Lyons threw punches, why all the punishment on Gates end? Because he was coordinated enough to land his? Intent is all that counts. The man tried to assault people. He clearly deserves a six game suspension and so does Wells, for side swiping Guyn.
Tu instigated the entire event. Clearly he should get a suspension, I'm not sure he deserves six games. But if Gates gets a six game suspension, so should everyone who threw a punch. Ellis reacted to Lyons and others, I'd call it self defense. Mbodj ... Yeah, he deserves 6. He could have really hurt Kenny. So could Gates, but obviously one meat hook to the grill was enough for him.
Frease should get a suspension for having verbally threatened Larry Davis's wife and daughter. You can't do that, I can't do that, why the exceptionism there? I don't know how long his should be, I imagine the humiliation of having his knees buckle under him like that, probably counts as some punishment. Really, his suspension should have come after the head butt, much like Tu's should have come after the punch, much like Mack should have never been hired, for dating an 18yo girl when he was a 25 year old assistant, or when he screamed at highschool girls from an opposing team for celebrating in their locker room...
Obviously, these things are in the past; but if Xavier fans don't know why they're getting looked at worse in this one, I don't know what to tell them.
Clean up your act, stop getting athletes who are borderline retarded and can't speak the english language. Those two kids make K-Mart sound like a Rhodes scholar.