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J.J. Watt Says Ejecting College Football Players For Targeting Isn't Right

by Staff Reporter

September 18, 201769 Comments

Shanna Lockwood-USA TODAY Sports

There was several college football player ejection this past Saturday as a result of targeting penalties, including two LSU players- linebacker Donnie Alexander and defensive end Neil Farrell.

Both Alexander and Farrell were ejected for separate targeting calls for hits on Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald at Davis Wade Stadium during the second half of the game.

NFL superstar JJ Watt of the Houston Texans disagrees with how targeting penalties are enforced and sent out this tweet on Saturday night:

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Since the penalties against Alexander and Farrell happened in the second half, both players are required to sit out the first half against Syracuse this Saturday.

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TigerSpray•80 months

Ejecting Child Molester referees should be legal - haul their a$$ straight to prison.

Mr. Hangover•80 months

If it's blatantly obvious that there is malicious intent in the head to head contact, players SHOULD BE EJECTED... both of the chickenshit ejections for LSU were absolute and complete horseshite

km•80 months

Concerning Alexander's ejection: he left his feet, launched into the players head with his head down. This is a textbook example of why the rule has to be enforced.

STRIPES•80 months

These subjective calls alter a game too much. There is simply no reason to eject a player for what in many cases is just an accidental collision. Ejection for the second offense maybe but not the 1st. It is a game altering penalty and when there are two in a game? Come on man.

atltiger6487•80 months

players brains are getting scrambled, so college and pro are both trying to adapt their rules accordingly. And it's the right thing to do. Severe penalties (and ejections) are supposed to make players adapt their style of tackling. Yes, some ejections may seem unfair, but I thoroughly agree with the rules and the protection of the players.

burke985•80 months

Hey if you don't want scrambled brains then don't play football.

airfernando•80 months

I appreciate Watt speaking out; these ejections are stupid. Sometimes is next to impossible to keep helmets from hitting. Our guys did not launch into Fitz.

Lexman1•80 months

The problem is: Everything is subjective to interpretation. I do agree with trying to keep brain trauma down, as I suffer from a cavernous angioma tumor. But football is a violent collision sport, so there's really no way to prevent it.

TxTiger82•80 months

JJ is definitely wrong about this one. Targeting is a clear cut rule to prevent the most dangerous plays in football. Honestly, I don't think the rules go far enough -- I'd be in favor of a SEASON-LONG suspension for two targeting penalties in the same year. I don't care if you are the future #1 pick or a walk-on -- if you accumulate two of these, that means you are out to hit people in the head which should not be tolerated.

Lsu101205•80 months

Did you even see the targeting calls? One of our two targeting calls was a dudes helmet just hitting the other dudes helmet. If you think someone should be told they cant play because they made a tackle and a ref made a stupid call, then I have every right to tell you one more post like this one and you cant post for a year.

STRIPES•80 months

Get real man. All you guys are going to do is pussify football to the point that you kill it.

ChewyDante•80 months

I'm proud to be the 50th downvote on that post.

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ForeverEllisHugh•80 months

I agree with JJ - a penalty is one thing but ejections should be reserved for egregious actions, not hitting a guy wrong in a split-second moment within the game.

PortHudsonPlaya•80 months

Helmet to helmet hits are what costs me a D1 scholarship and future.

Musa I of Mali•80 months

And racing cost Dale Earnhardt his life be we aren't going to stop racing. I played D1 ball, you know the risk going in just like hockey, mma, boxing. Hate to see what's happening to football

Lsu101205•80 months

A D1 scholarship sure, but a future? It might not be the future you envisioned but what happens in the 4 years of high school shouldn't define your life.

STRIPES•80 months

And how many other players had knee injuries, shoulder injuries, etc. Which altered their football careers? It is part of tge game and you accept that possibility when you choose to play. If you don't want to be hit or accept the risk then go play flag football.

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LZ83•80 months

They didn't even knock down Fitz on one of those "targeting" calls.

p0845330•80 months

Mangling the English language, like the writer did by the first sentence, should also be penalized with ejection from the keyboard.

LSU Patrick•80 months

It's okay to jump on a player's abdomen when he's defenseless on the ground, but don't run into his helmet on accident!

Chuker•80 months

How are you going to determine whether is was on purpose or not? Ask the player?

beauchristopher•80 months

You can use your brain and watch Chuck

ready4something•80 months