Brawl on the Field

The bullying craze is now making its way to the football field. Sure, throughout the league's history players have trash talked and gotten away with petty jabs, but this week the bullying came to a head in the Houston Texans match up against the Tennessee Titans.

Titans cornerback, Cortland Finnegan, had been pestering Texans receiver Andre Johnson all game. Johnson told Finnegan to stop taking out his frustration on him. Yet, Finnegan took the bullying another step by pushing Johnson's facemask. Johnson lost his cool and ripped off Finnegan's helmet, landing two solid punches in Finnegan's face. Finnegan was able to take off Johnson's helmet before refs broke it up. The brawl was intense and would have been a contender for best fight even in the NHL.

The players were ejected from the game and are awaiting a ruling from the league regarding fines and potential suspension for their behavior. Johnson immediately apologized after the game for his actions and accepted full responsibility.

Reminds me of Lindsey Lohan's "Cady Heron," fighting the Plastics in "Mean Girls." But a fine by the NFL will unlikely deter NFLers from trashtalking, like "Ms. Norbury's' (Tina Fey's) fuzzy assembly did for the high school mean girls.