Honestly, I’m baffled by this. I’ve been watching this sport for coming up to twenty years. And whilst these sorts of injuries are rare, they do happen.

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    1 year ago

    It doesn’t seem unreasonable to investigate. If someone slashes a person’s throat, they probably shouldn’t get away with it without question just because it was in the middle of a sporting match. I assume the arrest means they’ve identified some kind of intent.

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      1 year ago

      An arrest for manslaughter actually means there was no intent. Intent would change it to murder.

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        1 year ago

        It only means there was no intent to murder. If there was intent to do harm, but that harm results in death, it would fall under manslaughter.

        It could also be the case that it’s just deemed to be grossly negligent or reckless behaviour, but that seems much harder to pin down, especially in a professional sports setting.