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Message: [QUOTE="CuseOnly, post: 1118533, member: 2804"] Battery Definition- [B][U]Battery is a criminal [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offence_(law)']offense[/URL] involving unlawful physical contact,[/U][/B] distinct from [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault']assault[/URL] which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact. [U]In the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], [B]criminal battery[/B], or simply [B]battery[/B], is the use of force against another, resulting in harmful, offensive or sexual contact.[/U][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(crime)#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] It is a specific [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law']common law[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdemeanor']misdemeanor[/URL], although [U]the term is used more generally to refer to any unlawful offensive physical contact with another person, and may be a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdemeanor']misdemeanor[/URL] or a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony']felony[/URL], depending on the circumstances. Battery was defined at [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law']common law[/URL] as "any unlawful touching of the person of another by the aggressor himself, or by a substance put in motion by him.[/U]"[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(crime)#cite_note-Clark-2'][2][/URL] In most cases, battery is now governed by [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute']statutes[/URL], and its severity is determined by the law of the specific jurisdiction. If I grab someone in a football game under his pads and pancake him to the turf, it is OK. If I do that to anyone on the street it is felony assault. So Yeah, it does matter where you do something. In general, if Someone does not want to be touched and you touch them, it is battery. That is the definition and actually is the law. Trust me I know. On the football field throwing a punch is a penalty just like a facemask. Last I checked he isn't in the working world and isn't going to be there for a few more years. He is still a kid playing a game. I wish my son made as few mistakes as Hunt as I have a kid the same age. Comparing this incident and "doing the minimum" to Ped State aren't in the same realm or reality and you need to pump the brakes with your comparisons. What it screams is I am a kid and made a mistake and already served my penalty under the rules. If you want to unjustly and outside of the rules penalize A KID for a mistake, maybe you should quit your job and get a job with the NCAA itself and be in charge of the transfer rules. You sound like a guy that never made a mistake or was penalized for it and for that I applaud you. You also sound like a guy that never played a sport. I played football all the way through my senior year of HS and I clocked a few guys for holding and a bunch of other dirty S&*t just like the kid that hit Hunt from behind to the helmet. You also sound like you are better than me and everybody else and are allowed to pass judgement on all of us. For that I applaud you as well. [/QUOTE]

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