No, Agent, bro, you're missing the point because it didn't happen "in" the game.... The game was over. During the game is another situation altogether. Would you think differently if they were walking out of the stadium and he decked him in the parking lot? Does he get a free pass just because they were still on the field even though the game was over?
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Law on Assault and Battery
"Consent" is a defense to the intentional tort of battery or any intentional tort for that matter. The consent defense contains 2 elements: 1.) Voluntary acceptance of an intentional tortious act 2.) with full knowledge or understanding of the consequences. (You can see how this would also apply to medical procedures and why you have to sign waivers, etc before undergoing surgery.) The ancient common law applied the Latin maxim,
volenti non fit injuria, which translates as, "No wrong may occur to one who is willing."
However, in this case, the game was over and the guy had his helmet off and obviously had not consented to getting jaw-jacked after the game....
The kid should be charged at the least to send a message to the NCAA community as a whole that this kind of act will not be tolerated and is completely unacceptable.