Dude this is on camera, guy is getting charged whether Jbo wants to press charges or not. It's not up to him anymore.
and sometimes the landing, where the person's head bounces off concrete, does more damage than the punch
i saw a case where a bouncer got sucker punched outside a bar; he got knocked out, fell, and hit his head on the side of a curb. They had to remove part of his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain. He has brain damage. His life the the drunk idiot who threw the punch's life will never be the same.
I am not a lawyer or a cop so i have no idea what the law is in iowa. But i know recently when a Padres fan went over and socked a rockies fan square in the face and knocked him out on camera posted all over the internet, the guy who got punched decided not to press charges so nothing was done about it. Could be a different law in Iowa than Colorado, i wouldn't know and don't care enough to research.
I hear you but this is too much of a media circus. It's always up to the police:
" However, can Police press charges if victim doesn’t? In reality, whether the victim presses charges or not, the police can investigate the matter and even take the suspect into their custody. From there, the prosecutor will take it up and can decide to charge the suspect with the crime."
It's IC, they don't have major crimes to bide their time like a major city like Denver. This guy is getting charged.
I mean this isn't going to go away anytime soon. It's going to be a meme as long as he's around up until the time he goes to europe or wherever. He seems like the kind of guy that would want some semblance of "justice" in his eyes.
And the guy that attacked him shoukd be held responsible. That is not something that should be socially acceptable.
It is sick that you are applauding anyone being attacked and suffering a head injury. It is worse to me that it is a player on the team that you supposedly support.
He got punched and got stitches for being an asshole and thinking he was better than the people he was around. "Head injury", how ****ing soft are you bud?
I suppose you want to meet and fight tough guy. How old are you? It has nothing to do with being soft. You guys need to grow up. I have not seen the official medical report, but getting stitches does qualify as having a head injury. My comment was about applauding that another person is injured. JBo may have deserved to get his butt kicked. That does not mean we should be applauding that it happened.
Why is it worse because he is an athlete? Shouldn’t we have compassion for all people?
Fran owns this season. Just want everybody to remember that as this team stinks it up (again).
What does what you said have to do with this thread and/or Jordan being punched?
he doesn’t add much to the team aside from these distractions.
Also, word is many teammates don’t like him either. I am no fan of Legend but the guy seems to know things, so I’ll trust his inside info on this.
fran chose to bring him back when he could have opted to find a transfer or go a different direction.
sure. Why not? You think he’s going to have a great season?
no more NPOY, no more JW, no more CJF.
How about you let the season play out before you start this crap? Some posters are ALWAYS looking for the opportunity to kick the Hawks when they are down.
What a well-timed post, pepp. Sweet take, as always.
Looks like someone voted for Trump!!!
I'd simply walk away. That's not bitch move it's a smart move. I'll be the guy who punched him faces charges. Hardly worth it. What if he'd been more than knocked out?
The only bitch move is not using your brain and thinking through the consequences of being an idiot. You don't win anything by punching someone.
I'm old enough to remember a time when a guy getting punched for acting like an asshole was not a reason to call lawyers and was actually applauded. Jbo was acting like a petulant asshole, I dont feel bad an asshole got punched for acting like an asshole. I dont care that he wears an iowa Jersey sometimes.
Your last sentence is the key phrase to me. Legend may have inside information, but I have no idea. I am hoping that Fran has better inside information being the head coach and having two sons on the team. Next season may be a train wreck. This team could also surprise all of us.
Also, Jordan is Iowa's all time assist leader. He is also going to be the the B10's career three point leader. To say he doesn't add much to the team is a gross understatement. You may not like Jordan or the way he plays, but he has been very successful while at Iowa. He does have it shortcomings as a player, which is why he was not more highly recruited coming out of high school.
I am old enough to understand that fighting does not solve your problems and that punching someone can have serious ramifications. This was not the playground in elementary school. I have not condoned what JBo did, which I have still not seen verified. I have not even condemned the person who punched JBo. I do have an issue with the "adults" on this board who want to applaud someone being punched and want to call others soft for not following suit.
So I get the radio silence from current players. But it is interesting that no former Hawkeye or former Hawkeye parent has said one thing -at least on social media. Just an observation.
I think you’re grossly overestimating the number of people here “applauding” that JBo got punched
Yeah. I'm reading it more as many not having sympathy for him. I'm just glad no one got seriously injured or killed. Hopefully JBo will learn from this and the guy who sucker punched him will be held accountable.
I remember that time, too. I also remember a time when someone who sucker-punched a guy then kneed him when he was down would get the holy hell beat out of him with the same day. If you think that guy has heard the last of this your kidding yourself.
What would you expect them to say?
I do realize that this is not everyone, which I am happy to see. There are still more than I would have expected who seem to feel that fighting was warranted. Also, I only used the word applauding because that is what Tim Dodge used in his post.
In those times you speak of the person who got sucker punched isnt a giant douche and actually has friends backing them up even when they are being a dumbshit once in a blue moon. I dont know how many fights you all have been in but other than the bullshit elementary "meet me here after school" fights a guy taping a guy on the shoulder, speaking, and then swinging is about all the warning I have ever got or given. Fighting in the real world isnt the movies.
Act like a asshole + get punched = learn from the lesson.
Act like an asshole + get punched + mommy and daddy call the lawyers to protect your privileged ass = no lesson learned and continuation of assholeness.
Stitches. ****ing stitches. If he had a set of nuts he would have used super glue and woke up in the morning thinking he was an asshole the night before.
Spencer Jones learned the hard way. College athletes are young and not mature. In college they are treated like gods. Unfortunately many don't know how to handle that amd as a result treat others poorly.
Matt Roth was one of my favorite Hawkeyes of all time. Dude had a legendary reputation around campus. One he was a legend around campus for dating a girl who ended up at Des Moines affiliate Fox as an anchor. Two he was a jerk to people at bars. Rumor was he was talking crap and bullying some guy from the band. Dude from band ended up knocking him out according to rumor. No cell phones back then.
Another guy Riley Reiff. Dude was also a legend and treated as such on campus. However dude was an absolute blast to hangout with and was nice to everyone. Everyone loved seeing this guy out at the bars.
The Iowa City bars have seen a great number of legendary athletes come and go. Some are jerks some are great people. Jordan has always been rumored to be the former. You can hear him taunting the guy as he is recording him. Dude is not a leader Iowa Basketball needs.
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Interesting.
Here is your reply to @HerkyFan
Here is your reply to @BGHAWK
Here is your reply to @BelemNole
Here is your reply regarding @cigaretteman
Lol. I have a hard time believing a band member knocked out Roth.
aKsHuLLy...... Democrats are the ones rioting and sucker punching people and destroying innocent peoples property. Don't bring politics in if you can handle reality
