Does a cheapshot define a football player?

[Uh-Oh]

This vid is of a cheapshot made after the play was over. It is between Boston College DE Mathias Kiwanuka, and UVA T Brad Butler. Some of you may have already seen this.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=217Hs_Mgw_Q&search=Mathias Kiwanuka

I think this guy is scum and a dirty player. I don't know anything about Butler or UVA.

Some UVA fans I spoke with say that was just one bad moment in a player's career and he should not be judged for it. He's a decent guy who got heated and acted badly. One said that the BC defense was playing dirty and Butler was responding to the dirty play.

What is your opinion on this?

 

[cowboynDC]

This vid is of a cheapshot made after the play was over. It is between Mathis Kiwanuka and Brad Butler. Some of you may have already seen this.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=217Hs_Mgw_Q&search=Mathias Kiwanuka

I think this guy is scum and a dirty player. I don't know anything about Butler or UVA.

Some UVA fans I spoke with say that was just one bad moment in a player's career and he should not be judged for it. He's a decent guy who got heated and acted badly. One said that the BC defense was playing dirty and Butler was responding to the dirty play.

What is your opinion on this?

Cheapshot is an understatement for this. His bad reaction could have been season ending if not career ending for Kiwanuka. He was allowed to play on while BC lost a LB, because he retaliated. If BC was playing dirty, then hit them harder. Marcus Vick's accidental (yea, right) stomping of the leg was handled after the game by VT. Did UVA handle this cheapshot artist (disiplinary action)?

 

[Uh-Oh]

He was suspended for 1 game.

I don't think Butler ever apologized.

"I play hard, and I play through the whistle," Butler said. "I have no comment on [the chop-block]. The refs didn't call a penalty on me on that play."

http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=24533&pid=1342

Totally without remorse. That could have ended Kiwanuka's career and his earning power in the NFL before he had a career.

 

[ComicBookGuy]

Aside from the obvious BS that he did get called for a personal foul, any UVA fan that actually stuck up for him is as big a moron as this guy.

If UVA only suspended him for a game, then they should be ashamed and so should their conference and not stepping in and making it more severe. IMO, he should be kicked out of the conference.

Plays hard my butt. He plays like a wuss. "He's a decent guy who got heated and acted badly." His obvious lack of remorse shows otherwise. He isn't a decent guy. Is he still playing at UVA?

 

[Crown Royal]

Every player does something or other that can be called 'dirty' at some point in their career.

But that was maliscious and unforgivable.

 

[Uh-Oh]

Aside from the obvious BS that he did get called for a personal foul, any UVA fan that actually stuck up for him is as big a moron as this guy.

If UVA only suspended him for a game, then they should be ashamed and so should their conference and not stepping in and making it more severe. IMO, he should be kicked out of the conference.

Plays hard my butt. He plays like a wuss. "He's a decent guy who got heated and acted badly." His obvious lack of remorse shows otherwise. He isn't a decent guy. Is he still playing at UVA?

Butler was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in this draft. Kiwanuka was drafted by the NY Giants.