Ja'Marr Chase

I think a player could technically charge someone for assault for spitting on them.

In hockey, Todd Bertuzzi was charged with assault for "hunting him down" on the ice, punching him, and driving his head into the ice.

It was assault because it was beyond the normal activities of the game (which even includes fighting).

Now, this is in a different jurisdiction (even a different country because I think the Bertuzzi thing happened in Canada), so maybe the rules are different. But I think spitting on someone is assault. And it's certainly beyond the normal expectation of a football game.

I don't think this would ever happen for spitting though. Probably need significant physical injury...like what happened to Steve Moore (who Bertuzzi assaulted).

ETA: It's also probably true that if Debo spit on someone, significant physical injury would have likely followed. Because whoever got spit on would have tried to start something (reasonably). And Harrison likely ends it.

 

NFL suspends Chase 1 game for spitting on Ramsey

 

And Chase would have gone to the morgue.

 

https://thesteelersfans.com/forums/threads/pittsburghs-turf-monster.35411/

 

Dumbest ****ing thing I heard all week, thankfully for you the week has just started.. It's obvious you havnt had much confrontation in your life

 

That didn’t take long

Cost him $448,333

 

Even the Bengals fans think it was a classless act

Well 9 out of 10

 

Given his history of anger issues on and off the field, part of me is surprised he isn't already there.

 

He is getting eviscerated by Bengals fans and rightfully so. It isn't just what he did, but that he was stupid enough to think he could get away with lying about it.