Can ' t that be a cause for 2 nd degree murder or involuntary manslaughter ? no way . for the record 2 nd degree murders means you intended to KILL him , not intended to hit him . though you didn ' t premeditate w poison or anything that ' s 1 st . Involuntary manslaughter is low on the list , which means what you were doing was very reckless and it ended up in the death of someone else . depraved heart murder is actually a type of 2 nd degree murder , which is with disregard for life like throwing cinder blocks off a buildingbut he wasn ' t being reckless , he was competing in a sport , which the other guy was too and agreed to all the rules with the ability to quit whenever . this guy shouldn ' t get a fine or a suspension , it ' s just a freak accident , shit happens . people have died in football . as long as he followed the rules he did nothing wrong