“The rumor in the articles I’ve been reading is that after the suckerpunch he hit his head on the concrete ground/floor… which is probably the point at which most of the damage was caused, not by the actual punch.”

Of course the person who punched him is ultimately responsible, I don’t know how you could read that sentence and think I’m trying to take the blame away from him. If someone gets punched and doesn’t hit their head on a concrete floor, they usually have less damage than when they do. That’s all I’m saying.

I’m just stunned that a linebacker got dropped to the floor with a punch. Doesn’t that seem odd? I boxed in the Marines and played highschool football so I know a little (very little) about what all that feels like. I would think that playing linebacker at Ohio State is more enduring than most things.

If the punch made him hit the floor, then the punch caused the injury.

Same as if a person shot someone else, you wouldn’t say “it was the bullet that actually caused the injury, not the man who shot it.”

@Bobo Buckeye – let’s hope so.

Of course, everything online is still just rumor, no telling what actually happened yet