Football players getting away with murder?

When did it become acceptable for football players to smash fellow professionals in the skull with an elbow, and show no remorse?

We’ve all heard the stories about football players misbehaving off of the football pitch, with the Lee Bowyer, Jonathan Woodgate case in 2001 being an example of players misdemeanours away from the pitch. But rarely has anybody spoken out about acts of violence during a professional game.

Burnley Midfielder Ian Hume, is currently in intensive care, receiving treatment for a fractured skull after Sheffield United defender Chris Morgan callously elbowed him in the side of the face during Saturday the 9th of Novembers Championship match at the Hawthorns. Usually there is some kind of excuse the F.A will receive for a players actions in such an incident, however there are no excuses, for the incident that took place on Saturday. Morgan, did not move his feet in an attempt to challenge a ball in the air, and did not take his eyes off of Hume as he swung his elbow towards his skull. GBH? I think so. This is not the first time a disgraceful incident like this has taken place on the field of play. Remembering back to Ben Thatchers flying elbow on Portsmouth Midfielder Mendes’, which left him unconscious and rushed to hospital.

Football generally has the reputation for being a game for ‘wimps’, and perhaps it’s this notion that has led to incidents such as these, being exonerated from any sort of punishment, and is left to the F.A to decide what action should be taken against a player. However this incident may be the catalyst for the F.A to bring in Police probing into such dipicable acts of violence. It has been touched on before with the Thatcher, Mendes case, but more action needs to be taken to stop professionals believing they can ghost the legal system.