Taking Care of Business

I know I’m almost 2 months behind on this (even Beth knew about this before I did), but I’ve only just been introduced to the concept of “giving someone the business” as being a penalty-worthy offense in football …

I think the last couple of times I played football, I was guilty of “giving someone the business” in each game. Luckily, Ron Cherry wasn’t there to call me on it. Anyway, seeing this video piqued my curiosity about the validity of such a call. My research led me to a former AFL/NFL official named Ben Dreith. Check out the section Memorable Games from his Wikipedia bio. Interestingly enough, the next section in his bio talks about how the NFL “gave him the business” figuratively, of course, when he turned 65.

Update: Not sure if there’s a clip up on the ‘nets yet, but there was definitely a reference to “giving him the business” in tonight’s premiere of the reincarnated American Gladiators”