What needs to be brought out is that it is not just about Ealey and Spikes. Its not about the fact that no blindness actually came to pass. In so many ways this has nothing to do with these two or this game.
What must be addressed is the message sent to all other players who might consider gouging eyes. What must also be addressed is the message sent about our insistance that players act with civility and play hard within the rules. What must also be addressed is that the game is bigger that Ealey and Spikes. And as it turned out, there were more victims than a Running Back from Athens.