Football is in many ways based on controlled violence. The emotions of the game can lead to uncontrolled violence, and that can create a major problem for players and teams. At TCU, a locker room fight earlier this month resulted in the firing of safety Jacob Fields. It also resulted in very serious injuries for TCU receiver Dozie Ezukanma. Via Shambhavi Rimal of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ezukanma spent three days in a hospital with a concussion and brain hemorrhage after the Aug. 13 attack. The delay in transporting Ezukanma to the hospital apparently made the situation worse. After multiple brain scans and treatment (including medications), doctors finally got the situation under control. Fields was charged Sunday with aggravated assault for allegedly punching and kicking Ezukanma in the head. The assault was reported to TCU police on August 14. Fields was kicked from the team the next day, and the move was announced three days later. Fields, after the incident, said the following in a text message: “I made an emotional decision because of how I felt the last few practices…I will pay all the hospital bills and then some to fix this.”
