The Big Ten calls this "violating the Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement." I wonder if that agreement specifically mentions 'kneeing a guy in the nuts after a play.'
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The video below is the reason that Illinois linebacker Jonathan Brown was suspended Monday by coach Ron Zook for this Saturday's game at Indiana for a low-down dirty knee-to-nuts on Northwestern lineman Patrick Ward in the groin.
Have a watch of the video below. Let the wincing begin . . . now.
Full press release from Big Ten below:
Big Ten Supports Illinois’ Suspension of Football Student-Athlete Jonathan Brown and Issues Public Reprimand
Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference office announced that it has accepted the one-game suspension of University of Illinois football student-athlete Jonathan Brown for violating the Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement during the Northwestern game on Oct. 1, 2011.
University of Illinois head coach Ron Zook suspended Brown for the Oct. 8 game at Indiana for unsportslike behavior. In accordance with penalties established in Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01.1.A.1, the conference office also publicly reprimands Brown for his actions.
The Big Ten Sportslike Conduct Agreement states that “It shall be the responsibility of each member university to ensure that all of its students and all individuals employed by or directly associated with it comport themselves in a sportslike manner when representing their university, especially at intercollegiate athletic contests.”
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