This is an anomaly, like the gunfire that erupted at an adjacent basketball court last summer. If modernity teaches nothing else, it is that you can't let anomalies run your life. Still, I think of the poor boy who took a ball in the face. The blow couldn't have done much damage, thanks to his face mask and the hitter's weak swing. Sports entail bruises.
Life entails bruises.
That's one reason we encourage kids to play sports, to help them get more resilient. When they do get hurt, children need comfort, not lawyers. There's nothing new about wanting to shift one's pain onto someone else. No matter that Jesus urged people to support each other in time of trouble, not seek an opening for personal gain or vengeance. It is a fundamental instinct to make the pain of life go away by blaming someone else.