receive a punishment for his actions in the scuffle when even his teammate, Maurkice Pouncey, did with a three-game suspension.
For anyone who is erring on the side of those questioning the inequality of the NFL’s reprimanding, thought must be given to the focus of the league in responding to this incident and handing out specific suspensions. That focus is to take necessary action to keep acts of violence out of the game, and that violence came from Myles Garrett in this instance.