James Harrison Arrested

by 5020 on Mar 8, 2008 11:29 PM EST

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette is reporting Steelers LB James Harrison was arrested for simple assault and criminal mischief on Saturday in connection with his girlfriend. Harrison was released that night.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08068/863752-100.stm

Hopefully this issue is resolved and Harrison faces no penalty from the NFL. Most importantly I hope Harrison doesn't exhibit this type of off the field behavior again.

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bummer

Disappointing. Obviously nobody condones that kind of behavior, but there's no way a simple assault charge will get looked at by the NFL. Aggravated maybe, not simple assault. Hopefully this will be a one-time incident.

I wonder how some of these players tip-toe the line between so ridiculously aggressive on the field and being composed in real life.

by Blitzburgh on Mar 9, 2008 1:16 AM EST 0 recs

always wondered that myself

It's got to be hard to turn that 'switch' on and off at times.

Does anyone know if players are drug tested during the offseason? Not that I'm suggesting anything but I was just wondering.

"You know who I want? William Wallace. That's who I'm looking for" - Bengals defensive line coach when asked who he was looking for in the draft

by cgolden on Mar 10, 2008 8:53 AM EDT up 0 recs

Testing

I think that they can be tested anytime during the year, so the program is truly random. If I remember, one of Ricky Williams' failed tests was in the spring.

by WolfpackSteelersFan on Mar 10, 2008 11:41 AM EDT up 0 recs

Silverback

Here's an interesting article about Harrison after Porter was named the NFL's most feared player:

That would be a Mr. James Harrison. They call him "Silverback," because, as a Mr. Clark Haggans once said: "They're big, strong gorillas from the Congo, the silverback gorilla. They spend their days swinging on trees and breaking stuff. All the other apes and everyone in the jungle are afraid of him."

"You know who I want? William Wallace. That's who I'm looking for" - Bengals defensive line coach when asked who he was looking for in the draft

by cgolden on Mar 10, 2008 2:35 PM EDT 0 recs

sorry clark

Silverbacks are not a species of gorilla from the Congo. A silverback is simply and older adult male that is the dominant male of the troop. That concludes our biology lesson for the day.

by steelerark on Mar 11, 2008 12:39 PM EDT 0 recs

Ugh

I've stayed away from thinking about this but I keep seeing it and it really makes me annoyed. I hate it when Steeler players do this shit... Sorry for the language but I feel it's appropriate. This isn't just simple assault against a dude in a bar, (which while uncool I can get) this was his girlfriend, and I don't find that excusable in any situation.

Last Silverback quickly became one of my favorites. I love the guy coming out of nowhere and being one of the best in the league, but have lost a lot of respect for this.

I hope this is an isolated incident and he'll be a model citizen from here on out.

Sorry for the vent, i'm done now.

by Chicago Steeler on Mar 11, 2008 2:41 PM EDT 0 recs

I don't accept apologies made through lawyers

On the one hand, sure, James acknowledged the alleged event in the media.

On the other hand, apologies issued through lawyers are no apologies at all. He owes the city of Pittsburgh, the Steelers organization, all of the fans, his family (and especially his girlfriend), my family, and anyone else I can think of a personal, public, and heartfelt message of regret and contrition.

-1000 for hitting your girlfriend.
-50 for apologizing through a lawyer.

Do something to take that number the other direction, please.

Eat em up! Eat em up! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

by BostonWahoo on Mar 11, 2008 5:02 PM EDT 0 recs

Do you think he will be suspended for a game?

That might be the new standard punishment for things like that. Unless Goodell is too wrapped up in Spygate, this might be the example he was looking to make. To be honest with you I wouldn't blame him. We just don't need that garbage, beloved Steeler or not, we just can't tolerate hulk football players hitting women. If I was commish I would dock him the first game.

by maryrose on Mar 11, 2008 8:51 PM EDT 0 recs

no way he gets suspended

Not by the NFL at least. As horrible as it is, simple assault is a misdemeanor. I don't believe there is any precedent of any suspensions for one-time offenses of misdemeanors. Maybe there should be, that's up for debate. I didn't realize that he had knocked down her door as well to gain entry to her house. That's pretty out of control.

by Blitzburgh on Mar 11, 2008 9:43 PM EDT 0 recs