Bonus: Payton and Eli Manning break down the Wagner fan tackle.

I could watch this 100 times.

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Time to get the lawsuit money

Shame he couldn't do that in the actual match.

Rams. Just Rams. Fan is lucky Wags didn’t decapitate him 🤣

find me a jury that would find a linebacker liable for something that happens on his field.

Serious question: Couldn't he be criminally charged or civilly sued over this? Obviously anyone can sue anyone over anything, but this just seems like a dumb way to throw away money as a pro athlete. Let security handle it.

Cool to watch though lol

It would almost be worth it to get tackled by Bobby Wagner. One of my all time favorites, one of the best to ever play the position.

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I'm pretty sure Wagner only put like 20% strength into that hit at best and he still absolutely trucked the dude.

A sobering reminder of how powerful these guys are and how stupid it is to rush the field like that.

Gender reveals have gone too far

You have a minimal right to protect yourself at your place of work.

Really? Any sources on that? I've heard numerous stories of store employees accosting shoplifters getting summarily fired by their employers. Shoplifting seems like a worse offense than running onto a football field. And stopping a shoplifter seems a lot more tame than a pro athlete in peak physical condition and full pads tackling someone in shorts and a tshirt.

That is the store policy to protect themselves from lawsuits. That has nothing to do with legal rights to protect yourself.

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And how was he "protecting himself" from some rando just running around on the field? Was the dude going after him in particular? Was he somehow a threat?

Answers to all of that are no. Bobby is going to get sued and lose a decent chunk of money. It was a stupid thing to do and he deserves what he gets.

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Since the guy was breaking the law...Wagner was doing what any good citizen would do to help stop a criminal.

Player would be protected by the team. So in theory the fan could sue in civil court but good luck.

This is baseball but I'd imagine it's the same for any professional sport. https://www.justbats.com/blog/post/penalties-fines-for-running-on-a-baseball-field/ and with examples: http://sites.law.duq.edu/juris/2014/10/07/legal-consequences-of-rushing-the-field/

It's straight up illegal to run on a field. I don't see why it would be any different for a player to tackle them vs a security guard doing it.