in the game when a fight or illegal hit occurs. Another way would be to give the players a more damaging fine whether it is with a large fine financially or if it is a longer suspension of games. Either way the player is being hurt financially which may cause them to think twice in the future. The McSorley incident was an extreme case but even the smaller fights that occur every game and don't get as much attention as that one need to be noticed and need to be controlled. The National Football League is another sports franchise that is experiencing a lot of hardship and bad publicity due to not only violence, but drug abuse as well. However, most of the bad news comes from off the field. In recent months, two NFL players had been charged with murder and another convicted of breaking and entering his neighbour's home. The two charged with murder are Rae Carruth and Ray Lewis. Carruth's story is one in which he hired someone to first beat up his pregnant girlfriend. That turned into her getting shot and killed while Carruth was in the car. The other player to be brought up on murder charges was Ray Lewis. His situation began after a Super Bowl party that he was attending turned into a fight outside the bar where two men were stabbed and killed. Ray Lewis claims that he did not kill either of those men. Three other players were recently suspended by the NFL for breaking the leagues anti-crime policy, which was established due to the recent criminal activity that has occurred with NFL players. The three were the first to be punished under the new policy. Matt O'Dwyer of the Cincinnati Bengals pled guilty to assault and disorderly conduct. Jumbo Elliot pled guilty to harassment and disorderly conduct that stemmed from the same incident outside a Long Island bar. Denard Walker pled guilty to assault. O'Dwyer and Walker were both suspended for 2 games and Jumbo Elliott, who just recently retired, will also serve a two game suspension s...
