What happened with the New Mexico girls soccer player Elizabeth Lambert?”
If UNM soccer star Elizaebeth Lambert had been charged in Metropolitan court with misdemeanor battery, she probably would have been put in the early intervention program. She would get counseling and have to do some community service.She would also have to refrain from alcohol for the duration and have no other incidents. If she successfully completed the program, her charges would be dropped. The story made national news along with the inevitable jokes. A commentator on Fox joked that UNM’s football players needed to be as tough as Elizabeth Lambert, as the Lobos were getting crushed by Utah. Other stations followed suit. Perhaps he read that joke right here in the column. It is also notable that the commentator confused UNM with New Mexico State. If all publicity is good publicity, UNM fans might be happy to let the Aggies take the credit for this one. Something tells me that pro players will NOT emulate Ms. Lambert. Troy Polamalu the USC and Steeler great — single-handedly started
Today is not a good day to be Elizabeth Lambert. The New Mexico women’s soccer player has to wake up with the realization that a large portion of sports-loving America has seen her on-field antics against BYU on Thursday. And by antics, I mean hair-pulling, punching, slapping, squeezing and anything else that would fall under the umbrella of dirty play. I like that “SportsCenter” needed to trot out soccer expert Julie Foudy to tell us that this type of behavior is over the line. We may be largely ignorant on soccer, but it’s pretty obvious that yanking someone down by their ponytail doesn’t qualify as good sportsmanship. If there’s any silver lining to all this, we did find out what it takes for a collegiate women’s soccer game to make the morning highlight show.
The New Mexico women’s soccer player has to wake up with the realization that a large portion of sports-loving America has seen her on-field antics against BYU on Thursday. And by antics, I mean hair-pulling, punching, slapping, squeezing and anything else that would fall under the umbrella of dirty play.
