Phillies Fan Got What He Deserved

As many of you know, I hate fans who act idiotic and ruin things for the rest of us. Last night, A Philadelphia Phillies fan got what was coming to him. 17-year-old Steve Consalvi ran onto the field at Citizen's Bank Park on Monday, where he was Tasered by a police officer.

Now instead of going to class today, this moron has to stand in front of a judge and be charged with criminal trespassing. There are some bleeding hearts who are whining that the use of a Taser was excessive, I could not disagree more. I think the officer did the right thing, using non-lethal force in subduing a fleeing suspect. The way the world is today, officers do not want to take any chances in dealing with suspects.

Tasers are actually quite safe in taking down a suspect and are preferred to using pepper spray. Before an officer is allowed to use a Taser, they must be Tasered themselves. Consalvi was not injured at all and 90 seconds after he was subdued, he was up and walking off the field.

I personally hope this use of a Taser at a sporting event will keep other stupid fans from trying to run onto the field. As I have said before, 99.5% of sports fans act like civilized human beings, it is the other .5% who give the rest of us a bad name and are part of the reason prices go up at events. Maybe this event will change some minds in morons, however I doubt it.

New NCAA Taunting Rule Has Bad Idea Written All Over It.

This week the NCAA's Playing Rules Oversight Panel has approved three rule changes for college football. Two go into effect this season and the new taunting rule starts in 2011.

The first rule change has to do with wedge blocking on kickoffs. The new rule says that when the team receiving a kickoff has more than two players standing within two yards of one another, shoulder to shoulder, it will be assessed a 15-yard penalty -- even if there is no contact between the teams. This one is pretty cut and dry and coaches should be able to make these changes on special teams.

The second rule has to do with the banning of personal messages on a player's eye black. This started with Reggie Bush writing 619 on his eye black as a nod to his hometown of San Diego and continued with Tim Tebow writing biblical verses on his eye black.

I really do not have a problem with this rule either because I personally do not care what statement you have to make on your eye black anyway, but if you just ban phrases that might be deemed offensive, that can open up a big can of worms. So it is probably best just to ban it all. I actually wanted to see someone on defense against Tebow with 666 on his eye black.

Now the rule that has most people talking is the new taunting rule. Starting in 2011, if a player is penalized for taunting an opponent on his way to a touchdown that play will be nullified. Currently, that would be a deal-ball foul and assessed on the ensuing kickoff.

But the new rule will make it a live-ball foul, meaning if a player holds the ball out in a taunting manner as he's crossing the goal line, does some type of somersault heading into the end zone or high steps his way into the end zone, the touchdown will be called back and the penalty will be assessed from the spot of the foul.

I do not like this rule change at all. To me it is way to subjective. For example, say a Tennessee player is streaking towards the end zone late in the fourth quarter for the go ahead touchdown against Florida. A Gator dives at his legs to try and trip him up and he high steps out of it and high steps the last five yards into the end zone. Is that taunting?

I do not want to be that official who throws that flag. You can just hear the outcry when the first one is thrown in the SEC. I have said this many times, one day a referee will get assaulted or even killed by fans for making a subjective call like that in a big game. I do not want that to happen, but if you put this rules into effect something bad will happen.

One thing to remember is that excessive celebration penalties won't fall into this category. So if a player is called for dancing in the end zone with teammates, that by rule is still a dead-ball foul and will be assessed on the ensuing kickoff.

This is also very subjective as well, just ask A.J Green and the Georgia Bulldogs.

Ladies, A Little Manly Advice

There has been something gnawing at me for about a month and a half since my last relationship ended. I wanted to take some time and think about it so that my emotions were not all askew. I also wanted to look at what has happened to other relationships and see if I am not the only one with this idea. So ladies, here is a little advice from a man about relationships.

Ladies, DO NOT talk to your friends about a problem in your relationship before you talk to your boyfriend about it. It can only make things worse. This has happened to me on more than one occasion. A little tiff about a comment or action between a girlfriend and boyfriend can turn into an international incident once the friends get involved.

Let's say for instance you have mentioned to your girlfriend that you are looking to lose a few pounds and how you plan on accomplishing your goal. Your girlfriend then tells you how proud her doctor was that she has lost 11 pounds since she started her diet. You then reply, "Great! How much weight are you looking to lose?"

Now, I see this as an innocent question after a couple has been dating for a decent amount of time and you are both very comfortable with each other. Even after the fact that the man says he hoped that question did not offend her. Two days later, after talking it over with her friends, they all now believe that you called her a pig and you are the scum of the earth.

Look, I know that ladies are sensitive about their weight and their appearance, but you have to give a man some credit. Most men are not stupid enough to flat out call their girlfriend fat.

I understand that girls will talk to their friends about everything, but when a problem arises ladies, talk to your man before you hang him out to dry and your emotions take control. You think your friends can give you the best advice when in reality it is more like the Nuremberg Trials and the sentence has already been given.

Yes, I know it is much easier to just go to your friends and tell them what happened, but if you want a relationship to keep going communication is the key. You have to listen and talk to each other and not get your friends involved. And when I say talk, I mean TALK. Do it in person or at least over the phone, having an argument over text or IM is just plain gutless.

I hope I shed a little light on the subject.