[Johnny Cochran]

I would like to also mention that if criminal charges are not filed, nothing will happen. There will also be no need for a civil suit on behalf of the player who says he got punched. He did not seek medical treatment, was not injured, and can prove no loss of income, so therefore he has no damages to be awarded. People around here get mad all the time and want to sue people. When you ask them what for they give you a big sob story full of drama and broken laws, when you rephrase and ask for what compensations, they say a rediculous amount of money, and when you then explain to them you want to know what losses they suffered that justifies that sum, all you hear is pain and suffering, lol. But if you don't have medical bills that you can link to that you have no pain, if you can't show loss of liberties you have no suffering. You are just a spoiled baby who wanted to get back at someone cause they got one on you. Proof of that? Even when you explain all this (and of course not like I just did because they are a potential client) they still sue. They give up their money, knowing to get nothing but the satisfaction of knowing the defendant has to give up money too. And the rest of us pay higher insurance premiums. So if there is proof he did punch the kid, criminal charges should follow, he will have his day in court and will be sentenced appropriately. Then people go along their way. If there is no physical proof, charges still may or may not be brought by prosecutors, as it is their job, but without physical evidence a judge will likley dismiss it. Can he sue for slander then? Sure, you can sue for anything, but again there will be no award other than knowing he wasted money on aggravation. He may or may not be convicted of assault, that is the only real prosecutable offence we are waiting to see about. The civil offences on either side won't yeid anything more than the paying of their own attorneys fees. But both civil cases would make for one heck of an episode on The Grinder.